The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2026 HFG Distinguished Scholars. The thirteen grantees — chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition — are exploring important problems of violence in the world.

“The latest cohort of HFG Distinguished Scholars comprises outstanding researchers studying problems of serious violence around the world,” said HFG Director of Research Joel Wallman. “Land conflict in Lesotho, organized crime in Mexico, and mass killings in the US, to name just three of their projects, exemplify the topical and geographic range of our scholars. Preventing or reducing violence requires first determining what drives it; this is what our grants make possible.”