Amid a volatile election season, the report ‘We Want You To Be A Proud Boy’: How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence outlines the steps social media companies like Facebook, TikTok and Telegram can take to reduce their contribution to increasing levels of political intimidation and violence across the U.S. and around the world.  […]

As shocking events in the United States and elsewhere show, political violence is real. The scope of the threat is unclear, as are the motivations that drive people to harm others they disagree with and the effects of such violence on the outcomes of elections and the health of democratic institutions. While media reports convey […]

As part of the Violence, Politics, & Democracy initiative, HFG will host a series of live and virtual discussions with scholars and practitioners to advance understanding of antidemocratic threats in the United States and other mature democracies.

On Oct. 17, HFG hosted a virtual discussion with Paul M. Barrett, author of ‘We Want You To Be A Proud Boy’: How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence, who discussed the report and steps that social media companies can take to reduce their contribution to increasing levels of political intimidation and violence across the U.S. and around the world. 

The year 2024 was dubbed “the global election year,” with more than 60 countries, representing half of the world’s population, going to the polls this year. Over the last decade, political scientists, journalists, and other observers have noted a rise in dissatisfaction with democracy in many mature democratic systems and an attendant rise in violent […]

A conversation with Abby Cordova, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame and Romina Istratii, School of History, Religions and Philosophies, SOAS.

A conversation with Diana Peel, Makerere University, Charlotte Ofori, Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, and Lotte Houwink ten Cate, Department of History, Columbia University.

A conversation with Modupe Animashaun, Institute of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies, University of Ibadan, Michele Decker, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, and Claudia Torres-Patino, Harvard Law School, Harvard University.

Projecting Crime Rates and Incarceration Impact in the US In 2017, the Foundation commissioned three criminologists to create statistical models for forecasting US crime rates. HFG also asked them to examine the impact on crime of potential policy shifts intended to reduce the US’s high rate of incarceration.  James Austin, Todd Clear, and Richard Rosenfeld […]

HFG’s June 29, 2023 Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series event, “Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection,” explored migrant rights and protections from the perspective of three scholars who study the issue from Europe, Africa and North and South America. The panel was moderated by historian and HFG Pembroke College Research Fellow (2017-2020) Nicki Kindersley of […]