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Research Projects
Terrorist Group Formation and Recruitment
Radicalization
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Effects of Uncertainty on Support for Religious Extremism (Lead Investigator: Arie Kruglanski)
- ** COMPLETED ** State Response and Terrorist Activity (Lead Investigator: Clark McCauley)
- ** COMPLETED ** Support for Terrorism as a Function of Individualistic and Collectivistic Goals (Lead Investigator: Arie Kruglanski)
- ** COMPLETED ** The Role of the Media in the Recruitment of Terrorists: Mass Communication and the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Muslims in Indonesia (Lead Investigators: Douglas McLeod, )
- Cell Groups and Individual Radicalization in Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the United States (Lead Investigator: Douglas McLeod)
- Community-level Indicators of Radicalization: A Data and Measurement Workshop (Lead Investigator: Shira Fishman)
- Geographic Concentrations of Violent Extremism and Terrorism in the United States (Lead Investigators: Gary LaFree, Steven Chermak, Joshua Freilich, Kelly Damphousse, Brent Smith, Shira Fishman and Kathleen Smarick)
- Homegrown Radicalization and the Role of Social Networks and Social Inclusiveness in the United States (Lead Investigator: Paul Harwood)
- Islamic Radicalization in Europe and North America: Parallels and Divergence (Lead Investigators: Gary Ackerman, Magnus Ranstorp, Peter Neumann and John Sawyer)
- Measuring Political Radicalization: Diaspora Support for Terrorism among Ottawa’s Lebanese Muslim Community (Lead Investigators: Clark McCauley, Christian Leuprecht and Bidisha Biswas)
- Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism (Lead Investigator: Donatella della Porta)
- Radicalizing the Poor: Understanding the Influence of Service Provision on Popular Support for and Participation in Violent Political Groups (Lead Investigator: Shawn Flanigan)
- Tracking Sympathy and Support of Muslims for Terrorism in Muslim Countries and in the United Kingdom (Lead Investigator: Clark McCauley)
- Tracking Sympathy and Support of Muslims for Terrorism in the United States (Lead Investigator: Clark McCauley)
- Violent Radicalization and Terrorist Recruitment in Somali Americans (Lead Investigator: Stevan Weine)
Additional Projects on Terrorist Group Formation and Recruitment
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Content Analysis of al-Qa'ida Statements (Lead Investigator: Deborah Cai)
- ** COMPLETED ** International Survey Capabality (Lead Investigators: Stephen Weber and )
- ** COMPLETED ** Militant Islamist Networks in the West (Lead Investigator: Jeffrey Bale)
- ** COMPLETED ** Modeling and Simulation of Individual and Group Decision-making (Lead Investigators: Victor Asal, Jonathan Wilkenfeld and Anthony Lemieux)
- ** COMPLETED ** Predisposing Root Causes of Terrorism (Lead Investigators: Laura Dugan and Gary LaFree)
- ** COMPLETED ** Terrorism and Ethnic Political Violence (Lead Investigators: Victor Asal and Jonathan Wilkenfeld)
- Guerilla Insurgency: The Springboard to Terrorism? (Lead Investigators: Paul Huth and Mark Lichbach)
- Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad (Lead Investigator: Mohammed Hafez)
- Where the Extremes May Touch: Islamist Networks, Extremism, and Terrorism (Lead Investigators: Gary Ackerman and Jeffrey Bale)
Terrorist Group Persistence and Dynamics
Terrorism Operations
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Anatomizing Radiological and Nuclear Non-State Adversaries (Lead Investigator: Gary Ackerman)
- ** COMPLETED ** Empirical Analysis of IED Attacks (Lead Investigators: Gary LaFree and Richard Legault)
- ** COMPLETED ** Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: A Study of South Asia (Lead Investigator: Sharad Joshi)
- ** COMPLETED ** Modeling Risk of Future Terrorist Attacks (Lead Investigators: Laura Dugan and Gary LaFree)
- ** COMPLETED ** Terrorist Groups and Weapons of Mass Destruction (Lead Investigators: Gary Ackerman, Victor Asal and R. Karl Rethemeyer)
- ** COMPLETED ** Terrorist Strategies and Tactics: When Do Terrorists Decide to Attack the US? (Lead Investigator: Martha Crenshaw)
- Behavioral Assessments Based on Automated Text Analyses (Lead Investigator: James Pennebaker)
- Key Dimensions in Understanding Terrorist Bomb Attacks (Lead Investigator: Margaret Wilson)
- More Bang for the Buck?: Examining the Effect of Technological Change on Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Lead Investigators: Gary Ackerman and Jeffrey Bale)
- Organizational Determinants of Violence and Performance (Lead Investigator: Gina Scott Ligon)
- Terrorism and Violence in Colombia (Lead Investigator: Enrique Arias)
- Understanding and Combating Mass Casualty Terrorism (MCT) (Lead Investigators: Gary Ackerman and Victor Asal)
Interventions Against Terrorism
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Assessing the Effectiveness of Current De-Radicalization Initiatives and Identifying Implications for the Development of US-Based Initiatives in Multiple Settings (Lead Investigator: John Horgan)
- ** COMPLETED ** Correctional Response to Terrorism: Organizational Change and Strategies (Lead Investigators: Obie Clayton and Bert Useem)
- ** COMPLETED ** Measuring Intervention Success in Terrorist Activities (Lead Investigator: Brent Smith)
- ** COMPLETED ** Police Responses to Terrorism: Lessons from the Israeli Experience (Lead Investigator: David Weisburd)
- ** COMPLETED ** Police Responses to Terrorism: Lessons from the Israeli Police (Lead Investigator: David Weisburd)
- ** COMPLETED ** The Impact of Israeli Counterterrorism Interventions on Rate and Intensity of Terrorist Activity: Hazard Modeling and Time Series Approaches (Lead Investigator: Arie Kruglanski)
- Assessing Success and Failure in Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Development of Metrics on the Global War on Terror and the Global Jihad (Lead Investigators: Alex Schmid and Rashmi Singh)
- Countering Jihadist Ideology among Detainees: The Effects and Effectiveness of De-Radicalization Programs (Lead Investigator: Arie Kruglanski)
- Dealing with the Devil: When Bargaining with Terrorist Works (Lead Investigators: Laura Dugan and Erica Chenoweth)
- Effectiveness of Counterterrorism Strategies (Lead Investigator: Martha Crenshaw)
- Punishing Terrorism: Examining the Multiple Stages of Federal Punishment Across Political Contexts (Lead Investigator: Brian Johnson)
Additional Projects on Terrorist Group Persistence and Dynamics
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Dynamics of Terror and Counterterrorism (Lead Investigators: Laura Dugan, Robert Greenbaum and Gary LaFree)
- ** COMPLETED ** Hizb-ut-Tahrir al-Islami: The Challenge of a Non-Violent Radical Islam (Lead Investigators: Emmanuel Karagiannis and Clark McCauley)
- ** COMPLETED ** Mobilization For and Against Terrorism in the Islamic World (Lead Investigators: Clark McCauley, Mansoor Moaddel and Mohammed Hafez)
- ** COMPLETED ** Shifting Terrorism Trends Across Time and Space (Lead Investigator: Susan Cutter)
- ** COMPLETED ** Social Network Analysis for Combating Terrorist Networks (Lead Investigators: Victor Asal and R. Karl Rethemeyer)
- ** COMPLETED ** Understanding Desistence from Terrorism (Lead Investigator: Clark McCauley)
- Relationships among Terrorism-Using Groups, Supporters, Constituencies, Target Groups, and General Populations (Lead Investigator: Clark McCauley)
- The Social Determinants of Terrorist Organizations' Resilience in Latin America (Lead Investigator: Johanna Birnir)
Societal Responses to Terrorist Threats and Attacks
Community Resilience
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Best Practices for Preparing Communities: Citizen Engagement in Public Health Planning (Lead Investigator: Monica Schoch-Spana)
- ** COMPLETED ** Developing Community Resilience for Children and Families (Lead Investigators: Fran Norris and Betty Pfefferbaum)
- ** COMPLETED ** Preparedness for Catastrophic Events (Lead Investigators: Dennis Mileti, Monica Schoch-Spana, Paul Harwood, Kathleen Smarick and )
- ** COMPLETED ** School-Based Preparedness and Intervention Programs (Lead Investigators: Terence Thornberry and )
- An Integrated Conception of Community Resilience (Lead Investigators: Fran Norris, Betty Pfefferbaum and Kathleen Smarick)
- Building Community Resilience through Public Involvement: The Extended Community Assessment of Resilience Tool (CART-E) (Lead Investigator: Betty Pfefferbaum)
- Community Field Studies and Analyses of Preparedness Networks (Lead Investigator: Kathleen Tierney)
- Organizational Factors in the Successful Application of 'Community Engagement' Principles for Bioterrorism Preparedness (Lead Investigator: Monica Schoch-Spana)
- The Role for State Governments in Community Resilience (Lead Investigator: Ann Bowman)
Additional Projects on Societal Responses to Terrorist Threats and Attacks
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Campus Dialogues (Lead Investigator: Jonathan Wilkenfeld)
- ** COMPLETED ** Communicating Risk of Mass Casualty Terrorism in Diverse Communities (Lead Investigator: Elaine Vaughan)
- ** COMPLETED ** Modeling and Simulation of Public Response to Threat and Attacks (Lead Investigator: Dennis Mileti)
- ** COMPLETED ** National Household Survey (Lead Investigators: Linda Bourque and Dennis Mileti)
- ** COMPLETED ** Organizational Dimensions of Risk Communication During Homeland Security Crises (Lead Investigator: Caron Chess)
- ** COMPLETED ** Population Vulnerability Analysis, Spatial Social Science, and GIS (Lead Investigator: Susan Cutter)
- ** COMPLETED ** Social History of Anthrax (Lead Investigator: Susan Jones)
- ** COMPLETED ** Textual Analysis of Electronic Media Coverage of Homeland Security-Related Risks (Lead Investigator: Lisa Keranen)
- Domestic Weapons of Mass Destruction: Populations at Risk from U.S. Chemical Facilities Releases (Lead Investigator: Susan Cutter)
- Muslim Community Integration: Journey into America
- Quantitative Index of the Public Health Impacts of Terrorism (Lead Investigator: Fran Norris)
Integrative Research
Cross-Cutting Projects
Includes projects on:
- ** COMPLETED ** Creation of a Data Base of U.S. Extremist Crime, 1990-2005 (Lead Investigators: Steven Chermak and Joshua Freilich)
- ** COMPLETED ** Distinctive Characteristics of Terrorist Groups (Lead Investigators: Laura Dugan and Gary LaFree)
- Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the United States: Lessons for Protecting Against Dangerous Entrants (Lead Investigators: Gary LaFree, Brent Smith and Kathleen Smarick)
- Creation and Analysis of an Integrated U.S. Security Database (IUSSD) (Lead Investigators: Laura Dugan, Gary LaFree, Steven Chermak, Joshua Freilich, Kelly Damphousse, Brent Smith, Brooke Liu, Kathleen Smarick and Daniella Fridl)
- Database of U.S. Extremist Crime, 1990-2009 (Lead Investigators: Steven Chermak and Joshua Freilich)
- Global Terrorism Database (GTD) (Lead Investigators: Laura Dugan and Gary LaFree)
- Terrorism and Extremist Violence in U.S. Counties (TEVUS-C) (Lead Investigators: Victor Asal, Gary LaFree, Clark McCauley, Fran Norris, Steven Chermak, Joshua Freilich, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Kelly Damphousse, Brent Smith, Kathleen Smarick, Amy Adamczyk, Bianca Bersani, Ryan King, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Deloughery and Sophia Moskalenko)
- Turning to Terrorism: Ethnic, Religious, and Extremist Organizations (Lead Investigators: Victor Asal and Jonathan Wilkenfeld)
4/3/2013
3/27/2013
3/25/2013
3/25/2013
Education’s impact on attitudes about terrorism: Former START TRA takes on new policy-relevant study
1/31/2013
1/29/2013
1/29/2013
1/29/2013
11/21/2012
10/16/2012
9/13/2012
8/27/2012
7/17/2012
5/16/2012
3/28/2012
START investigator and former TRA recipient publish book on the mobilization of right-wing extremism
3/21/2012
2/15/2012
10/7/2011
9/30/2011
8/20/2011
9/15/2010
