ARENAS represented at Sabadell Local Democracy Forum 2026
ARENAS will be represented at the 7th Local Democracy Forum in Sabadell, Spain, on May 15th. The event is organised by the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Sabadell (FAVS) in collaboration with the Sabadell City Council and the ARENAS project. ARENAS also collaborated in the previous edition, held in June 2025, at this important forum […]
ARENAS introduced to attendees at Hope and Courage Collective training event in Ireland
Denise Callan, from Irish Partner Momentum, recently attended a one- day workshop hosted by the Hope and Courage Collective and facilitated by Sligo PPN. She introduced the work of ARENAS to attendees, shared project resources and was able to demonstrate how ARENAS research and recommendations were relevant in the Irish context. The event was organised […]
ARENAS featured on Italian radio station RAI Radio 3
The ARENAS project was featured on Italian Radio Station RAI Radio 3 this week. Cinzia Sciuto, director of ‘MicroMega’ was the guest presenter of the morning press review, and spoke of the publication of the ARENAS Glossary of Right Wing Extremism, reading out the recent entry on Remigration. It was a wonderful opportunity to bring […]
The Ground Is Shifting: The EFCSN’s “Great Retreat” Report aligns with ARENAS research
A new white paper published this month by the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) makes for sobering reading for anyone working on the challenge of extremist narratives in Europe. The Great Retreat: How Platforms Deprioritised Information Integrity and What to Do About It arrives at a critical moment, and its findings speak directly to the […]
ARENAS Attends Memory Makers Conference on Holocaust Education and Contemporary Context
On 12 March 2026, Denise Callan from the ARENAS team joined an online conference hosted by Jagiellonian University as part of the EU-funded Memory Makers project — an educational initiative supported under the EU CERV programme that is dedicated to engaging young people in historical education and remembrance. Memory Makers aims to empower young individuals […]
Mapping Extremist Narratives in Parliament: ARENAS Seminar in Ljubljana
On Monday, 23 February 2026, the Institute of Contemporary History (Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino, INZ) in Ljubljana hosted a seminar titled “Circulation of Extremist Narratives through the Parliaments: Current National and European Contexts.” The event brought together researchers, NGO representatives, and other stakeholders both in person and online via Zoom, and marked a significant milestone […]