“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz …women during times of high political violence. When armed conflict-related violence decreases or during post-conflict times, however, high intimate partner violence levels persist. The Colombian armed conflict intensified adherence to…
‘A Healthy Democracy Requires Social Trust’: A Conversation with Ilana Redstone …the people who disagree with me are hateful, stupid, immoral, etc.? That’s what I mean by political polarization. Thankfully, at this point, the actual incidence of political violence in this…
“Why Do People of Color Have to Go to Extremes to Save their Kids?” A Conversation with Joseph Richardson …Capital Region Violence Intervention Program, a hospital-based program that provides trauma-informed care and psychological services to survivors of violent injury in an effort to prevent further violence and victimization. In…
Violence, Politics & Democracy Speaker Series …Boy’: How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence, who discussed the report and steps that social media companies can take to reduce their contribution to increasing levels of political…
Welcome to Our 2025 HFG Distinguished Scholars …the Revenge of America’s Most Dangerous Cult Haroro Ingram (Political Science, The Australian National University), The Promises of Revolutionary Violence: Propaganda, Recruitment, and Motivational Pathways to Violence in the Southern…
‘Democracy Is Something We Have to Fight For’: A Conversation with Suzette Brooks Masters Suzette Brooks Masters Is polarization in the United States laying the groundwork for political violence? It is not a simple question to answer. Affective polarization—the tendency of partisans to hate…
A Sea of Blood and Tears: Ethnicity, Identity and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Volhynia, Ukraine 1941-44 …can inform future studies of ethnic and political violence in borderland regions beyond Ukraine as well as contribute to discussions in genocide studies and social scientific research on political violence….
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Welcomes Its 2025-2026 African Fellows …All are doctoral candidates at African universities exploring important problems of violence related to the African continent. Fellows are investigating topics across ten African countries, including political extremism, gender-based violence,…
“You Can Reduce Violence But Harm People”: A Conversation with Caterina Roman …reduce violence but harm people. You are advancing a kind of “do no harm” argument on behalf of Cure Violence. But do we know that it actually does what it…
Polarization and Violent Threats to Democratic Systems …marked by dysfunction, identity struggles, and intense forms of political competition that undermine democratic processes. Hybrid democracies are particularly susceptible to political violence because they often exhibit violence or the…