On 19 November, the ARENAS project held its half-yearly general meeting. After 18 months of work, the different project partners had a significant amount of information and content to share.
WP1 began by presenting its work in terms of management and administrative, organisational and financial planning for the project. The interim reporting period, which opened on 1 November and will run for two months, represents a major challenge for the Cergy team.
The presentation of the various scientific work packages, WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5 and WP6, was an opportunity for the WP leaders to present not only the work carried out over the last 6 months but also the activities to come over the next 6 months. Of particular note were the promising advances in corpus linguistics and artificial intelligence (WP2), the roots and circulation of extremist narratives (WP3), the impact of extremist narratives in a polarised electoral context in Europe (WP4), institutional initiatives in the various European countries in the consortium (WP5), and the ethical and scientific issues involved in conducting research on a sensitive subject (WP6).
In terms of communication and dissemination, WP7 outlined the large and growing audience that is learning about the work of ARENAS and plans to reach an even wider audience over the coming months.
