CRIS at the GREASE Conference: Preventing religiously inspired violent radicalisation in western Europe and Australia: What works and what does not work

Vivian Gerrand presented at the GREASE Final Conference on behalf of Michele Grossman (Deakin University) and Thomas Sealy (University of Bristol). The conference ‘Radicalisation, secularism and the governance of religion: bring together diverse perspectives was held in Brussels on 22-23 September, and marked the end of the four year project.

Vivian’s, Michele’s and Thomas’s paper Preventing religiously inspired violent radicalisation in western Europe and Australia: What works and what does not work discussed:

How the type and nature of state-religion relations influence the effectiveness of preventing violent radicalisation strategies
What trends we can discern in Western Europe and Australia that make a difference in preventing or failing to prevent violent radicalisation?
What insights from Western European and Australian approaches can help us think about effective prevention practices?

The GREASE project brought together researchers and eminent scholars from Europe, South & Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific and the MENA region. Together they spent four years investigating how religious diversity is governed in over two dozen countries. Comparing norms, laws and practices, they tried to ascertain what is useful (or not) in preventing religious radicalisation. Their research also shed light on different societal approaches to accommodating religious minorities and migrants.

CRIS researchers Michele Grossman, Vivian Gerrand and Vanessa Barolsky contributed to various GREASE publications and activities across the project.

To find out more about their research, visit the GREASE webpage.