A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Peter Weinberger

Peter Weinberger

Former Researcher

Lead Investigator on START Research Projects

Bridging Religious Communities and Technology Providers to Counter Narratives of Violent Extremism

October 2016 to March 2017

Researcher on START Projects

A Toolkit for Preventing Targeted Violence on College Campuses

July 2017 to July 2018

Anti-Terrorism Assistance Programs

June 2016 to May 2017

Coalition Building for CVE and Community Resilience

October 2015 to September 2018

Rehabilitation and Reintegration for CVE Programs

Selected Publications

Implications of Research on Traumatic Stress for Countering Violent Extremism (Discussion Point)

Public-Private Partnerships to Counter Violent Extremism: Field Principles for Action (START Reports)

News References

Playboy: How to Deprogram a White Supremacist (START in the News)

Religion News Service: To keep churches safe, government gets involved (START in the News)

Center for American Progress: Losing the War of Ideas (START in the News)

Huffington Post: This Is How White Supremacists Get Radicalized (START in the News)

Forward: Trump Focuses on Islamist Extremism – Guts Programs Countering White Supremacy (START in the News)

Foreign Policy: How The Islamic State Indoctrinates Children With Math, Grammar, Tanks, and Guns (START in the News)

War on the Rocks: ISIL’s virtual planners: A critical terrorist innovation (START in the News)

Agence France-Presse: Turning point as social media tackles online 'terror' (START in the News)

Wall Street Journal: How Islamic State Weaponized the Chat App to Direct Attacks on the West (START in the News)

Remembrance: Shimon Peres (People Spotlight)

Implications of research on traumatic stress for Countering Violent Extremism (Discussion Point)

Computerworld: How to keep Facebook, Twitter from being terrorists’ hunting grounds (START in the News)

The Cipher Brief: The Private Sector Role in Countering Violent Extremism (START in the News)

Providing a framework for creating public-private partnerships to counter violent extremism (Featured Research)

START approved to launch new MOOC focused on CVE (News)

Bridging academia and policy to build better CVE programs (People Spotlight)