Evaluation Designs for Prevention Measures (2020–2022)

The PrEval project (Eva­luation Designs for Pre­vention Measures – Multi-method Approaches to Impact Assess­ment and Quality Manage­ment in Extremism Pre­vention and the Inter­faces to Vio­lence Pre­vention and Political Edu­cation) was a research and transfer project to survey eva­luation needs and ca­pacities in extremism pre­vention in Germany. PrEval aimed to develop multi-method eva­luation designs, including the interfaces with crime pre­vention and civic edu­cation. A key benefit of the project was the involve­ment of various pre­vention actors – from adminis­tration, academia and pro­fessional practice – who arrived at a common under­standing of the problem through dialogue. Parts of the project work were extensive mea­sures to transfer the findings into practice.

PrEval addressed a broad range of pheno­mena, in­cluding political and religious extremism, addressing mea­sures from civic education, primary, secondary and tertiary pre­vention, and inter­faces with crime pre­vention. PrEval used analysis, monitoring and mapping formats and developed multi-method evaluation designs based on selected pilot studies.

The project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) with a duration from March 2020 to June 2022 with funds from the “National Prevention Program against Islamist Extremism” (NPP).