What Do Historians Have to Say About Violence? …to dismissing such obvious murders without further thought or investigation. But Bostonians during the 1880s were neither particularly violent nor especially insensitive toward aggression. Rather, they devoted increasing attention to…
HFG Chair Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Passes Gavel to Longtime Board Member Peter Lawson-Johnston II …of countries. Under Lawson-Johnston, the Foundation’s sponsored research has evolved from studies of human aggression in evolutionary perspective to a focus on contemporary problems of violence, with an extensive portfolio…
Epigenetic Influences on the Development of the Serotonin System: A Mechanism of Risk for Chronic Aggressive Behaviors in Humans? …density (animals) and methylation (humans) was more linked to regulation of sadness/fear than of aggression. The specific effects on brain, expression of genes, and behaviors may also depend on timing…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2023 Distinguished Scholars …and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and human aggression. 2023 Scholars and Research Topics Christopher Davey (Clark University) and Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod (American University). Erasing Refugees:…
Social Dominance and Coercive Strategies of Resource Control in Children …uniquely high in relational aggression (i.e., social exclusion; “you can’t play with us”). Despite their aggression, they were the least likely to admit to using coercion and most likely to…
Youthful Martyrdom and Heroic Criminality: Aggression and the Formation of Youth Groups in Northern Nigeria …what is unseen, or the world of spirits. Hisbah, while condemning aesthetics and practices that signified breaches in the demarcation between the worlds of humans and spirits, nonetheless reinforced the…
Military Training, Violence, and Human Rights: The School of the Americas …human rights abusers. It argues that the SOA facilitated the expansion of state-sponsored violence in the Americas. The research examined how the U.S. military formed “professional” soldiers who defined their…
Surer Mohamed Named 2021 Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Fellow at Pembroke College Cambridge …disseminating knowledge on the nature, consequences, and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and human aggression. It is committed to funding scholarly research into the causes…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Announces Its 2023 Emerging Scholars …is a leader in creating and disseminating knowledge on the nature, consequences, and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and human aggression. For more information contact:…
HFG Launches Multi-year Initiative on Violence, Politics, and Democracy …knowledge on the nature, consequences, and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and human aggression. For more information contact: Nyeleti Honwana, Program Officer info@hfg.org | 646.428.0971…
