About the project
In this project, we investigate how this variation in multiagency approaches to preventing radicalization and countering violent extremism shape perceptions of the approach’s legitimacy and levels of mutual trust – among involved stakeholders as well as among public authorities and citizens – in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
In the Nordic countries, prevention of radicalization and violent extremism is layered-on extant crime prevention collaboration within the SSP-framework (school, social services, police). The core tenant of this approach is that early radicalization prevention is best organized as a joint effort, where individual cases are assessed in a holistic manner and relevant information shared. However, despite similarities in the multiagency setup, important national and local difference exists in terms of the legal leeway for exchanging personal information and the practical implementation of preventive measures.
Furthermore, we investigate to what degree variation in perceived legitimacy, trust and justice is linked to variation in the effectiveness of multiagency collaboration and prevention of radicalization.
As such, the project provides a first comprehensive comparison of legal frameworks, institutional setups, perceptions and practices of the Nordic multiagency approaches to countering violent extremism, as well as a critical analysis of varying implementations, which systematically explore how core components of a Nordic governance model contributes to, and may be preconditions for, effective multiagency collaboration and secure societies. In doing so, the project will provide a more informed platform for spreading Nordic experiences and models of governance to other countries in the area of radicalization prevention and countering violent extremism.
Publications
- Gøtzsche-Astrup, O., Lindekilde, L. Fjellman, A.M., Bjørgo, T., Solhjell, R., Haugstvedt, H., Sivenbring, J., Andersson Malmros, R., Kangasniemi, M., Moilanen, T., Magnæs, I., Wilchen Christensen, T., Mattsson, C. (2023). Trust in interagency collaboration: The role of institutional logics and hybrid professionals. Journal of Professions and Organizations, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2023, Pages 65–79.
- Sivenbring, J., Malmros RM. (2023). The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Involving civil society organizations in Nordic policy for preventing extremism. Journal of Civil society.
- Solhjell, R., Sivenbring, J., Kangasniemi, M., Kallio, H., Christensen, T.W., Haugstvedt, H., Gjelsvik, I.M (2022). Experiencing trust in multiagency collaboration to prevent violent extremism: A Nordic qualitative study. Journal for Deradicalisation, Issue No. 32, Fall 2022.
- Noer, C., Gøtzsche-Astrup, O., Lindekilde, L. Fjellman, A.M., Bjørgo, T., Solhjell, R., Haugstvedt, H., Carlsson, Y., Sivenbring, J., Andersson Malmros, R., Kangasniemi, M., Moilanen, T., Kallio, H., Magnæs, I., Wilchen Christensen, T., Mattsson, C. (2022). Public Perceptions of CVE Policies and Attitudes Towards Reporting. Research report published by the Danish National Center for Prevention of Extremism.
- Sivenbring, J., Malmros RA. (2021). Collaboration in Hybrid Spaces: The Case of Nordic Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism. Journal for Deradicalization, Winter 2021/2022 (19), pp. 54-91.
- Bjørgo T, (2021). Copy and Paste of Best Practices? Requirements for Successful Multiagency Collaboration against Violent Extremism. In: Issue Paper: Cooperation in Tertiary Prevention of Islamist Extremism. Berlin: German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP).
- Gøtzsche-Astrup O, Lindekilde L, Fjellman A, (2021). Perceived Legitimacy of CVE Policies and the Willingness to Report Concerns of Radicalization to Authorities in the Nordic Countries. Terrorism and Political Violence,
- Malmros, RA, Sivenbring J. (2020). Countering Violent Extremism in the Nordics: A Question of Collaboration. (Right Now! (blog)). Oslo: Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo.
- Sivenbring J, Malmros RA. (2019). Mixing Logics: Multiagency Approaches to Countering Violent Extremism. Gothenburg: Segerstedt Institute, Gothenburg University.
Organisation
The project is carried out by researchers at Oslo University, Gothenburg University, Aarhus University and University of Turku. The empirical research of the project is organized in three overlapping work packages, which engage and combine various methods of data collection (surveys, survey experiments, individual interviews, focus groups and participant observation). Data will be collected among the core professional groups of the Nordic multiagency approach to radicalization prevention – school teachers, social workers and police officers – but also among the general public and the policy target groups (vulnerable youth/communities).
