HFG African Fellows at the African Studies Association of the UK …from timely issues of electoral and separatist violence to long-standing challenges, including intimate partner violence and transitional justice in post-conflict settings. Ahead of the ASAUK conference, HFG Program Officer and…
Ordinary Soldiers? A Case Study of the Nazi-Soviet War of Annihilation …combat record of the division reveals many examples of extreme violence. Within this case study, there were two primary research questions. First, in studying the division’s combat record, what examples…
In Practice Landing Page …diplomacy on conflicts like the war in Ukraine, the ways emerging diseases, including COVID-19 and avian flu, may bring both illness and violence, and how political violence can fuel migration….
Sophia Goodfriend Named 2025 Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Fellow at Pembroke College Cambridge …Fellowship was established at Pembroke College in 2011. It is a three-year award supporting post-doctoral research that increases the understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence in the…
The Polarization Project …rifts among the American public. Can actual violence be far behind? The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump suggests, tragically, that the answer may be “no.” While it may…
HFG Pembroke College Research Fellow …violence. Selected by Pembroke College, the three-year award focuses on the causes, manifestations, and control of violence in the present world. Priority is given to candidates who make a compelling…
Throwing “Paper Stones”: Argentina’s Institutional Collapse My research project is about violence and legal institutions, and is focused on the case of Argentina. In December 2001 Argentina fell into what is considered the deepest crisis of…
The Association of Polymorphisms in Genes affecting Monoamine Neurotransmission with Aggressive Behavior in Schizophrenic Violent Individuals Violence remains an important sociobiological problem, and is reported to affect approximately 3.7% of the population each year. In the mentally ill, the prevalence of violent behavior is higher that…
Provisional Irish Republicans: Ten Years On The primary finding from my research is that, among Irish Republicans, there is a group of people who, no matter what, will not stop their involvement in political violence until…
Organization and Community: The Determinants of Insurgent Military Effectiveness …the (in)ability to keep ceasefires, to control who is targeted by violence, or to employ increasingly complex guerrilla or conventional tactics. Next, it develops a theory arguing that it is…