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Theoretical foundations
Definitions, drivers, and historical patterns of violent extremism — situated in South-Asian context.
Programme
Training & Certificate
A professional certificate course on Preventing Violent Extremism, jointly conducted by the Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS) at the University of Dhaka and the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS).
PVE
Preventing Violent Extremism
3+
Cohorts delivered
2
Co-conducting institutions
Cert.
Joint professional certificate
About the programme
Professional training for practitioners working on violent extremism
The certificate course brings together academics, policy researchers, civil-society practitioners, security-sector professionals, and journalists to build a shared analytical vocabulary around violent extremism in South Asia.
Participants engage with three decades of incident data from the Bangladesh Peace Observatory, case studies of past extremist mobilisations, and policy responses across South Asia and beyond. The course concludes with a short applied paper or policy brief reviewed by the CGS-BIISS faculty panel.
Curriculum
Six modules across theory, data, and practice
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Bangladesh case studies
Hands-on engagement with BPO data on extremist incidents, recruitment patterns, and counter-extremism responses.
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Policy responses
Comparative review of government, civil-society, and international counter-extremism interventions.
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Research methodology
Mixed-methods training: qualitative interviewing, quantitative incident coding, ethics in conflict-zone fieldwork.
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Communication & advocacy
Translating research into briefings, op-eds, and stakeholder dialogue.
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Capstone
A short applied paper or policy brief, reviewed by the CGS-BIISS faculty panel.
Partners
Three institutions, one programme
Centre for Genocide Studies
University of Dhaka — Director and convening faculty
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Co-conducting institution, strategic-studies faculty
United Nations Development Programme
Supporting programme and fellowship funding
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