THRIVE Resources
CPN-PREV collaborates with a diverse range of partners to contribute to research and publications on the prevention of violent extremism.
This section features a curated collection of articles and resources to support ongoing learning and awareness of current developments in the field.
Browse by category to find content relevant to your areas of interest.
Please note some resources are only available in french or english and that some of these resources were published by members, network partners, or other reliable sources, but have not all been reviewed or evaluated by CPN-PREV.
Extreme Dialogue
[English only]
Extreme Dialogue is a cutting-edge project designed to provide young people with the tools they need to challenge extremism in all its forms. Through a series of compelling films telling the true stories of those affected by extremism, with supporting educational resources, it provides a range of perspectives on how violence, exclusion and hate change lives. Designed to be delivered by teachers, other education or youth practitioners, external facilitators or young people themselves, the free Extreme Dialogue films and educational resources can be supported by training workshops.
Free Online Course on Cognitive Biases and Radicalization
The course includes a 12 hour program that you can take at your own pace. Through a diverse mix of videos, reading materials and quizzes, you will learn about the role of automatic thinking in radicalization processes and how extremist online content can trigger cognitive biases. The course provides key information on radicalization and links it with our brain information processing, to better understand the mental processes that take place when people are confronted with extremist propaganda on social media.
Signs of Radicalization – Training by the Centre for Child Protection (University of Kent)
[English only]
The Centre for Child Protection is providing trainings to help young people keep safe online. Their training sessions were designed to raise awareness about online grooming and radicalization. By providing some simulation techniques, participants will learn how young people can be groomed for radicalization via for example online gaming. These sessions allow young people to identify where online grooming may be taking place. They also develop their critical thinking skills and are encouraged to stay safe online. There are questions to each Vlog to generate discussion, as well as worksheets to gather evidence of teaching and learning.