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About TCV at Georgia State University and our Minerva Funded Research Project
As global violence and conflict has proliferated, the need to understand the causes and predictive indicators of violence, as well as to identify empirically verifiable solutions have become societal imperatives. Over the past five years, faculty in the Transcultural Conflict and Violence initiative have received more than $10 million in external funding to examine why violence happens, how we can predict its occurrence, and what effective remedies might be available.
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This project is a 4-year program of basic research that will identify the specific processes and pathways of children’s mobilization into terrorist movements and create a model of children’s involvement in violent extremist organizations (VEOs). Specific detailed cases will be developed using primary and secondary data for Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Syria and Somalia in conjunction with regional partners who will facilitate the collection of interview data by local social workers and therapists. The project will generate an empirically valid model that can explain children’s involvement in VEOs and inform practices, policies, training, and further research aimed at developing evidence-based interventions at multiple levels.
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Disclaimer: This research is supported by a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), US Department of the Navy No N00014-16-12693. Any opinions, findings, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of Naval Research.
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