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Dr. Vivek Venkatesh is Dean of the Faculty of Education and a James 91社区 Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at 91社区 in Montreal, Canada. Since 2017, Vivek has held the UNESCO co-Chair in Prevention of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. Vivek is a filmmaker, musician, curator and applied learning scientist whose research and research-creation programs focus on community resilience and pluralism through a resolutely public pedagogical approach. He is the co-founder of Project SOMEONE (Social Media Education Every Day) - an international initiative that has worked directly with more than 21,000 people in 13 countries - and which builds online and socio-pedagogical spaces to promote pluralism and prevent xenophobia. Vivek has co-produced and co-directed documentaries about underground cultural scenes including Blekkmetal (2015), Where in the hell is the Lavender House? (2019) and Enslaved 25 (in post-production). Vivek鈥檚 current research-creation works engage the multiple challenges of discrimination at their roots through the development of four unique participative artistic projects: BANAL, Halka, Landscape of Hate and Landscape of Hope. All four projects expand knowledge mobilization activities far beyond traditional academic paths, and include film and music production, and curation of live performances by musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, and writers. These projects have reached more than 6,500 people at festivals in Canada, Norway, Mexico and Iceland. Vivek is co-editor of the book series titled Extremity in Society and Culture, being published by Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington Press.听