The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2020 Dissertation Fellows …of Organized Crime Chulani Kodikara (Political Science, University of Edinburgh). Grief and Hope, Inscription and Erasure: A Struggle for Truth and Justice in Post-War Sri Lanka Molly Minden (Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison). Legacies…
At the Crossroads: Behind the Rise in Gun Violence in New York and Other American Cities HFG’s ‘At the Crossroads’ series concludes with the publication of “Behind the Rise in Gun Violence in New York and Other American Cities,” a compilation of the twelve interviews conducted…
“Protectors or Predators: Understanding Urban Gang Violence Around the World” Panel Urban Gang Violence is widely synonymous with criminality and deviance. However, this conversation showcased examples from Pakistan, Brazil, Ecuador and DR Congo to complicate our understanding of gangs. From violent…
“Local or Global? The Future of Peacebuilding in Africa” On May 2, the academic and practitioner worlds converged in a sit-down conversation between Séverine Autesserre, professor and chair of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University and João Honwana,…
Violence and Dysphoria: The Villagization of Kinshasa and the Role of Healers …with their exclusion from the benefits of economic and informational globalization; how do they succeed to thwart the spiral of violence that numerous other parts of Black Africa have been…
Dying to Save: Youth Vigilantism, Civilian Joint Task Force, and Counterterrorism in Nigeria How do civilian communities in contemporary armed rebellions create order in a context of pervasive insecurity? What are the consequences of civilian self-protection strategies and order-making for violence in general…
Kidnapping in Colombia …was practiced in rural areas by some late “bandoleros” of the political violence period in the 1950s. On the other hand, urban kidnapping of foreigners—diplomats and CEOs—was imported from groups…
International Sanctions against Violent Actors In International Sanctions against Violent Actors, Dursun Peksen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Memphis, examines the extent to which international sanctions affect political violence committed by state…
“Why We Fight”: Dr. Chris Blattman …Random House: Why We Fight draws on decades of economics, political science, psychology, and real-world interventions to lay out the root causes and remedies for war, showing that violence is…
Low Serotonin, Cholesterol, and Violent Behavior We conducted several studies evaluating the link between physiological factors and violence. First, we reviewed the literature linking low and lowered cholesterol to violence and to lowered brain serotonin activity….
