The project consists of three seminars focused on the analysis of the psycho-social processes involved in the radicalization of jihadist ideology and the study of the phenomenon of foreign fighters involved in the current conflicts in the Euro-Mediterranean area.

The general objective of this course is to provide students with the necessary tools and knowledge to achieve a better understanding of the main concepts related to armed conflicts in the Mediterranean arc, radicalization of jihadist inspiration, the ideological origins and socio-political analysis of jihadism, its organizational structure, as well as the psychosocial keys to Islamist radicalization and terrorism.