On today’s episode of Israel & Palestine Unpacked, we speak with Dr. Eleni Fotou, a forensic psychologist, about radicalisation and de-radicalisation.

Dr. Eleni Fotou received her BSc in Psychology from the University of Utah in 2002 and has spent the past ten years studying the criminal profiles of domestic homicide offenders in Greece. She has lived, worked, and studied in the US, the UK, and Greece, developing a research background that specialises in radicalisation, extremism, and terrorism studies.

In addition to this, she co-founded Bia-Stop in 2008, a programme based in Kavála, Greece, that focuses on the prevention and treatment of domestic violence. She works closely with the police and the prosecuting authorities on cases involving children who are victims of sexual assault and manages the penal mediation programme in Kavála for domestic violence offenders. Currently, she is creating the Hellenic Risk Assessment Tool under contract from the Ministry of Social Welfare. This tool is now being used by every national agency that handles domestic violence cases. She has presented her work on the management of perpetrators at the international level, including at the UN in New York (2019) and the European Committee of Experts on the Horizon 2020 programme in Brussels (2020), among other professional endeavours.

Today, we are speaking to her about understanding the processes of radicalisation and de-radicalisation. We’ll explore radicalisation within the Israeli-Palestinian context before concluding with a discussion on preventative measures and future outlooks.

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Pádraig