‘There’s Nothing Inevitable or Permanent about Democracy’: A Conversation with Robert Talisse …way of some pretty robust empirical data, that when democracy is all we ever do together, when our entire social worlds are structured around our political alliances and our political…
Welcome to Our 2025 HFG Distinguished Scholars …Roudabeh Kishi (Political Science, University of Denver), Improving Early Warning Models Outside of Conflict Zones: A Case Study of the US Roni Porat (Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Yuval…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellows …Cape Town). Militarization of University Spaces in Zimbabwe: Institutionalised Political Violence Yahya Sseremba (Political Science, Makerere University). A Historical and Political Inquiry Into the Political Violence in the Rwenzori Area…
“Violence Is Contagious”: A Conversation with Andrew Papachristos …supported by The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation in the past, has been devoted to network science. I wonder if you might start by explaining what you mean when you use…
“Illiberal Ideas Are Having a Negative Effect on Our Political Culture”: A Conversation with Thomas Main …political spectrum, most of Main’s energies are devoted to studying extremist right-wing political thinking. What he finds is sobering. The centerpiece of The Rise of Illiberalism is a study of…
‘Political Polarization Has Become Almost a Form of Entertainment’: A Conversation with Clionadh Raleigh …have decreased, rather than countries becoming peaceful, what we’ve seen is a rise of political militias. There have been many more gangs with political and often economic objectives that have…
“It’s Time to Be Very Afraid”: A Conversation with Peter Coleman …American political polarization. How worried should we be that our political divisions will result in violence on the ground? Is it possible to change the dynamics that threaten our fragile…
“Pluralism Is a Learned Value”: A Conversation with Dan Vallone …to post political content online. They’re much less likely to give money to political candidates. Their level of engagement in politics is dramatically less than the progressive activists on the…
“We’re in the Danger Zone”: A Conversation with Caroline Mehl …I’m not so concerned about civil war anytime soon. But what has been happening, particularly among the political right, is that political violence is becoming more and more mainstream. Political…
HFG Distinguished Scholars …University of Texas at Austin). Police Collusion and Drug Violence: What is the Relationship? Julie Chernov Hwang (Political Science, Goucher College). How Terror Cells are Constructed: The Role of Social…