In recent years, research on extremist identity politics and political violence in Europe has focused on patterns of violent radical Islamism and far-right radicalisation among young men. This research has brought to the fore problems of identity, belonging, inter-generational change, alienation, marginalisation, inequality, masculinity and miseducation. These findings point to matters of space and place that compound existing exclusionary discourses based on ethnicity, religious identity, socio-economic status and politics. Moreover, far right movements and violent Islamists not only have similar breeding grounds but they arguably also feed off each other’s rhetoric and activism in particular local urban areas. However, there are significant gaps in understanding the interplay between these different forms of local extremism, as no study has yet to investigate the synergies or reciprocity between Islamist and radical right extremism in a comparative European context. Moreover, there is no detailed understanding of the relationship between the individual and structural factors that also take into consideration the psychosocial circumstances affecting already vulnerable people. There remains a fundamental lack of appreciation of the wider struggles of social inclusion that affect the radicalisation experience in urban areas. It is a central concern for all vulnerable people concerning radicalisation, where questions of personal and political identity combined with issues of intergenerational change affect the paths individuals can take. DRIVE will produce a range of policy-orientated research findings to better understand how exactly social inclusion impacts on radicalisation for far right and Islamist groups in different parts of North-Western Europe, the targeted groups and geographical focus of this project. The findings from this project will help to determine European-wide policy solutions that concentrate on social inclusion in de-radicalisation initiatives.

Background: Over 58 000 suicides in Europe every year have an impact on the educational system, employability and economy. In Sweden, in 2014, the indirect costs (loss of the quality-adjusted life-years, QALYs) of suicides were estimated 849 383 mln euro and approximately 4,3-5,7 mln euro in direct costs (costs of transport, treatment, investigation) (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, 2015). Given that more than 50% of individuals who committed suicide had recent contact with healthcare prior to death, it is vital to increase suicide preventive skills of students and teachers in the field of Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work and Media. Enhancing skills in suicide risk assessment and prevention by the introduction of digital tools which can be used by a person in an acute suicidal crisis (including students and teachers), may save life and improve the accessibility of mental health services for disadvantaged groups. Currently, in the participating countries, there are no available online suicide prevention tools in the field of higher education. The ELLIPSE program aims to fill this gap. The objective: To tackle skills-gaps in suicide prevention while addressing the learning needs and preferences of students as well as the reality of the labor market in the field of health and social care. To enable institutions of higher education to provide online courses in suicide prevention to students. To increase skills of prospective health and social care professionals to cope with the challenges of working with populations at risk for suicide and to increase available employees with skills that professionally serve this population. To encourage prospective journalists to engage in suicide prevention. To promote internationalization, mobility and development of European standards in this field. The participants: Students and teachers in the field of Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work and Media, NGOs representing patients and relatives, suicide loss survivors, health- and social care workers, first responders, media and policy makers in Sweden, Norway, Poland, Hungary and Austria. The number of participants will be min. 600. The activities: Focus groups, joint staff training event, transnational project meetings, organization of international conferences, survey study, literature research and data analysis. Development and implementation of an e-learning and self-help crisis app. Publishing manuals. Ongoing dissemination and communications via websites, social media, interviews, articles, press conference on World Day of Suicide Prevention, mail, phone contact and networks of participating organizations. The methodology: All activities are grouped in three 1- year phases. The project will start with the dissemination of information about the project World Day of Suicide Prevention (10th September). Phase 1: development of surveys and 10 focus groups representing patients and relatives, suicide loss survivors, mental health and primary healthcare, social care workers, first responders, as well as media, managers, policy makers, students and teachers in the field of Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Social Care and Media. Phase 2: A preliminary version of e-learning modules, handbook and self-help app will be created and evaluated in feasibility surveys for acceptance. Phase 3: The final version of e-learning program, handbook and self-help app will be launched and evaluated after 3 and 6 months. In Phase 3, research activities will complement the evaluation procedures and will result in open-access scientific publications. The potential protective effects of the suicide preventive programs on suicide rates can be modified by many bio-psycho-socio-cultural factors that need to be taken account. Project will end with the 1st International Conference on Educational Programs in Suicide Prevention 2022. The international expert group will publish guidelines, checklist and a final report.Results and impact. Designed for students and teachers in the field of higher education an e-learning OER course on suicide prevention in the field of higher education with a handbook, a self-help crisis app, a manual with the description of the step-by-step project activities and expert guidelines on educational programs in suicide prevention. All materials will be published online in 6 languages incl. English. The project will monitor the number of users and the potential influence of the program on learners and participants-developer of the program. Participating organizations are expected to have a strong focus on dissemination and sustainability of the project. It may have a large and sustainable impact on organizational and regional (better communication, skills and empowerment), national (increased competence) and international level (development of international expert guidelines on educational programs in suicide prevention that may help to keep high standards of future programs in this field).

Objectives and ambition: Substance use disorder (SUD) is associated with a high global burden of disease, with 5.4% of all disability-adjusted life years lost due to alcohol and illicit drugs. Highly prevalent multimorbidity includes polysubstance use, mental health conditions, and other non-communicable and infectious diseases. Where traditional treatments are insufficient alone, music therapy (MT) is highly engaging and improves motivation and craving, but its long-term effects are unknown. Methodology: In a diverse group of people with SUD across a wide range of age, gender, socioeconomic, and cultural background, a parallel 3-arm assessor-blinded pragmatic multinational randomised clinical trial with embedded exploratory trials and mechanistic studies will determine long-term effects of active music groups (AMG) and music listening groups (MLG) versus treatment as usual (TAU) on addiction severity (primary: 1 year), recovery, and other health and socioeconomic outcomes. Embedded trials will examine short-term effects of individual components of TAU combined with AMG or MLG to determine the best combinations of interventions. Experimental studies will examine mechanisms using neuropsychological tests and brain imaging. With 600 participants in 7 countries randomised, the trial has 80% power on the primary outcome. Patient representatives, HTA bodies, and interventionists have been involved from conception and will ensure feasibility and applicability across Europe. Impact: FALCO will reduce disease burden through innovative, effective, and affordable treatment and will strengthen research and innovation expertise. Recommendations from FALCO will inform intervention delivery across Europe and beyond, leading to increased safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and improved quality of life for people with SUD. Stakeholders will be involved in communicating findings in all European countries and regions and ensuring that findings are effectively implemented.

Drawing on practical situations that older people face in daily living, SMILE will create SMart Inclusive Living Environments (SLE) with novel eHealth solutions enabling ageing in place. There are 6 main objectives: 1. Identify the needs and preferences of older people while living in their home environments. 2. Undertake co-creation of easy to use digital solutions with older people and novel methods to involve people with dementia. 3. Develop a smart AI-based system (Digital Care Facilitator and Conversational Agent) to proactively support older people in daily living. 4. To provide acceptable digital solutions when these solutions are introduced into older peoples lives 5. Evaluate the SMILE package to assess replicability and scalability in enhancing living spaces supporting independent, active and socially inclusive living for older people. 6. Build Europe-Canada cooperation in replicating, scaling and extending the results of SMILE to benefit the very heterogeneous populations of older people in our societies. These objectives will be achieved by 3 workstreams based on trans disciplinary research: co-creative design and evaluation; digital care facilitator and conversational agent; SMILE SLE ecosystem and digital solutions. Our targeted breakthroughs for smart living environments supporting independent and active living are: a participatory SLE ecosystem model; the ‘Digital Care Facilitator’, an AI-based system [TRL6]; a conversational agent as an everyday intermediary enhancing social participation [TRL6]; personal mHealth apps, and eHealth monitors and devices [TRL5-8]. We will demonstrate that SMILE works for a very heterogeneous group with different needs and preferences: older people with severe dementia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and care transitions during post-surgery recovery. With this combined package and related service improvements SMILE will go beyond state of the art in ways that are sustainable, scalable and exploitable.