…running for president? He would be appealing to our better angels. He is a man of tremendous faith who always looked for the kernel of good in every human being,…

…human resources of the government of the state of Rio de Janeiro are used to carry out armed incursions into favelas, based on the presumption that this is an effective…

…on so many areas of human society, Sophia Goodfriend’s research on its uses in military conflict is crucial to our understanding of its developing impact on war and the people…

Against a backdrop of escalating political violence and deepening polarization in the United States, a new HFG-supported report from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights  examines how…

…killings to “manage” violent crime. This study proposed a methodology of digital ethnographic work, surveys and textual analysis, and moving beyond a human rights discourse, to identify and explain the…

…The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and allied disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression….

…of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, and what…

Previous research has suggested a link between the quality of early social relationships and the development of aggression. This association is most pronounced when children are maltreated, but the mechanism…

…species, including humans. Since testosterone not only acts on brain androgen receptors in its original form but can also be aromatized to estradiol in the brain, it has been hypothesized…

My research project explored the different manifestations and causes of aggression and violence in the carceral institutions of a totalitarian state, focusing on Nazi prisons. Widely overlooked by historians, these…