Evidence from a conjoint experiment with 2,035 Ukrainians shows that citizens are especially intolerant of collaborators who endanger the nation or act out of pro-Russian sympathies. Redemption is possible, but actions speak louder than words—and even meaningful restorative efforts rarely undo the damage of severe collaboration.

Are people becoming desensitized to terrorism? Drawing on a temporal meta-analysis and a controlled comparison of two natural experiments, we find little evidence that responsiveness has systematically diminished - or increased - over time.

Do conflict exposure and trauma increase or decrease support for transitional justice? Drawing on cross-country survey data, this study shows that the effects are more limited than often assumed and highly depend on contextual factors.

Drawing on experimental data from Azerbaijan, this article shows that intergroup bias significantly reduces support for peace provisions in the aftermath of war. The findings illustrate the challenges of overcoming deep-seated hostilities in post-conflict societies.

This study investigates how Nigerian citizens evaluate reintegration scenarios for former fighters. Using a conjoint experiment, the article shows which attributes — such as remorse, community safety, and family ties — drive public support or resistance to reintegration.

This study leverages a quasi-natural experiment to investigate how Brexit reshaped attitudes in Northern Ireland. The article shows that both the Brexit campaign and its outcome interacted with historical conflict narratives to influence public perceptions of the future of Northern Ireland.

This study provides the first comprehensive meta-analysis of terrorism’s impact on public opinion. By synthesizing evidence across diverse contexts and research designs, the paper shows that terrorism has systematic but limited effects on citizens’ political attitudes.

This article demonstrates how terrorism-induced fear undermines social trust. Drawing on cross-national data and theoretical insights, it shows that terrorism reduces trust not through direct exposure alone but through the broader societal climate of fear it generates.

Combining content analysis with in-depth interviews with journalists and editors, this article shows how religious-based violence is framed, how editorial choices and professional constraints shape coverage, and what this means for our theoretical understanding of conflict coverage.

Across samples in Brazil, Turkey, Belgium, and France, higher levels of anomia are consistently associated with stronger intentions to engage in political violence. This relationship holds across countries and independently of political ideology.

This study investigates why citizens in Ghana trust political institutions. Using the 2013 National Service Scheme Survey, the article compares institutional-performance and cultural explanations and finds that perceptions of government performance are particularly important, while national pride also substantially strengthens institutional trust.

This study compares how newspapers in four countries covered the Syrian war before and after the 2013 chemical weapons attack. Using quantitative content analysis, the article shows that nationalization, responsibility, and conflict frames dominated coverage, while newspapers provided remarkably little contextual information.