On January 5, Jonatan Kurzwelly organized a collaborative research workshop focusing on the comparative analysis of differences, inconsistencies and contradictions in European approaches to Counter-Terrorism and Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism. The group of international and interdisciplinary researchers jointly reflected on how divergent assumptions underlying such frameworks influence their design, implementation, and outcomes across Germany, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the UK, as well as at different supranational levels.
This workshop is part of a larger project of comparative analysis of legal statutes, policy guidelines, programmes, and operational tools, investigating the extent to which inconsistent definitions and contradictions, whether explicit or implicit, create operational silos that fragment responses between national security, criminal justice, and social intervention sectors. The project, initiated and led by Jonatan Kurzwelly, aims to produce both scientific analyses and practical policy advice.
Speakers presenting country-specific cases were Sarah Marsden (Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, UK), Andreas Jahrehorn Önnerfors (Professor at Linnaeus University, and Fact Checking Board at Fojo Media, Sweden) and Alvaro Vicente (Instituto El Cano and Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain). Representing PRIF, Elisabeta Dinu spoke on Romania, Jonatan Kurzwelly on Poland, and Isabelle Stephanblome on Germany.
Analysis of European Approaches to Countering Terrorism
