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Internet

Hacking: What journalists need to know. A conversation with Bruce Schneier

David Trilling | October 24, 2016
A primer on the tech issues behind the cyberattacks that have roiled the 2016 presidential campaign.
Business

Conflict minerals and firms’ ignorance over their supply chains

David Trilling | September 15, 2016
2016 study in the Academy of Management Journal that looks at how companies struggle, even when required by federal law, to account for the “conflict minerals” they use in their products.
Juliette Kayyem (Kent Dayton)
Conflicts

Reporting on crisis, disaster, homeland security: Tips from Juliette Kayyem

Denise-Marie Ordway | March 23, 2016
2015 conversation with Juliette Kayyem, a Harvard University lecturer and national leader in homeland security. She offers advice on how journalists can better cover disasters and hold accountable the government agencies that respond to and manage emergency events.
World Trade Center after 9/11
Criminal Justice

Terrorism sentencing: Challenges for criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and abroad

Kristina Mastropasqua | December 8, 2015
2015 roundup of academic research and scholarly literature that looks at the challenges that criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and aboard face in determining appropriate prison sentences for those convicted of participating in terrorism-related activities.
The relationship between terrorism and economic growth: Research
Conflicts

The relationship between terrorism and economic growth: Research

Martin Maximino | November 20, 2015
2015 study published in Oxford Economic Papers showing how industrial growth in particular has a significant association with levels of terrorist activity.
Sunset view of Paris and Eiffel tower
Conflicts

France, Islam, terrorism and the challenges of integration: Research roundup

John Wihbey | November 16, 2015
2015 review of research related to Muslims in France, and the terrorist attacks on the French satirical news outlet Charlie Hebdo and a chemical plant near Lyon.
Refugees: Research on living conditions, health, assistance efforts
Conflicts

Refugees: Research on living conditions, health, assistance efforts

Rachael Stephens | October 10, 2015
2015 selection of studies that use fieldwork and qualitative and quantitative data to better understand the world’s refugee populations and look to public policy lessons that can be drawn.
"Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere" (Harvard Berkman Center 2009)
Africa

Small worlds and the clash of civilizations: New data on the dimensions of a globalized world

Stefanie Knoll | July 28, 2015
2015 study from Stanford, Cornell and others on patterns of global social networks and how underlying data reveal distinct civilizations, despite borderless portrayals of cyberspace.
Hate crimes and research questions: Examining racial, ethnic and religious bias
Conflicts

Hate crimes and research questions: Examining racial, ethnic and religious bias

Joanna Penn | June 18, 2015
2015 review of research and data that speak to issues of hate crimes motivated by bias, with a focus on definitional issues in the United States and patterns abroad.
The Iran nuclear framework deal: A definitive, research-based guide from Harvard’s Belfer Center
Conflicts

The Iran nuclear framework deal: A definitive, research-based guide from Harvard’s Belfer Center

John Wihbey | April 16, 2015
April 2015 report from Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, "Decoding the Iran Nuclear Deal: Key Questions, Points of Divergence, Pros and Cons, Pending Legislation and Essential Facts."

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