A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism
Investigators
Within the START website, "Investigators" are defined as those who have served as Principal Investigators on START funded projects. "Affiliated Researchers" are defined as those who have served as a Principal Investigator or Researcher on START funded projects.
Name Sort descending | Job Title Sort ascending | Role | Research Areas | |
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Gary LaFree | Founding Director, START Distinguished University Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice |
Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior | |
Gina Scott Ligon | Director of National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE); Jack and Stephanie Koraleski Professor of Collaboration Science, UNO | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements | |
Jeff Gruenewald | Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior | |
Jonathan Wilkenfeld | Founding Director, ICONS Project, START Research Professor |
Investigator, Staff | ||
Joshua Freilich | Professor | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism | |
Katherine Worboys Izsak | Academic Director, UMD College of Information (iSchool) | Investigator | Countering Violent Extremism, Resilience | |
Laura Dugan | Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Disengagement | |
Marcus A. Boyd | Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Director, START Director of Graduate Studies, START |
Investigator, Staff | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Radiological and Nuclear Threats, Radical Beliefs and Behavior | |
Margaret Wilson | Affiliated Faculty, Course Director of the MSc in Forensic Psychology | Investigator | ||
Markus Binder | Project Manager/Researcher, START | Investigator, Staff | Individual Behavior, Chemical and Biological Threats |