{"id":3825,"date":"2017-07-17T09:05:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T07:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.danilodolci.org\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2017-07-17T09:05:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T07:05:54","slug":"start-the-change-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danilodolci.org\/en\/news\/start-the-change-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth attitudes towards radicalization: Start The Change research results"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YouthAfter seven months of hard work (Jan \u2013 Jul 2017), the Research Team of CSC has finally finished a Primary Research involving nine schools across Palermo, whose aim is to track and identify key problems facing today’s youth in the efforts to prevent radicalization at large. The research constitutes the First Work Package of START THE CHANGE, a project co-financed by Erasmus+ Program, Key Action 3: Support for Policy Reform.<\/p>\n

The research fulfilled the first step of the project’s large-scale coordinated actions that foresee the participation of 40 schools, 110 teachers, and 2000 youngsters across 4 European countries during its 2-year lifetime. All local schools were invited to participate on an indiscriminating basis, regardless of their systematic level, technical specialization, geographic location and so on, in a way diverse opinions and experiences could be voiced and collected. In total, 115 youngsters from 10-17 years of age participated in the activity, exceeding the designated number of the project application, which demonstrates youth’s high interest in the topic of study and their awareness of the pressing need to mitigate the tendency to radicalize among young adolescents.<\/p>\n

The specific aim of the research is to trace the Roots of Radicalization inherent in the everyday environment youth lives in, such as at school, in the neighbourhood, and in family. There are five main areas of exploration:<\/p>\n