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START launches new master’s degree program in security and terrorism studies

Ongoing study will inform resiliency best practices for the first responder community in wake of COVID-19

START releases new analysis of QAnon offenders in the United States

New analysis of hate crime in America: Mass casualty hate crime offenders

New research reveals tremendous diversity in hate crime offenders’ backgrounds and motivations

Global Terrorism Overview: Terrorism in 2019

Juneteenth Statement from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

Infographic series explores cartel operations in Mexico

START releases new data on radicalization in the United States

Formalization within a terrorist group increases capacity for lethal violence

ICONS simulations help professors move instruction online quickly

Moving Instruction Online? ICONS Simulations Available

START team develops dataset on cyberattacks against critical infrastructure

Global terrorism decreases in 2018 as recent uptick in U.S. terrorist attacks was sustained

New data shows risk of recidivism is high among extremists, highlights barriers and enablers

New online course offers interactive, hands-on opportunity to design CVE program

DoD awards START nearly $3 million to enhance critical terrorism datasets

Fact Sheet: Far-Right Fatal Ideological Violence against Religious Institutions and Individuals in the United States: 1990-2018

New data, updated analysis of Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States

Fact Sheet: Terrorist Attacks against Religious Targets in the United States, 1970 — 2017

START launches Terrorism 360 podcast

Terrorist violence decreases worldwide in 2017, but remains historically high

Pre-radicalization criminal activity is strongest predictor of post-radicalization violent extremism

Recasting and Repositioning CVE as a Grand Strategic Response to Terrorism

Iconic website gets a refresh

U.S. perpetrators tend to attack close to home

Fact Sheet: American Deaths in Terrorist Attacks, 1995-2016

From Kosovo to College Park

Exploring factors in successful vs. unsuccessful terrorist assassinations

Terrorist attack deaths increase in Iraq, the West, despite decrease worldwide

US Muslims with radical opinions feel more alienated and depressed

MELTT tool aims to aid event-based quantitative research

In his second year at START, Justin Mayes continues to impress

START team selected as finalists in national competition

START inks new book series with Oxford University Press

Six reasons why stopping terrorism is so challenging

Rachel Gabriel awarded for app to assess education programs for Syrian refugees

START launches new training course on understanding and preventing radicalization to violence and violent extremism

Experts explain the complexities of counterterrorism

Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?

ICONS Gray Zone work gets international attention

Advanced Radioactive Threat Detection System completes first large-scale citywide test

CVE Field Principles for Local Government Agencies

The fascinating puzzle of the GTD

START data informs 2016 Global Terrorism Index

Background Report: Criminal Justice & Military Deaths at the Hands of Extremists

Recruitment and Radicalization among U.S. Far-Right Terrorists

“Give Peace a Chance”? Explaining Colombia’s (Failed) Peace Process with the FARC

‘The Price of Certainty’

Patterns of Islamic State-Related Terrorism, 2002-2015

Mental Illness and Terrorism

Liberty Day sits down with NJOHSP

Extreme Hatred: Revisiting the Hate Crime and Terrorism Relationship

From WWI to ISIS, Using Shame and Masculinity in Recruitment Narratives

New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters

Wilkenfeld Discusses “International Negotiation in a Complex World”

How Public Health Can Improve Initiatives to Counter Violent Extremism

Designing Danger: Complex Engineering by Violent Non-State Actors

ISIL in Libya: A Bayesian Approach to Mapping At-Risk Regions

News media affects how Muslims are perceived, treated

New research finds important lessons for CVE in fields of mental health, education

Is This Terrorism? / Why Does It Matter?

START teams up with UMD’s ICONS Project

Studying grievances with information science to understand contentious actions

New study examines factors contributing to CBRN pursuit

Resources to better understand the Islamic State, global terrorism, foreign fighters

Be careful what you ask for: 10 Years at START

New NOAA project aims to improve all hazards risk communication

START internship, DHS support inspire alumna's career track

Study shows longer emergency text alerts improve safety

START expands study abroad opportunities

Terrorist attacks involving firearms more likely to be lethal than other types of attacks

100 miles in Singapore brings students steps closer to understanding CVE

Research finds probable pathways and chokepoints for human smuggling along U.S.-Mexico border

START recognized for expanding access for underrepresented students

Discussion Point: Insider Threat in the Aviation Industry

No Hate USA Campaign Launch

Congressman Ruppersberger visits START

A trip to Tohoku inspires new START study abroad program

Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Slight

CVE Fellows develop social media campaign to combat violent extremism

START Participates in White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism

New study abroad program in Singapore to focus on CVE and deradicalization

Amy Pate Completes Research on Nigeria-based Terrorism Group Boko Haram

L.E.A.D.I.R. study report finds ISIL is no “flash-in-the pan”

START Researchers on Canadian Parliament Shooter Michael Zahaf-Bibeau

START researchers earn $2.6 million NSF grant to investigate social media’s ability to predict political instability

Majority of 2013 terrorist attacks occurred in just a few countries

Sovereign citizen movement perceived as top terrorist threat

New brief analyzes terrorist groups in the United States

Graphic design, the Navy and geospatial coding

AQAM’s fatal attacks and violent plots in the US

Background Report: Boko Haram Recent Attacks

Discussion Point: Kansas City shootings constitute terrorism

Discussion Point: Why isn't anyone calling this terrorism, still?

START Director's China visit opens door for future scholarly collaboration

START students embark on international opportunity

Research identifies most likely non-state chem-bio threats

New study evaluates English-language jihadist magazine

Terrorism and the Olympics: Sochi, Russia 2014

Despite fewer attacks in Western world, global terrorism increasing

Study finds that warning banners deter hackers

START aims to strengthen defense capabilities against WMD-seeking terrorists

Rigid cultural values related to greater number of terrorist attacks

START Symposium showcases impactful research, datasets

Researchers identify characteristics of groups poised for violence

Lone actors significantly less involved in extremism

UMD football player maps his future at START

May 2021

May 3

Michele Gelfand elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences

April 2021

Apr 29

April News: START News: New MPS in security & terrorism studies, online summer courses and more

Apr 26

START launches new master’s degree program in security and terrorism studies

Apr 20

Ongoing study will inform resiliency best practices for the first responder community in wake of COVID-19

Apr 9

START Director provides testimony to Maryland General Assembly on domestic extremism

March 2021

Mar 22

March News: Job opportunity; New START-Modern Warfare Institute article series

Mar 15

New Modern War Institute article series focuses on cyber and influence operations

Mar 8

START Director speaks at United Nations informal dialogue series on counterterrorism

Mar 4

Thank you to donors who participated in Giving Day 2021

Mar 2

Most extremists radicalized in less than one year, START analysis finds

Mar 1

START intern serves her country by fighting disease and discrimination

February 2021

Feb 26

START resumes Global Terrorism Database collection; 1970 - 2019 data file now available to researchers

Feb 26

February News: Support START on 3/3; GTD 1970-2019 release to researchers; new QAnon research brief

Feb 24

START releases new analysis of QAnon offenders in the United States

Feb 19

START strengthens ties to private industry with strategic partnership, publications, events

Feb 16

START asks donors to #STARTgiving for UMD Giving Day 2021

Feb 10

START research, education and professional training relevant to domestic extremism

Feb 2

Former START intern Annabell Knapp receives internship excellence award

January 2021

Jan 29

January News: Faculty Profile; Director’s New Role; International CVE Symposium

Jan 28

START researchers co-lead International Symposium on Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism

Jan 25

Braniff takes on role with Hedayah International Advisory Board

Jan 16

Taken to extremes: Faculty Q&A with Michael Jensen

December 2020

Dec 22

December News: International CVE Symposium; Winter Course; Graduate Certificate Deadline

Dec 15

START domestic radicalization data replicated by Australian research team

Dec 11

Otto Fiala, expert on Special Operations enterprise, joins START as an affiliate

Pages

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War on the Rocks: Back to the future: Getting Special Forces ready for great-power competition

The Daily Beast: Arresting Capitol rioters won't stop hardcore extremists

WTOP The Hunt: Study finds similarities between hate crimes and terrorism

Events

May 17, 2021

Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence Summit 2021

June 15, 2021

Virtual Information Session: Master of Professional Studies (6/15)

July 15, 2021

Virtual Information Session: Master of Professional Studies (7/15)

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