D.Rad Berlin Closing Conference: Deradicalisation, Conflict and the Value of Social Inclusion

Our project traces the course of moving from a de-radicalised to a radicalised position for individuals through studying their micro-meso-macro factors that generate feelings of Injustice, Grievance, Alienation and finally Polarisation in societies. We call this I-GAP spectrum. To prevent the evolution of such factors and their progression to radicalisation, we promote a social-inclusion informed de-radicalisation strategy resting on arts and sports, public spaces and processes, and civic education. Originating from the D.Rad approach, this conference calls for papers from other colleagues interested in studying: 

• Intersection between societal processes and radicalisation stages;
• Interdependence of radicalisation involving groups, individuals and societies;
• Effectiveness of legal frameworks and the role of state as a possible actor of radicalisation;
• Engage citizens in weaving the social fabric of communities tightly through sporting and cultural strategies;
• Spatial dimension and public spaces and processes to understand the social glue of inclusion or precursors of exclusion;
• Participatory-methods-oriented civic education as a preventive measure of exclusion and a way to generate inclusion. 

Overall, this conference calls for papers to respond to two general questions: 

• How to recognise the micro-meso-macro factors that would make a deradicalised person radicalised? 
• How to build socially inclusive societies, spaces, and education systems that would move radicalised individuals to deradicalised positions?