Alexander Ritzmann
Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
2024
Alexander Ritzmann is a senior advisor with the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). He leads the work of CEP in the EU on violent far-right extremist and terrorist (transnational) networks, offline and online as well as the workstream on effective measures against extremist financial strategies and networks. He has been working on extremist and terrorist content and internet regulation (e.g. the German NetzDG and the EU Digital Services Act) since 2016.
Alexander was a working group leader and senior advisor to the European Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) from 2016 to 2024. He particularly focused on extremist ideologies, narratives and strategic communications. In this capacity he co-developed the GAMMMA+ model for effective alternative and counter narratives, which serves as a tool-kit for practitioners all over the EU and beyond.
Alexander has been working on the promotion of liberal democracy and the prevention of violent extremism for more than 25 years. He has testified before the German Bundestag, the European Parliament, the US House of Representatives, the Australian Senate and various EU and U.S. governments on these matters.
To me, Eradicate Hate was the most important gathering of 2021 for those of us who work on issues related to domestic extremism and organized hate. The Summit uniquely combined a variety of perspectives, including experts, civil society representatives, politicians and policymakers, and the families and loved ones of victims. Eradicate Hate has the important mission of standing against the rising tide of hate and extremism in our society, and it’s an honor to be able to support this mission.
