Centre for Resilient Society

The Centre for Resilient Society (CRS) is a citizen-focused, international research centre within the Henry Jackson Society, which seeks to identify, diagnose and propose solutions to threats to the social resilience of liberal Western democracies.

The centre’s work includes addressing the twin challenges posed by radicalisation and terrorism. The centre is unique in addressing violent and non-violent extremism. By coupling high-quality, in-depth research with targeted and impactful policy recommendations, it aims to combat the threat of radicalisation and terrorism in our society.

The centre’s work also includes broader challenges of democratic resilience, including both threats from foreign interference and domestic issues. This includes the potential harm that various forms of social, cultural and political insecurity, conflict and disengagement can pose to the long-term sustainability of democracies – including the resilience of their institutions, public policy outcomes, citizens’ health and wellbeing, and economic growth and prosperity. It also explores the balance between free speech and hate speech, and encourages respectful debate between those of different views, rather than cancellation. Moreover, it underscores how social and political instability can make nations vulnerable to internal and external actors seeking to deepen cleavages, undermine consensus and ultimately, to weaken democratic functioning.

You can read the centre’s inaugural research brief –
‘Antisemitism in the UK in 2024’ – HERE

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