The Origins of the Minerva Initiative
…including scholars and educators, applied their skills to the war effort. This experience of public service shaped a generation of engaged scholars who devoted themselves to policy relevant research during…
Making the Nation Safer Through Social Science
…in whose research and educational activities both of us have participated.2Note: Kruglanski was START’s founding co-PI and co-director. In 2008, the Minerva Research Initiative was launched by the U.S. Department…
Working safely with communities: how to mitigate risks?
…partner can also offer temperature checks from the community on how the researchers are being perceived, so that they can stop the research or correct misperceptions if tensions are becoming…
Building Momentum to Stop Cyber Harm
…promoting accountability in this area. Google has just published a new report on the topic, while research by civil society organizations such as Access Now, Amnesty International, and Citizen Lab…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, February 2025
…seeking applicants for their Research Internship. The intern will primarily focus on researching nuclear security, nuclear energy, and transnational governance issues. Current research projects that interns will support include: exploring…
From Network Analysis to Creative Leverage: Mapping new horizons of modern atrocity prevention
…2019, p2 29 Note: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/ACLURM002810.pdf see also work on mapping far right extremist groups https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/after-christchurch-mapping-online-right-wing-extremists ; https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/An-Online-Environmental-Scan-of-Right-wing-Extremism-in-Canada-ISD.pdf 30 Note: For example, https://demos.co.uk/project/anti-islamic-content-on-twitter/ ; 31 Note: https://insightcrime.org/news/analysis/mapping-colombia-drug-trafficking-diaspora/ …
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, September 2021
…forest fires threaten the country’s top-secret nuclear weapons research center, Interfax reported Tuesday, citing the emergencies ministry… Today, the research center makes nuclear warheads and is believed to be developing…
Country Research Project on Atrocity Prevention
…Product The APSG strives to strengthen the research base on atrocity prevention. We are seeking proposals for new research papers that provide in-depth, multi-disciplinary studies of at-risk countries. This research…