“Why We Fight”: Dr. Chris Blattman …Chicago, in Harris Public Policy and The Pearson Institute. What’s behind the war in Ukraine, and what is next? Why did the Unites States remain so long in Afghanistan? What’s driving gun…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes New Board Members …has received numerous awards, including the Benjamin Cardin Public Service Award from the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law and the 2017 John Marshall Award from the…
“We’re in the Danger Zone”: A Conversation with Caroline Mehl …having an outsized role in who is being elected to public office. In an interview with the Philanthropy Roundtable, you said, “There’s a very clear path from having contempt for…
“It’s Time to Be Very Afraid”: A Conversation with Peter Coleman …that we’re not actually that ideologically polarized and that there is fairly broad public agreement about a range of public policy issues. So I guess I’m trying to calibrate how…
Can the State Interrupt the Vicious Cycle of Gendered Violence that it Helped to Create? Evidence from Guatemala …and establishing courts and public prosecutors that specialize in cases related to VAWG. To what degree are these reforms combating impunity for VAWG and reshaping societal acceptance of VAWG? Are…
Reluctance to Back Down Is No Reason to Fight …you stand firm and fight—such as in the Vietnam War—it leads to a backlash among the general public and leaders, which may then make that state less willing to use…
HFG African Fellows …African and Africanist scholars, sponsorship at an international conference to present research findings, and editorial and publication assistance through a writing workshop geared to support and prepare scholars to write…
Projecting Illinois Crime Rates and the Impact of Further Prison Population Reductions Illinois is one of several states where prison populations are declining. As state policymakers, prosecutors, and courts consider alternatives to incarceration, what is the risk to public safety? The authors…
Blackfoot Traditional Models of Aggression and Healing …children, and to public education programs (although administered by Blackfoot school boards) that stressed information acquisition and individual success, as opposed to kinship, moral philosophy, shared responsibility, and the feelings…