START joins RESOLVE network to help prevent, counter violent extremism

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) has joined the RESOLVE Network, a group of individuals and organizations focused on issues related to violent extremism and community resilience.

START Director William Braniff serves on the RESOLVE Network’s Research Advisory Council, while START Executive Director Amy Pate and START Training Director Barnett Koven serve as organizational representatives.

“Given START’s experience training students and junior researchers on research methods, and its mission to inform counterterrorism policy and practice with scientific data and findings, we jive well with the mission of the RESOLVE Network,” Braniff said.

Engagement with other academics to help prevent and counter violent extremism are mutual goals shared by START and the RESOLVE Network.

“Both START and RESOLVE believe it is critical to work with young scholars around the world to increase the impact of their locally informed research in the policy community, and to drive better counterterrorism and P/CVE outcomes,” Braniff said. “The link-up with the RESOLVE Network’s Secretariat, based at USIP, is very attractive given Leanne Erdberg’s leadership in convening international stakeholders on critical issues that START is passionate about, such as measurement and evaluation for P/CVE programs, the threat of racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism and violent extremist disengagement.”

START is also partnering with several universities in Malaysia on research that parallels RESOLVE Network projects.

“START and the RESOLVE Network are working together to make these projects as complementary as possible,” Koven said. “This newly formalized relationship will only serve to strengthen these, and other, collaborative efforts.”