Academia and practitioners: challenges and synergies in strategic research on violent extremism

Conference on research on violent extremism organized by The Swedish Center for Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE) and The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) on October 16 2019 in Stockholm. Opening remarks (1 min 20 sec) Jonas Trolle, Director Center for Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE) Keynote: “The Study of Terrorism” (4 min 10 sec) Professor Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Situation overview of violent extremism in Sweden (1 h 08 min 30 sec) Ahn-Za Hagström, Senior Analyst, Swedish Security Service Current research on violent extremism and future needs - Panel discussion (1 h 21 min 50 sec) • Dr. Heléne Lööw, Uppsala University • Dr. Christer Mattsson, University of Gothenburg • Dr. Magnus Ranstorp, Swedish Defence University (FHS) • Dr. Amir Rostami, Stockholm University and the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) • Dr. Anders Strindberg, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) • Dr. Mattias Wahlström, University of Gothenburg Islamic State and Al-Qaida, and practitioner oriented research (2 h 37 min 10 sec) Dr. Seth G. Jones, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Social Identity Theory (3 h 04 min 20 sec) Dr. Anders Strindberg, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Mikael Damberg, Minister for Home Affairs (3 h 25 min 50 sec) Data analysis (4 h 00 min 30 sec) Dr. Lisa Kaati, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Register-based research (4 h 26 min 50 sec) Dr. Christofer Edling, Lund University and the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) Risk modeling (4 h 54 min 10 sec) Dr. Jonas Clausen Mork, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Personality psychology (5 h 13 min 40 sec) Dr. Nazar Akrami, Uppsala University Field studies (5 h 38 min 35 sec) Dr. Michael Jonsson, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Closing remarks (6 h 05 min 10 sec) Jonas Trolle, Director Center for Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE)