“Global Affairs & Human Security” Workshop Incubates Emerging Work by Five Colleges Scholars and Early Career Researchers
The workshop connects Five Colleges International Relations faculty and scholars across UMass interested in human security, broadly defined, and the challenges of addressing the global public good.
Connecting Scientists, Human Security Elites and Ordinary Conflict-Affected Citizens
Human Security Lab continues tradition of science-informed policy engagement bridging elite and citizen divides.
Faculty / Student Team Presents Research at UN Nuclear Review Conference
The nuclear ban treaty has the potential to change attitudes, the research shows.
UMass Amherst Human Security Lab Empowers Students in Impactful Research
Rising undergraduate researchers assist with policy-relevant scholarship at Human Security Lab.
Faculty and Student Researchers Brief State Department
Researchers presented new survey findings to government officials.
Human Security Lab Launches New Report on Humanitarian Impacts of Gender-Selective Travel Ban in Ukraine War
Ukrainian women are particularly opposed to continuing the travel ban, according to the latest Human Security Lab survey.
Survey Shows Continued Opposition to Ukraine’s Travel Ban on Men
Women are particularly unlikely to support continued restrictions on men, and especially likely to suggest alternative policy options.
Assistant Project Manager Camryn Hughes Quoted in Article About Afghan Voices Project
Ms. Hughes has served on the Afghanistan, Ukraine and nuclear disarmament projects and will join the team co-authoring the Lab’s newest report on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Human Security Lab Research Team Joins Nuclear Ban Coalition’s Scholars Program
The partnership will fund students and former students to assist in analyzing the effects of the nuclear ban treaty on American attitudes toward nuclear weapons.
Human Security Lab Features New Research on Civilians
University of Oslo’s Anne-Kathrin Kreft presents new research on the protection of civilian men in armed conflicts on May 25 at 1pm.
Human Security Lab: Afghans Overwhelmingly Support Women’s Rights
On International Women’s Day, Human Security Lab released new preliminary data on Afghan citizens’ views of gender equality.
Lab Director Charli Carpenter Presents Ukraine Survey Data at Oxford Consortium
The Lab’s research aims to elevate Ukrainian voices in the conversation about the humanitarian and strategic effects of the martial law which has been in place for nearly a year.
Human Security Lab Research Featured in Foreign Policy Magazine
Human Security Lab’s team conducted the first survey of Ukrainian public opinion on the travel ban preventing civilian men and fathers from fleeing the country.
Doctoral Fellow Jenna Norosky Presents New Research on Men and Gender in Conflict
Norosky is the recipient of a Human Security Lab dissertation grant for her research on conflict-related sexual violence against men and boys.
In Memoriam: Professor of Peace Psychology Bernhard Leidner
Human Security Lab Associate Director and world-renowned conflict researcher Bernhard Leidner is remembered by colleagues and friends as brilliant, inspirational and wittily perseverant in the face of adversity.
Upcoming Webinar: Protecting Civilian Men’s Right to Flee Ukraine
Human Security Lab will host a webinar on November 14, 2014 at 4pm to discuss the human rights dimensions of Ukraine’s travel ban on civilian men, and present new data on how the martial law in Ukraine is affecting civilian men and their families.
Associate UN Humanitarian Affairs Officer Menty Kebede to Speak at Human Security Lab
The former UMass alum will speak about her work in refugee protection and humanitarian policy for the United Nations, International Committee of the Red Cross and humanitarian NGOs.
New Survey from Human Security Lab Shows Majority of Ukrainians Want to End Travel Ban
Ukrainian citizens include practical and human rights reasons to end the travel ban.
Human Security Lab Launches ‘Afghan Voices’ Project
Surveys showcase Afghan citizens’ diverse views about the future of their country.
Human Security Lab Summer Camp Kicks Off With Nuclear Disarmament Project
Students receive training and mentorship in qualitative data analysis methods, coding software and human security issues.