The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Renames Three Signature Awards (NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, a global research foundation dedicated to the study of violence, has adopted new names for its research awards. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Research…
HFG At The Crossroads Forum The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation held At the Crossroads, a forum which examined the rise in gun violence in New York and other cities, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. ATC…
HFG Chair Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Passes Gavel to Longtime Board Member Peter Lawson-Johnston II …tenure, Lawson-Johnston oversaw the development of HFG from a small, family-led foundation to the preeminent philanthropic organization advancing multidisciplinary research on violence that has funded nearly 1,700 grantees in scores…
Economic Shocks, Social Insurance, and Violent Crimes: Evidence from Brazil …domestic violence by 56%. Unemployment benefits have an opposite effect on domestic violence than on any other type of crime; they increase the probability of domestic violence due to longer…
Understanding Violence and Incarceration in Africa: Evidence from British Colonies and Postcolonial States …violence in colonial prisons, to examine and explain the similarities and differences between the penal systems of British African colonies, and to trace the long-term legacies of these violent systems…
“Conflict and Climate: How Global Warming Leads to Global Violence” …how these factors contribute to violence often attributed to climate change. The speakers challenged dominant narratives about climate-induced conflict; noted the impact of war and conflict on the environment itself,…
The Impact of Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks on Conflict in Africa …with an increase ranging from 30% to 55%. Rebel Attacks and Political Militias: The relationship between zoonotic outbreaks on the one hand, and rebel attacks and political militia conflicts on…
The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict …vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view…
Words of War: Does Negotiation End or Extend Conflict? …end wars and quell conflict. Over the last two centuries, two-thirds of interstate wars were ended using negotiated settlements. In his recent book, Eric Min, Assistant Professor of Political Science at…
Seeing Like a Peacebuilder: An Ethnography of International Intervention …approaches to collecting information on violence strongly impact the effectiveness of intervention efforts. A number of interveners challenge the dominant modes of thinking and acting. The publications based on this…
