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Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalisation (MOTRA)
"Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalization" (MOTRA) is a research association in the context of civil security research (zivile Sicherheitsforschung) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project was created as part of the establishment of a top-level research cluster for the early detection, prevention and combating of Islamic extremism and terrorism and will be a central point of contact over a period of five years.
BMBF, 2019-2024
Team
Research Questions
The GIGA's sub-module deals with the basic conflicts and triggering events of Islamist radicalization in the Middle East and North Africa and their effects on radicalization in Germany.
Contribution to International Research
The transfer platform serves the academic community as a forum for exchange, which also includes a continuous inventory of current research findings. With the help of this platform, not only will the knowledge gained through monitoring be communicated, but the research initiatives already existing in Germany will also be networked with one another in order to promote synergy effects. Research results must be communicated more quickly to those who need them, so that findings have a chance of finding their way into the everyday work of decision makers. The transfer platform is intended to significantly shorten the time lag between the generation of research findings and their potential use. The typically interdisciplinary character of this research plays a major role for MOTRA and is also reflected in the numerous partners from science, politics and practice who are part of the transfer network. This mix is essential for the successful transfer of knowledge between these three areas.
