“Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” …to illuminate the causes, manifestations, and responses to violence in areas such as war, crime, terrorism, intimate relationships, climate instability, and political extremism. Watch Panel II: “Reckoning with Intimate-Partner Violence…
“We Need to Value Black Lives in the Same Way That We Value Others”: A Conversation with Kami Chavis …a link between the kinds of police violence that we’ve been talking about and the gun violence that we see in the streets of American cities? I think that they’re…
“Sex Work: Does Legitimization Mitigate Violence?” …terrorism, intimate relationships, climate instability, and political extremism. Watch Panel I: “Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” Watch Panel II: “Reckoning with Intimate-Partner Violence after the Pandemic”…
“Reckoning with Intimate-Partner Violence after the Pandemic” …violence in areas such as war, crime, terrorism, intimate relationships, climate instability, and political extremism. Watch Panel I: “Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” Watch Panel III:…
HFG Emerging Scholars …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…
Our Work …manifestation, and control of violence. We spread this knowledge to inform policy, practice, and public discourse and to advance scholarship. A mission to create and disseminate knowledge against violence The…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2023 Distinguished Scholars …continents, are embarking on research to clarify the causes and dynamics of grave violence. In some cases, the violence happens one victim at a time; in others an entire ethnic…
Postcolonial Aspirations and Intimacies of Violence Among Gebusi of the Nomad Area, Papua New GuineaandThe Role of Culture in the Early Evolution of Human Violence …can have a powerful impact on the rate of human violence. This finding lends credence to the notion that human violence is a solvable problem and is not an intrinsic…
Distinctive Characteristics of Marital Violence The study of violence has become increasingly specialized. Researchers and policy makers focus on such topics as domestic violence, sexual assault, or violence between strangers. Specialization can be beneficial, but…
Cataloging Murder: Tracking Violence Against Public Figures in Central America …level of violence against public figures, followed by Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama, with Costa Rica and Belize having the lowest levels of violence against public figures. Violence increased…
