Analysing preliminary data to counter extremist narratives in the European Union

By Rasma Pīpiķe In the heart of Barcelona, beneath the vibrant mosaic of Catalonia’s culture and history, our WP4 team gathered for a meaningful two-day dialogue hosted by our team members at ICPS. Each participant brought unique perspectives from their home countries—Latvia, France, Spain, and Cyprus—to analyse preliminary data from recent surveys completed just before […]

Professor Claudia Jareño speaks at AECPA Seminar

  Professor Claudia Jareño of CY Cergy Paris Université will speak at an online seminar hosted by the Spanish Association of Political Science and Administration (AECPA) on Wednesday, November 6th at 4:30 pm CET.  Her presentation is titled “In the name of women’s rights”: gender, femonationalism and the extreme right”, and registration to attend is […]

Key Societal Concerns Across Europe: Insights from the ARENAS Project

Wp4 research preliminary findings The ARENAS Project conducted a comprehensive series of surveys across several European countries, including Latvia, France, Cyprus, and Spain, to analyse political beliefs, societal concerns, and the penetration of extremist narratives. This study is particularly important as it was conducted before the 2024 European Union parliamentary elections, providing a snapshot of […]

ARENAS Sociologist gives keynote presentation at Seminar in Finland

ARENAS researcher, Gwenaëlle Bauvois (University of Helsinki) was invited on September 6. 2024 to be a keynote speaker for the Current Issues Seminar “Extremes” at the University of Turku (Finland). This seminar was organised by the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) which promotes cutting-edge research in humanities and social sciences and the John Morton […]

ARENAS Team presentation opens Bonn Seminar

Leader of ARENAS Work Package 2, Ana Yara Postigo Fuentes of the Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, recently organised an International Workshop in Bonn. The Workshop Title was ‘Extremist Narratives: Linguistic and Historical Analysis (Focusing on the Spanish and Catalan Case)’. Funding was received from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Members of the ARENAS team […]

GOING EXTREME, International Conference hosted by UAB, a great success

The Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) hosted an international conference recently to address some key topics of the ARENAS project. Going Extreme: History, Narratives and the Threat to Democracy in Europe was held at the Center de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) from September 25th – 27th.  More than 200 delegates from across Europe attended […]