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START produces new data tool exploring crimes committed by U.S. QAnon offenders

START releases new data on extremism among U.S. service members and veterans

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

November 2021

Nov 19

START Director invited to serve on Maryland domestic terrorism task force

Nov 18

CALCE and START co-host Intersections of Illicit Trafficking and Counterfeit Parts Workshop

Nov 15

Michael Jensen attends Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh

Nov 8

Members of Generations for Peace come to START to discuss countering violent extremism

Nov 2

Climate change: Fueling terror and extremism

October 2021

Oct 25

Students excel in START’s online graduate programs

Oct 25

October News: Career opportunities; START hosts Peace Game

Oct 20

Fulbright scholar comes to START to study deradicalization

Oct 19

ICONS team hosts Peace Game with U.S. Diplomatic Studies Foundation

Oct 8

START team provides online training on mixed-methods research on preventing and countering violent extremism in Pakistan

September 2021

Sep 27

September News: New QAnon data tool; Career opportunities

Sep 24

START produces new data tool exploring crimes committed by U.S. QAnon offenders

Sep 10

9/11: 20 years later

Sep 6

START researchers co-lead webinar series on security challenges in Malaysia

Sep 3

Modelling audience populations: A “call to science”

August 2021

Aug 23

August News: Migration, security & regional militancy in Sabah

Aug 20

START Director speaks with National Nuclear Security Administration fellowship students

Aug 17

START researchers participate in Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) Global Summit

Aug 6

Egle Murauskaite appears on virtual panel on military mobility in Europe

July 2021

Jul 27

July News: Job opportunity; Data on extremism among military and veterans

Jul 23

UWT Director attends U.S. Army ROTC Centers of Influence Leadership Symposium

Jul 14

START releases new data on extremism among U.S. service members and veterans

Jul 1

Professor Brooke Liu is second UMD professor on prestigious board

June 2021

Jun 29

June News: Project on COVID-19 impact on first responders

Jun 22

New editor will take on post for START-Oxford University Press book series

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Business Insider: Inside a DC jail's 'Patriot Wing,' where Capitol riot defendants sing the national anthem and act like prisoners of war — but struggle to cope with being locked up

USA Today: When does speech become dangerous? Rep. Gosar’s ties to white nationalists added to concerns about his video

Military Times: Extremist crimes among veterans on the rise for the past decade, study finds

Events

December 3, 2021

How to Address Extremism Among Veterans

December 6, 2021

Meet the Faculty: MPS in Security & Terrorism Studies (12/6)

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