FUNDACION EUROARABE DE ALTOS ESTUDIOS

Their core work

The Euro-Arab Management School is a Granada-based foundation that bridges European and Arab/Mediterranean worlds through applied research on security, migration, and intercultural dialogue. They contribute regional expertise on MENA and Balkan contexts to EU security and migration projects, focusing on understanding radicalization, violent extremism, and the role of narratives and perceptions in shaping migration dynamics. Their work spans practitioner capacity building, ICT-enabled public services for migrants, and community resilience strategies against violent extremism.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early H2020 work (2016–2018) centered on Mediterranean security infrastructure, practitioner network building, and historical religious coexistence — a more academic and capacity-building orientation. From 2019 onward, the focus sharpened toward politically urgent topics: migration narratives, social media influence, violent extremism, and community resilience in the Balkans and MENA. This shift reflects a move from foundational security research toward applied, policy-relevant work on radicalization and migration.

Increasingly focused on the intersection of violent extremism, migration perceptions, and community resilience — expect future work on countering disinformation and building social cohesion in conflict-prone regions.

How they like to work

Always a participant, never a coordinator — they join large, multi-country consortia (86 unique partners across 31 countries) as a regional specialist rather than a project leader. Their broad partner network and consistent role across diverse security and migration projects suggest they are a trusted, reliable contributor valued for their Euro-Arab expertise and MENA/Balkans regional knowledge. Working with them means gaining access to a well-connected organization that bridges European and Arab research communities.

Extensive network of 86 unique partners across 31 countries, reflecting their role in large security and migration consortia. Their geographic bridge position between Europe and the Arab/Mediterranean world gives them unusually wide reach for a mid-sized foundation.

What sets them apart

Their institutional identity as a Euro-Arab foundation gives them a rare dual legitimacy: they are embedded in EU research frameworks while maintaining deep connections to MENA and Balkan contexts. This makes them an almost irreplaceable partner for any consortium needing genuine on-the-ground understanding of migration, radicalization, or intercultural dynamics in these regions. Few European research organizations can credibly claim this bridging role between EU policy circles and Arab-Mediterranean communities.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MIICT
  Their largest single grant (EUR 227,500) and their only digital-sector project, exploring ICT solutions for migrant integration — a distinctive blend of their migration expertise with technology.
• PAVE
  Their most recent and second-largest project (EUR 150,750), directly addressing violent extremism prevention in Balkans and MENA — represents their current strategic direction.
• PERCEPTIONS
  Tackles the politically sensitive intersection of social media narratives, European perceptions, and migration — highly relevant to current EU policy debates on disinformation.