The World Crisis: 1635–1665 …At the same time, a worldwide wave of violence, aggression, rebellion and war toppled or threatened governments around the world. To cite just the most prominent events: in China, the…
HFG Staff …Research Associate at Harvard University’s Harvard Forest, where he studies the interactions between humans and natural systems. Dr. Duveneck has taught and studied fire science and previously worked as a…
Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa …of unhappiness in human life cause people to wonder whether witchcraft is at work. When these misfortunes are surmised to be the result of witchcraft, they are perceived as being…
Neuroendocrine Consequences of Dominance and Subordination …of species-typical aggressive behaviors. The studies in our proposal allowed us to explore the basis of these behaviors at levels not feasible or ethically permissible in human subjects. Specifically, we…
War and Economic Development in Vietnam and Sierra Leone …postwar investment in both physical and human capital and reallocation of resources toward the most heavily bombed regions. We find no long-run impacts of U.S. bombing on local Vietnamese poverty…
“None of Us Dared Say Anything”: Mass Killing in a Bosnian Community During World War II and the Postwar Culture of Silence The seeds of this research project first crystalized in September 2006 while I was sifting through un-catalogued documents in the basement of the Archive of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo. One day…
“We Need to Value Black Lives in the Same Way That We Value Others”: A Conversation with Kami Chavis …that elevate human life over some of these small criminal violations. Nobody should ever need to break down the door of someone’s home in the middle of the night just…
‘We Want You To Be A Proud Boy’: How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence Based on a review of more than 400 social science studies, a new HFG-funded report from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights details how social media use…
‘We’re Ignoring Our Common Values and Interests’: A Conversation with Monica Harris …slaying of George Floyd. Instead of focusing on racial differences, FAIR seeks to advance “pro-human” values by promoting open discourse and advocating on behalf of free speech. Harris talked to…