July 26, 2024

Minerva-Funded Researchers Explore Gender Dynamics in Extremist Narratives

Mia Bloom's new Minerva-funded publication, "Gender Bender Narratives: Radicalizing Effects of Disinformation That Threatens Gender-Normative Views", explores the role of gender in extremist and terrorist narratives, examining how gender dynamics influence recruitment, propaganda, and the operational strategies of these groups.

June 12, 2024

Minerva funded researchers received “Best Paper Runner Up” at the 2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference

Minerva funded researchers, Jeongkeun Shin, L. Richard Carley, and Kathleen M. Carley received “Best Paper Runner Up” at the 2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM’24) which is an annual conference that covers state-of-the-art developments in Modeling & Simulation (M&S).

May 8, 2024

Department of Defense Awards $2.8 Million for Collaborative University Social Science Research Under the Minerva Research Initiative

The Department of Defense today announced the selection of seven DoD–university faculty teams to pursue fundamental social science research through the FY 2023 Defense Education and Civilian University Research (DECUR) Partnership, a program under the department's Minerva Research Initiative.

April 3, 2024

Venue announced for the 2024 Minerva Meeting & Program Review

Hosted annually, the Minerva Meeting and Program review is an opportunity for Minerva grant awardees to share research findings with defense policy makers, military operations personnel, and other academics interested in national security.

March 20, 2024

Register Now - 2024 Minerva Meeting and Program Review

Registration is now open for the 2024 Minerva Meeting and Program Review on April 16-17 in Arlington, VA.

Feb. 6, 2024

Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Drives Local Actors to Engage in Piracy

Minerva-funded researchers identify that when constraints are placed on illegal fishing at the local level, there is an increase in the likelihood of piracy attacks.

Feb. 1, 2024

Northern Arizona University Highlights DECUR Project "AI Design Across Cultures"

The DECUR partnership between Northern Arizona University and the National Defense University seeks to examine cultural variation in the core components of AI.

Dec. 13, 2023

Research on Social Media Sharing Reveals the Potential Dangers of Cuteness

Minerva-funded researchers, Professor Susannah Paletz and Associate Research Assistant Ewa Golonka of the UMD Applied Research Lab for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), investigate the many emotions evoked by social media.

Dec. 8, 2023

Minerva’s FY23 University Research Funding Opportunity is NOW OPEN!

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is interested in receiving proposals for the Minerva Research Initiative, a university-led defense social science program seeking fundamental understanding of the social and cultural forces shaping U.S. strategic interests globally.

Oct. 17, 2023

Minerva-funded researchers "Untangle" the Web of Online Medical Distrust

Why does online distrust (e.g., of medical expertise) continue to grow despite numerous mitigation efforts?