On Aug 8th, members of the Political Violence Lab hosted Edith Chapin, NPR's Vice President & Executive Editor at Large, to brief her on some of the lab's findings and to solicit her feedback on research in progress. We are very grateful for her time and many insights!
Political Violence Lab
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An academic research lab with a focus on disseminating results on political violence to the policy community.
About us
The Political Violence Lab engages in research that seeks to inform efforts to mitigate its frequency, intensity, and downstream effects of political violence. The lab was established in January 2018 and is directed by its founder, Andrew Shaver, and is engaged in research projects with affiliated researchers from a variety of academic institutions. The lab has involved the participation of 157 undergraduate and graduate students and postgraduates from Arizona State University; Dartmouth College; Princeton University; the University of California campuses of Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barabara, and Santa Cruz; the University of Michigan-Flint; and the University of Utah.
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https://www.politicalviolencelab.com/
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- Research Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Educational
- Founded
- 2018
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1608 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036, US
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5200 Lake Rd
Merced, CA 95343, US
Employees at Political Violence Lab
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Andrew Shaver
Assistant Professor at University of California, Merced; Founding Director, Political Violence Lab
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Alejandro Robles-Gandarilla
UC San Diego Graduate with a Bachelor's of Arts in Political Science/International Relations & Philosophy Minor
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Natalia Marin
Student at UC Davis
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Keinah Baron
Legal Assistant at ORO Law LLP | University of California, Davis Alum
Updates
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Political Violence Lab reposted this
Edmund Burke famously said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. Andrew Shaver from the Political Violence Lab at University of California, Merced is helping shine a light on such evil in the form of violent human rights abuses. We at RIWI want to thank him for helping identify these abuses which is the first step in driving change and protecting our most fragile global citizens. RIWI has a long history of supporting academics, NGOs and aid organizations in gathering the data in hard to reach places necessary to effect change. This is why we have special cost based pricing for organizations that are non profit and trying to do good in the world. Reach out to us if you are on a mission for good and need sentiment data. We will be creative to support budgets of any size. #politicalviolence #aid #internationaldevelopment #usaid #theworldbank #data #riwi
Surveys at RIWI Corp. | Democracy at the University of Toronto | Writer ✍️
👉 Fact: News reports often provide an incomplete picture of global violence, leaving countless acts unreported and keeping policymakers and the public unaware of ongoing crises. 🌍 💡 This is where Andrew Shaver and his Political Violence Lab at UC Merced come in. 🔬 🤝 Here at RIWI , we're proud to collaborate with PVL in their independent academic validation of our real-time, on-the-ground, anonymous surveys. ✅ This collaboration involved analyzing existing RIWI datasets and collecting new data commissioned by PVL in locations and topics such as: 🇦🇫 Afghan women’s safety during the Taliban takeover. 🇵🇰 Various types of violence in Pakistan, from ethnic clashes to forced disappearances, ahead of the 2024 election. 🇧🇩 Granular data on violence across Bangladesh prior to their 2024 election. 💥 PVL's approach flips the script on traditional data collection. Instead of relying solely on news reports, they validate on-the-ground data from RIWI surveys with local reporters. This innovative approach is revolutionizing our understanding of global violence and holds immense promise for the future. 🌐 #GlobalViolence #PoliticalViolence #DataValidation #RealTimeSurveys #ResearchCollaboration