The DEMINE European Joint Doctorate (DN-JD) network is a collaborative effort across disciplines. Its primary goal is to enhance Europe’s capacity to address a significant challenge: the rise of various forms of radicalisation and extremism that pose a threat to social cohesion. Through a combination of inter-sectoral mobility and a balanced blend of research and transferable competences, DEMINE develops a much-needed framework on the role and interplay of interpersonal and mediated communication in intergroup relations and conflict related to migration and globalisation, ultimately contributing to social cohesion.

DEMINE has crafted a comprehensive research and training programme to examine the complex relationships between various forms of communication, including traditional media, social media, and interpersonal interactions.

This programme aims to understand how various communication channels shape individual attitudes and beliefs regarding migration, as well as their impact on intergroup dynamics (social cohesion), especially within the broader context of political and societal polarisation, and the processes of radicalisation, with a specific focus on migration-related aspects.

Within DEMINE, Christoph Raetzsch will be supervising the PhD Project by Daniela Rebello on the topic "“Identifying strategies of empowering news media producers to limit the dissemination of disinformation”. The project is co-supervised with Claudia Padovani from Padua University, Italy. Daniel Rebello is a graduate of the international Erasmus Mundus Master's Programme and has an MA degree from Aarhus University and Charles University Prague.

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