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Security and Law Enforcement Community, Social Cohesion and Peacebuilding Youth and P/CVE Thesis/Dissertation

Community Based Civic Programmes and Prevention of Violent Extremism in Mombasa County

Violent extremism is a major security issue in many countries across the globe. Its motivators have evolved from nationalistic narratives to religious …

Alex Makau Maingi 2025
Prevention and Resilience Community, Social Cohesion and Peacebuilding Youth and P/CVE Presentation

Building Resilience through Youth and Civil Society Engagement to Prevent Violent Extremi…

UNODC presentation on resilience-building in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin. Highlights the STRIVE Juvenile initiative which trained Youth Peace Champions (ages …

Cheikh Ousmane Toure 2025
Prevention and Resilience Research Report

Holding Ground in Preventing Violent Extremism: Avoiding Stagnation in P/CVE and Evaluati…

Counter-Terrorism, with the input of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive

Sofie Lilli Stoffel, Sarah … 2025
Radicalization and Recruitment Security and Law Enforcement Governance, Law and Policies Journal Article

Contemporary Terrorism in Kenya: Evolving Definitions, Debates, and Strategic Implications

This paper critically explores the evolving definitions, discursive constructions, and strategic responses to contemporary terrorism in Kenya. Drawing on securitisation theory and …

Donald Wachira Theuri and P… 2025
Prevention and Resilience Education and P/CVE Youth and P/CVE Journal Article

The teachers' evolving role in mitigating violent extremism in Kenyan secondary schools

Violent Extremism is of great concern to the world today. Many countries, while formulating policies to combat violent extremism, look only to …

John Njeru Maringa, Garai I… 2025
Prevention and Resilience Radicalization and Recruitment Youth and P/CVE Systematic Review

PROTOCOL: Interventions to Prevent Cognitive and Behavioural Violent Radicalisation: A Sy…

This is a protocol for a Campbell systematic review. This review aims to systematically evaluate the available evidence on the effectiveness of …

Sara Valdebenito, Manuel Ei… 2025
Governance, Law and Policies Digital & Online Extremism Research Report

Regulation of Digital Surveillance and the Impact on Civil Society in Africa: Experiences…

This research report examines the regulation of digital surveillance in Kenya and its human rights impacts on civil society actors, providing a …

ICNL 2025
Prevention and Resilience Governance, Law and Policies Community, Social Cohesion and Peacebuilding Book

Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism: A complex systems perspectiv…

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the complex drivers of violent extremism, challenging conventional security-led approaches by placing emphasis on social …

Cedric de Coning, Rui Sarai… 2025
Prevention and Resilience Security and Law Enforcement Digital & Online Extremism Training Document

Digital P/CVE for first-line practitioners

On 22-23 July 2025, the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation organised in Warsaw the first Strategic Communications training on Digital …

Arije Antinori and Javier R… 2025
Rehabilitation, Disengagement and Reintegration Community, Social Cohesion and Peacebuilding Journal Article

Mine clearance in aid of post conflict peacebuilding; the role of Humanitarian Mine Clear…

While Somaliland’s post-conflict recovery and state-building process has been extensively analyzed, the crucial role of landmine clearance remains largely undocumented. This paper …

Sarah Njeri 2025
Radicalization and Recruitment Digital & Online Extremism Youth and P/CVE Article

Digital Platforms, Angry Youth, and a Nation at Risk: Time for a New Approach

This article examines the growing risk of political extremism and radicalization in Kenya driven by digital platforms, youth anger, and widening generation …

Victor Bwire 2025
Radicalization and Recruitment Digital & Online Extremism Youth and P/CVE Article

Towards a Mixed Scanning Approach to Countering Violent Extremism: Emerging Media and You…

Digital communication technologies have become vital tools for violent extremist groups, enabling recruitment, ideological dissemination, and covert coordination. This study investigates how …

Zedekia Opondo Sidha, Israe… 2025