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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?
Oct. 6, 2023
New Peer-Reviewed Article, "Leadership and performance in informal institutions: the internal dynamics of BRICS" from Minerva's Rising Power Alliances Project Team
How does leadership affect the performance of informal institutions? Leadership in BRICS is particularly puzzling: this informal institution rapidly grows despite the disparate interests of its members, some of which are in longstanding conflict. This article examines how three forms of leadership – intellectual, entrepreneurial, and structural – affect institutional performance using BRICS cooperation data.
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