The Public Health Model Applied to the Prevention of Extremism: A Paradigm Shift

Next friday, March 8th, at 2:00 pm, Cátia Moreira de Carvalho will present a seminar entitled: “The Public Health Model Applied to the Prevention of Extremism: A Paradigm Shift”.

Abstract: What are extremism and radicalization? How can they be prevented and combated? Catia will seek to address these topics and present the public health prevention model applied to extremism as a necessary paradigm shift.

Short bio: Cátia de Carvalho holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Porto (2017-2022), funded by FCT, in which she investigated some of the factors explaining the absence of violent extremism within Islamist-inspired terrorism in Portugal. Currently, she is a researcher at 2 H2020 funded projects: the DRIVE project at the University of Leiden, and Networking the Educational World: Across Boundaries for Community Building (New ABC). She is a member of the European Researchers Community on Radicalisation of the Radicalisation Awareness Network and works as a consultant on preventing and countering violent extremism at the OSCE.