PROTON is an innovative approach for a better understanding of the recruitment mechanisms in criminal and terrorist organisat ... ions. By combining social analyses with technological and computational sciences, the Project aims at improving current prevention policies, as well as providing guidelines for policy makers and disparate end-users on a local, national and international scale. The ultimate goal is to tackle organised crime and terrorism through a reduction of their growth opportunities. From insights on the growth of criminal and terrorist organisations to the integration of social and computational disciplines, PROTON will impact a wide spectrum of social and scientific aspects. In particular, it will introduce the so-called agent-based-modelling simulations in the field of counter-terrorism and promote a close collaboration between policy makers and scientists, hence leading to the expansion of our current technological level, knowledge and security. PROTON has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 699824. read more