‘When People Spend Time Together, They are Less Inclined to See Each Other as the Enemy’: A Conversation with Matt Grossmann …Berman led At the Crossroads, a series of interviews for HFG.org assessing the causes and solutions of rising crime in NYC after the pandemic. A version of this interview will…
How Emerging Diseases Can Spread Conflict and Violence …lockdowns led to a decline in official police presence, community defense forces emerged to combat rising crime. These groups often positioned themselves as protectors of their communities, but their increased…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Welcomes Its 2025-2026 African Fellows …knowledge on the nature, consequences, and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and human aggression. 2025–2026 Fellows and Research Topics Aroob Alfaki (University of Khartoum, Social…
“This Isn’t Just a Normal Political Fight”: A Conversation with Lilliana Mason …book Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age. In 2022, Berman led At the Crossroads, a series of interviews for HFG, which addressed the rise in crime…
“Ordinary People Are Really Not All That Extreme”: A Conversation with Matthew Levendusky …a series of interviews for HFG, which addressed the rise in crime in New York City following the pandemic. This interview also appears in The Fulcrum through a copublishing agreement….
Cataloging Murder: Tracking Violence Against Public Figures in Central America …related to organized crime and drug trafficking. More broadly, we hope VAPF draws increased scholarly attention to violence against judicial officials since the targeted killing of judicial officials undermines already…
An Unexpected Peace: Understanding Resilient Order and Violence in Multi-Gang Environments Rival criminal organizations sometimes coexist peacefully in the same territory. Mexican drug cartels, known worldwide for their violent battles for turf (Molzahn et al. 2012), are not the exception. Until…
Desistance from Right-Wing Extremism The research grant from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation provided the funds to conduct intensive life history interviews with an initial sample of thirty-five former North America–based far-right extremists. Interviews…
