
21 Jan 2021 | online
Webinaire ISD – Citoyenneté numérique et éducation aux médias
L'ISD est heureux de vous convier à sa première formation aux outils éducatifs Young Digital Leaders le jeudi 21 janvier de 16h00 à 17h30 (heure de Paris).
21 Jan 2021 | online
L'ISD est heureux de vous convier à sa première formation aux outils éducatifs Young Digital Leaders le jeudi 21 janvier de 16h00 à 17h30 (heure de Paris).
21 Jan 2021 | online
Together for Safety is a series of online talks which tackles and discusses pressing safety and security issues with a key focus on how to tackle hate, polarization and extremism in the Nordics and globally.
26 Nov 2020 | online
Webinar to present the results of ISD’s new study on disinformation surrounding the second wave of COVID-19 in France. The session will also take the opportunity to present COVID-19-related updates to our educational resources.
17 Nov 2020 | online
Hear ISD’s founding CEO, Sasha Havlicek in an exciting panel discussion on one of the most important and relevant topics of our time: Disinformation. What is the trajectory of disinformation in today’s battleground for words and ideas, what can we do about it and what does it mean for society and democracy in 2021?
1 Oct 2020 | online
As the Strong Cities Network (SCN) marks its fifth anniversary we wanted to reflect on the achievements of both our members and the network, and pause to consider what emerging challenges local leaders will be focusing on for the five years ahead.
9 Sep 2020 | online
Media Measurement are hosting a webinar on the 9th of September to commemorate the launch of their research paper 'Tinfoil Trust: Mapping Conspiracy Theories During COVID-19'. This session will include a presentation of key research findings, a panel discussion and virtual Q&A.
8 Jul 2020 | online
With Sasha Havlicek, Founding CEO of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Laura Rosenberger, Director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund, Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs and Théophile Lenoir, Head of Institute Montaigne’s Digital Program.
6 Jul 2020 | online
Webinar with Sasha Havlicek, founding CEO of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Dr Mary Martin, Director of the UN Business and Human Security Initiative at LSE IDEAS, Serge Stroobants, Director of Europe and MENA region at the Institute for Economics and Peace, and Dr. Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Co-Director of the UN Business and Human Security Initiative at LSE IDEAS.
17 Jun 2020 | online
This is webinar 3 with Kelsey Bjornsgaard, Senior Advisor at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank specialised in extremism: How to create an effective campaign, reach the target audience and spread the message.
10 Jun 2020 | online
Iris Boyer joined a virtual discussion among policymakers and civil society about the current climate of disinformation, the pervasive spread of conspiracy theories amid the COVID-19 crisis and the responses emerging so far. Organised by B'nai Brith which is one of the oldest Jewish community advocacy groups .
7 May 2020 | Online
ISD’s Jennie King was joined by members of the State Department, filmmakers and educators to talk about the ways in which we can prevent violent extremism in the classroom at the 2020 virtual South by Southwest festival.
7 Apr 2020 | Online
In this Webinar, Iris joined the American Jewish Committee to discuss how disinformation and hateful speech is surrounding COVID-19 and how civil society might respond.
1 Apr 2020 | Online
COVID-19 has been described as both a health crisis and a disinformation crisis. There are early signs that a range of bad actors are exploiting the fear of this pandemic to further their agendas, with potentially devastating effects both on public health and on community cohesion.
30 Mar 2019 | London
ISD's lead on Far-Right research will join experts from science, arts and civil society to explore Brexit from diverse perspectives.
7 Mar 2019 | Brussels
ISD Speakers on panel discussing democratic elections at #Disinfo Week, Brussels.
26 Feb 2019 - 27 Feb 2019 | Brussels
ISD’s Head of Strong Cities Network, Rebecca Skellett, was a panelist at ‘EU Cities against Radicalisation’ event in Brussels on 26th February 2019.
15 Feb 2019 - 17 Feb 2019 | Munich, Germany
ISD was a key contributor to the discussion around disinformation, misinformation and digital policy at the Munich Security Conference 15-16 February, 2019 hosting an evening panel discussion entitled, ‘Divide and Conquer: The Nexus of Extremism and Information Warfare’, alongside Anne Applebaum.
5 Feb 2019 | Brussels
ISD Education Manager, Lucie Parker, spoke at 'Fighting Harmful Content: Keeping the internet and users safe online' in Brussels on 5th February 2019 on a panel titled: 'Old Problems, New Platforms: Long term initiatives to tackle hate and extremism'.
30 Jan 2019 | London, UK
ISD and Google.org hosted a showcase event featuring projects supported by the £1 million fund to tackle hate and extremism.
14 Dec 2018 | Salford & Eccles, Manchester, UK
ISD’s experienced facilitators will travel to secondary schools across the UK to teach 13 to 15-year-olds about media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship, encouraging young people to be positive voices online while increasing their resilience to hate and extremism
10 Dec 2018 | Lewisham, UK
ISD’s experienced facilitators visited Lewisham to teach 13 to 15-year-olds about media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship, encouraging young people to be positive voices online while increasing their resilience to hate and extremism
7 Dec 2018 | South West Norfolk, UK
ISD’s experienced facilitators travelled to South West Norfolk to teach 13 to 15-year-olds about media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship, encouraging young people to be positive voices online while increasing their resilience to hate and extremism.
3 Dec 2018 | Berlin, Germany
OCCI brought together civil society organisations, feminist activists, creatives and policy-makers to discuss how anti-feminist trends can be counteracted and how people affected by online harassment and verbal discrimination can be supported.
30 Nov 2018 | Dewsbury, UK
ISD’s experienced facilitators travelled to Dewsbury to teach 13 to 15-year-olds about media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship, encouraging young people to be positive voices online while increasing their resilience to hate and extremism
23 Nov 2018 | Chesterfield, UK
ISD’s experienced facilitators travelled to secondary schools across the UK to teach 13 to 15-year-olds about media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship, encouraging young people to be positive voices online while increasing their resilience to hate and extremism
19 Nov 2018 - 21 Nov 2018 | Mombasa, Kenya
ISD’s Youth Civil Activism Network and Strong Cities Network hosted a three-day training and empowerment event for young activists in Mombasa.
13 Nov 2018 | Millbank Tower, London
This event focused on building and engaging with communities online, with topics including online campaigning best practices, evaluating the impact of counterspeech campaigns, and how to best leverage tools available on Facebook.
1 Nov 2018 - 3 Nov 2018 | Hyderabad, India
ISD's Youth Civil Activism Network (YouthCAN) hosted a three-day fully-funded workshop dedicated to crafting new solutions to countering fake news and disinformation in India.
29 Oct 2018 - 30 Oct 2018 | Birmingham, UK
This two-day conference facilitated national and international knowledge-sharing on building strong cities with a specific focus on community cohesion, preventing and countering violent crime, and radicalisation.
23 Oct 2018 | Berlin, Germany
The monitoring of right-wing extremist activities and networks online is an important building block to combat hate speech. For this event, we brought together monitoring experts to discuss and compare their research results.
19 Oct 2018 | Norfolk, UK
This school workshop provided students with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
17 Oct 2018 | London, UK
As part of the Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) Partnership Conference, the ISD OCCI team delivered a workshop on evaluating the impact of counterspeech to the network of BSBT grantees.
16 Oct 2018 | London, UK
150 youth and education practitioners received training in the Be Internet Citizens (BIC) educational resources, so that they could deliver the BIC lesson & session plans to young people independently. Including keynote speeches, panel debate, and networking opportunities.
9 Oct 2018 | Washington, DC
Experts from ISD, the Brookings Institution, George Washington University's Program on Extremism and Parents for Peace debated policy frameworks, technology and terrorism, and the importance of civil society in preventing and countering terrorism in the U.S.
4 Oct 2018 - 5 Oct 2018 | Berlin, Germany
ISD's Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI) and Youth Civil Activism Network (YouthCAN) hosted a two-day workshop dedicated to crafting new solutions to counter misinformation in Europe.
2 Oct 2018 | Washington, DC
ISD's Head of Outreach and Networks, Zahed Amanullah presented at this event which brought together key stakeholders, researchers, government officials, and civil society to discuss global best practices on tackling the growing threat of disinformation campaigns in elections.
27 Sep 2018 | New York City, New York
ISD, British Council USA, and Georgia State University discussed the role and work of civil society institutions across the US, UK, Europe and MENA in addressing issues of violence and violent extremism.
27 Sep 2018 | St Luke’s Church Centre, Birmingham, UK
BIC’s teacher training workshop allowed teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
25 Sep 2018 | Berlin, Germany
The launch of the 'Hate Speech and Radicalisation in the Network' report in Berlin included an engaging discussion, moderated by ISD's Julia Ebner with state secretary Gerd Billen, Marie-Teresa Weber, Public Policy Manager, Facebook, and Matthias Quent, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Civil Society.
19 Jul 2018 | London, UK
This workshop, undertaken by ISD on behalf of the Commission for Countering Extremism, brought together policymakers and practitioners, academics and civil society representatives.
14 Jul 2018 | Manchester, UK
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
13 Jul 2018 | Bradford, UK
BIC’s school workshop will provide students with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
12 Jul 2018 | Weymouth, UK
At this conference, ISD was able to talk about how our Education programmes help young people to talk safely and confidently about extremism with their teachers.
10 Jul 2018 - 12 Jul 2018 | Melbourne, Australia
The third annual SCN Global Summit, hosted in Melbourne, provided a unique forum for policy makers, practitioners, academia and other specialists to connect and develop region-specific, best-practice approaches to countering and preventing violent extremism.
6 Jul 2018 | Cardiff, Wales
BIC’s ‘Creators for Change’ workshop will equip attendees to support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
6 Jul 2018 | Cardiff, Wales
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
30 Jun 2018
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
28 Jun 2018 | Berlin, Germany
This workshop is in collaboration with German NGOs about the role conspiracy theories play in online subcultures.
27 Jun 2018 | Newcastle, UK
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
27 Jun 2018 | Dublin, Ireland
The hackathon aims to produce a multi-partnered, Pan-European, decentralized civil society-led campaign that promotes a positive and unified message on World Humanitarian Day (August 19th), with support from participating technology companies.
22 Jun 2018 | Louth and Horncastle, UK
BIC’s school workshop will provide students with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
19 Jun 2018 | Brussels, Belguim
We’re working with Google to ensure that young people learn can create a fun, positive, and vibrant community online.
19 Jun 2018 | London, UK
An exploratory workshop bringing together public and private stakeholders to explore how businesses and cities can work together to combat hate, violence, and polarisation by sharing best practice design.
19 May 2018 | Cranford Community College, London, UK
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
12 May 2018 - 14 May 2018 | Raouché Arjaan by Rotana, Beirut, Lebanon
This three-day workshop brought together Strong Cities Prevention Network members with youth between the ages of 18 and 24 from three cities across Lebanon: Tripoli, Saida and Majdal Anjar.
5 May 2018 | Cranford Community College, London, UK
Our expert facilitators trained Sixth Formers on how best to use our films and supporting educational resources to start challenging but necessary conversations with young people about extremism.
29 Jun 2017 - 30 Jun 2017 | Harvard University, US
This workshop broadly explored harmful speech online as it is affected by the intersection of algorithms and human behaviour.
11 May 2016 - 12 May 2016 | Antalya, Turkey
The SCN Global Summit brought together more than 200 delegates representing 62 cities and 39 countries to share knowledge and experiences around best practice in countering violent extremism at the local level.
11 Feb 2016 - 13 Feb 2016
ISD, in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, hosted the first Commonwealth YouthCAN innovation lab in Kigali, Rwanda, from February 11-13th, bringing together over 35 changemakers from around the region.