Lotta Rahlf

Researcher

Lotta Rahlf ist Doktorand­in im EU-weiten Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Doktor­and*innennetz­werk VORTEX am PRIF und Teil der Forschungs­gruppe Radi­kali­sierung. In ihrem Promotions­projekt untersucht sie Wissens­management und Evaluations­strukturen im Bereich der Extremismus­prävention im euro­päischen Vergleich.

CV

| seit 2023
Dokto­randin im EU-weiten Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Doktor­and*innennetz­werk VORTEX am PRIF

| 2023
Wissen­schaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Forschungs­projekt PrEval am PRIF

| 2022
Praktikantin bei der Mobilen Beratung gegen Rechts­extremismus Berlin

| 2022
Wissen­schaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, im Forschungs­projekt „Constraining Violence” (CREST)

| 2022
Wissen­schaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, in der Campbell-Studie „Case manage­ment inter­ventions seeking to counter radicali­sation to violence and related forms of violence: A systematic review“

| 2022
MLitt Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, Vereinigtes Königreich

| 2021–2022
Stipendiatin des Deutschen Akade­mischen Austausch­dienstes

| 2021
B.A. International Relations and Inter­national Organization, Rijks­universiteit Groningen, Niederlande

| 2018–2023
Stipendiatin der Studien­stiftung des deutschen Volkes

Publikationen

  • P/CVE in Europe
    | 2024
    Rahlf, Lotta (2024): P/CVE in Europe. Still dominated by the state, IAPSS Review, 1, 18–19.
    Zur Publikation
  • Participatory Theatre for Preventing Violent Extremism Through Education – Reflections on Prospects and Preconditions
    | 2024
    Rahlf, Lotta (2024): Participatory Theatre for Preventing Violent Extremism Through Education – Reflections on Prospects and Preconditions, Journal for Deradicalization, Summer 2024: 39, 77–93.
    Zur Publikation
  • Case management interventions seeking to counter radicalisation to violence and related forms of violence: A systematic review
    | 2024
    Lewis, James; Marsden, Sarah; Cherney, Adrian; Rahlf, Lotta; Squires, Chloe; Peterschek, Anne (2024): Case management interventions seeking to counter radicalisation to violence and related forms of violence: A systematic review, Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20: 2. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1386
  • From Democratic Resistance to Hostility against a “Covid-Regime” – Conspiracy Theories as Cross-Milieu Catalysts of Radicalization
    | 2023
    Rahlf, Lotta (2023): From Democratic Resistance to Hostility against a “Covid-Regime” – Conspiracy Theories as Cross-Milieu Catalysts of Radicalization, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2023.2169894
  • Beyond Healthy Skepticism: Exploring German News Media Framing of Terrorism-Affiliated Women Returnees
    | 2021
    Rahlf, Lotta (2021): Beyond Healthy Skepticism: Exploring German News Media Framing of Terrorism-Affiliated Women Returnees, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: Routledge.
    Zur Publikation

  • AfD in Power? Three Doomsday Scenarios for the German PCVE Landscape
    | 2025
    Rahlf, Lotta (2025): AfD in Power? Three Doomsday Scenarios for the German PCVE Landscape, VORTEX Blog.
    Zur Publikation
  • Democracy under Threat
    | 2025
    Rahlf, Lotta (2025): Democracy under Threat. What to Do Against Attacks Against Politicians in Germany?, VORTEX Blog.
    Zur Publikation
  • A Case for Stable Funding Structures for ‘Live Democracy!’ and Similar State Programmes
    | 2025
    Rahlf, Lotta (2025): A Case for Stable Funding Structures for ‘Live Democracy!’ and Similar State Programmes, VORTEX Blog.
    Zur Publikation
  • Bericht der Zukunftswerkstatt Evaluationsdatenbank
    | 2024
    Kober, Marcus; Rahlf, Lotta; Logvinov, Mikhail; Junk, Julian; Becker, Helle; Kindlinger, Marcus (2024): Bericht der Zukunftswerkstatt Evaluationsdatenbank, Frankfurt/M..
    Zur Publikation
  • PrEval Monitor 2024: Extremismusprävention, Demokratieförderung und politische Bildung durch Evaluation stärken. Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen aus dem PrEval-Netzwerk
    | 2024
    PrEval Monitor 2024: Extremismusprävention, Demokratieförderung und politische Bildung durch Evaluation stärken. Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen aus dem PrEval-Netzwerk, PrEval Monitor, 1. Auflage, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PrEvalMon24
    Zur Publikation
  • Democracy Under Threat: Attacks on Politicians in Germany
    | 2024
    Rahlf, Lotta (2024): Democracy Under Threat: Attacks on Politicians in Germany , VORTEX Blog.
    Zur Publikation
  • How Do We Know What Works in Preventing Violent Extremism? Evidence and Trends in Evaluation from 14 Countries
    | 2024
    Bressan, Sarah; Ebbecke, Sophia; Rahlf, Lotta (2024): How Do We Know What Works in Preventing Violent Extremism? Evidence and Trends in Evaluation from 14 Countries, GPPi Report, Berlin.
    Zur Publikation
  • Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Europe: Expert Views on Contemporary Challenges
    | 2024
    Rahlf, Lotta (2024): Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Europe: Expert Views on Contemporary Challenges, VORTEX Blog.
    Zur Publikation
  • Re-focusing Family Counselling in Extremism Prevention
    | 2024
    Rahlf, Lotta (2024): Re-focusing Family Counselling in Extremism Prevention, VORTEX Blog.
    Zur Publikation
  • Historical Context and the Good Lives Model
    | 2024
    Rahlf, Lotta (2024): Historical Context and the Good Lives Model, CREST Report: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST), 1–16.
    Zur Publikation
  • On the challenges of evaluating efforts to prevent a causally complex phenomenon such as violent extremism
    | 2024
    Rahlf, Lotta (2024): On the challenges of evaluating efforts to prevent a causally complex phenomenon such as violent extremism, VORTEX Blog.
    Zur Publikation
  • Evaluating extremism prevention efforts: Insights from 14 countries
    | 2023
    Rahlf, Lotta; Ebbecke, Sophia; Bressan, Sarah; Herz, Angela (2023): Evaluating extremism prevention efforts: Insights from 14 countries. Interview with the PrEval working package on International Monitoring, PrEval.
    Zur Publikation
  • Good Lives in Right-Wing Extremist Autobiographies
    | 2023
    Rahlf, Lotta; Paalgard Munden, Hanna; Marsden, Sarah; Bhuiyan, Kamruzzaman; Rigault Arkhis, Hanna; Taylor, Aimee (2023): Good Lives in Right-Wing Extremist Autobiographies: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.
  • Is the Nature of War Changing? Time to Avoid a Supposedly Unavoidable Question
    | 2021
    Rahlf, Lotta (2021): Is the Nature of War Changing? Time to Avoid a Supposedly Unavoidable Question: E-International Relations.
    Zur Publikation

  • End-to-End Encryption and Counterterrorism – Untying the Gordian Knot with State Hacking?
    | 2022
    Rahlf, Lotta (2022): End-to-End Encryption and Counterterrorism – Untying the Gordian Knot with State Hacking?, CSTPV Occasional Paper Series, St Andrews, Scotland: The Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.
    Zur Publikation

Weitere Tätigkeiten

  • Evaluating efforts to counter violent extremism: How and why evaluation systems differ across Europe, 17.6.2024, Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2024, 17.6.–19.6.2024, Oslo (Norwegen)
  • Evaluating Measures Countering Violent Extremism: Systematic Know­ledge Manage­ment in Europe, 6.6.2024, European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues Annual Conference, 5.6.–7.6.2024, Brüssel (Belgien)
  • P/CVE Support Net­works: Lessons from an Inter­national Expert Survey in 14 Countries (mit Sophie Ebbecke), 16.11.2023, INDEED Inter­national Policy & Practitioners Forum, 15.11.–16.11.2023, INDEED Consortium, Online
  • Evaluationswissen für alle? Chancen und Heraus­forderungen möglicher Zugänge zu Evaluations­berichten (mit Simon Müller), 10.5.2023, Wie lässt sich Demokratie­förderung messen?, 9.5.–10.05.2023, AK Demo­kratie (DeGEval) und PrEval-Zukunfts­werkstätten, Berlin 

  • Transferveran­staltungen und Konsultation­sworkshops mit Bundes­instituten im Kon­text von PrEval-Zukunfts­werkstätten

| 2022
The Lord Sedwill Handa CSTPV Dissertation Prize