HFG Welcomes Its 2026 Distinguished Scholars …Jadoon (Political Science, Clemson University), Mapping Visions of Peace: Perspectives on Violence, Grievances, and Reconciliation in Pakistan’s Conflict Zones Sandra Ley and Radha Sarkar (Social Sciences and Government, Tecnológico de…
Some Things Psychologists Think They Know About Aggression and Violence …who are disproportionately involved in individual violence, whereas it is often the best socialized who are involved in intergroup violence. Individual violence is represented in the statistics of violent crime:…
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…
‘Stories about the Way the Nation Is Organized Are Dividing Us’: A Conversation with Richard Slotkin …spiral. Looking forward, he predicts a future of renewed political violence, plagued by “terrorism, urban uprisings, and intercommunal violence of the kind that has plagued Israel and Northern Ireland.” We’ve…
The Diffusion of Lethal and Nonlethal Violence in Gang Networks …of gun and gang violence. The most important drivers of gang violence appear to be the ways in which reciprocity and status-seeking violence unfold within such conflict networks. This project’s…
The 1947 Taiwanese Rebellion: Last Battle of the Sino-Japanese War? …the heart of contemporary Taiwanese memory struggles about the legitimacy of Chinese sovereignty over the island. My main object is to explore political violence, its repertoires, meaning, and origins. I…
HFG Welcomes its 2024 Emerging Scholars …political extremism and paramilitaries in the US and abroad, the treatment of gender violence in Chile’s justice system, the use of political rhetoric to undercut democratic movements in autocracies, the…
Violence Against Women and Social Changes in Postcommunist Societies …their everyday life and women’s vulnerability to violence. Structural violence contributes to gendered interpersonal violence both by causing it and by preventing society and victims from confronting it effectively. My…