HFG Welcomes Its 2026 Emerging Scholars School shooting incidents in the United States, vigilante violence in India, and governance of displaced populations in the Middle East are among the problems the 2026 HFG Emerging Scholars are researching.
Carnegie Council and HFG Announce Scott D. Sagan as Inaugural Nuclear Ethics Fellow Professor Scott D. Sagan of Stanford University has been named the inaugural Harry Frank Guggenheim Nuclear Ethics and Security Fellow.
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Byron Boston to Board and Sees Retirements of Tina Bennett and William G. Bardel “I am deeply honored to join The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation board,” Mr. Boston said. “I have long been interested in the urgent problems of violence that are being investigated through the Foundation’s efforts and the research of its grantees. I look forward to lending my support to these important efforts. “
HFG Participates in the Paris Peace Forum The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation was pleased to support the eighth edition of the Paris Peace Forum, which took place from October 29 to October 30 in Paris, France under the theme “New Coalitions for Peace, People and the Planet.”
Our new look Notice anything different? HFG.org has a fresh look with a newly designed homepage, a dedicated events section, and improved navigation and search functionality throughout the site. These changes, led by the talented team at Design for Progress, support new programming, including our expanded HFG Speaker Series, new multi-media projects, such as our Violence, Politics & […]
In Memoriam: Richard Rosenfeld The eminent criminologist long associated with the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was a civic-minded scholar, a master of quantitative analysis, and a great friend to many.
Salzburg Global: Polarization and Violent Threats to Democratic Systems A new report from Salzburg Global’s Polarization and Violent Threats to Democratic Systems program aims to identify ways to mitigate the threat of political violence and address the dangers that polarization and political violence pose to democratic systems.
HFG Launches Multi-year Initiative on Violence, Politics, and Democracy (NEW YORK) — As shocking events in the US 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 […]
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes New Board Members (NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation today announced the election of two new members to its board of directors: Andre M. Davis, a former judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and former city solicitor of Baltimore, and Jacqueline Jones, former president and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development […]
HFG Launches Speaker Series on Gender-Based Violence This fall, the Foundation will host three Knowledge Against Violence conversations titled, “Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence.” Gender-based violence, defined by the United Nations as “harmful acts directed at people or groups based on their gender,” is a pervasive global problem. The UN estimates that 30% of women 15 years and older“have been subjected to […]
