Introduction

Tina Wilchen Christensen is a researcher specialising in radicalisation processes, extremism, terrorism and exit processes from extremist groups. These themes are debated daily in the media, but what do the terms actually mean? Why do some people become extremists? What does it take to leave an extremist group – and why is it so hard?

The answers can be found by focusing sharply on the processes that cause young people to move from being peripheral observers to developing an extremist identity, and the factors that can motivate an individual to exit and disengage socially and mentally from an extremist group.

Lectures

Radicalisation, de-radicalisation, disengagement and exit processes. Read more »

Courses

Courses on Intercultural Communication. Read more »

Articles

See all articles published by Tina Wilchen Christensen. Read more »

At this website, you can find professional knowledge and book my lectures/workshops. The communication is tailored to the target audience, whether you are a practitioner, a student, or just have a general interest in the way in and the way out of extremist groups.

You can also download articles based on my research projects, which highlight how young people get involved in extremist groups, radicalisation processes and movements across extremist groups, criminal networks and gangs. You can read about the processes through which a person passes when he or she disengages from extremist environments, and about the kind of interventions that can support an individual through an exit process.

Consultancy services

For almost 20 years, I have been studying how people create meaning through social participation and learning. On this basis I provide consultancy services, in cooperation with solid business partners and researchers.