🎧 A new episode of the ARENAS Podcast is now available! The ARENAS Podcast continues its engaging eight-part series, The Historical Roots of Extremist Narratives in Europe. Presented by Firdaous Alaoui and produced by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (@UABBarcelona), the…

As part of the ARENAS project, Dr @StevenForti and the Work Package 3 team have released a major report exploring the historical evolution of extremist narratives in Europe, from the late 19th century to today. Featuring case studies from 10 countries, the report examines how…

ARENAS sociologist @Gwen_Bauvois recently delivered a keynote at the “Extremes” seminar hosted by the University of Turku in Finland. Organised by the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and the John Morton Center for North American Studies, this seminar brought together…

The Work Package 4 (WP4) team recently met in Barcelona for a two-day session hosted by @InstitutICPS Team members from Latvia, France, Spain, and Cyprus came together to analyse preliminary data from recent surveys completed just before the European Parliamentary elections in…

🎧 New ARENAS Podcast episode is available! The ARENAS Podcast continues its compelling eight-part series, The Historical Roots of Extremist Narratives in Europe. Hosted by Firdaous Alaoui and produced by @UABBarcelona, this series explores extremism across different European…

Professor @JarenoClaudia of @UniversiteCergy will present at an online seminar hosted by the Spanish Association of Political Science and Administration (@AECPA_) on Wednesday, November 6th, at 4:30 pm CET. Her talk, titled “In the name of women’s rights: gender,…

We’re excited to announce the publication of the first major research report from Work Package 3 of the ARENAS Project - The Historical Roots of Extremist Narratives in Europe, led by Dr @StevenForti from @UABBarcelona With detailed case studies from countries like Germany,…

The ARENAS Project recently conducted an in-depth survey across Latvia, France, Cyprus, and Spain to analyse political beliefs, societal concerns, and the reach of extremist narratives ahead of the 2024 EU elections. This timely study captures Europeans' views on critical…

🎧 New ARENAS podcast episode is available! The ARENAS Podcast continues its eight-part series on the Historical Roots of Extremist Narratives in Europe. Hosted by Firdaous Alaoui and produced by the @UABBarcelona, we’re exploring different countries across Europe with expert…

Rayane Ghilene and Dimitra Niaouri from @UniversiteCergy recently presented their research for the ARENAS project at the 11th International Conference on Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media Corpora in Nice. Their paper, "Analysis of Socially Unacceptable Discourse…

The ARENAS project is divided into seven work packages, each addressing a critical aspect of combating extremist narratives in Europe. Today, we introduce Professor Béatrice Fracchiolla, leader of Work Package 5 (WP5): Mediations and Remedies for Extremist Narratives. As a…

ARENAS researcher @Gwen_Bauvois from the @helsinkiuni spoke at the 16th European Sociological Association (@ESA_Sociology) conference in Portugal. The ESA, Europe’s largest sociological gathering, hosted its event at the University of Porto from 27 to 30 August, focusing on the…

Ana Yara Postigo Fuentes @AYtranslator, leader of ARENAS Work Package 2 from @HHU_de, recently organised an international workshop in Bonn on "Extremist Narratives: Linguistic and Historical Analysis," with support from the DAAD German Academic Exchange Service. At the opening…

Introducing the ARENAS podcast! 🎙️ Over the next few months, we will be publishing an eight-part series of interviews with expert members of the ARENAS consortium. The series considers the Historical Roots of Extremist Narratives in Europe and each expert will discuss the…

WATCH: Video highlights from the recent ARENAS conference Going Extreme: History, Narratives and the Threat to Democracies in Europe organised by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (@UABBarcelona). youtube.com/watch?v=jUokyQ… #ARENASproject #HorizonEU…

On Wednesday 9 October, at 16:00 CET, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (@UABBarcelona) will host Andrea Mammone (@SapienzaRoma) who will speak on "The Extreme Right and Europe (1945-2024)". Mammone is one of the main experts on the extreme right in Italy -and Europe in…

ARENAS Partner @UABBarcelona recently hosted Going Extreme: History Narratives and the threat to Democracies in Europe. The conference was a huge success with more than 200 delegates attending in person or joining the online stream. Learn more about the Conference, the Speakers,…

The ARENAS conference Going Extreme: History, Narratives and the Threat to Democracies in Europe, recently organised by @StevenForti and his team at @UABBarcelona, opened with a wide-ranging discussion on Democracy, Extremism and Youth. @MilagrosPrezOli of @el_pais moderated a…

1/4 Last week, Jure Gašparič and Isidora Grubački from our Institute attended the international conference "Going Extreme: History, Narratives and the Threat to Democracies in Europe", which took place at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona from