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Sumitra Badrinathan, The small effects of short user corrections on misinformation in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom

Sumitra Badrinathan's new co-authored article in Harvard Kennedy School's Misinformation Review examines how effective user corrections are in combatting misinformation on social media.
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Ken Conca, The many voices of environmental cooperation: A relational analysis of 30 years of environmental peacebuilding over shared waters in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine

Ken Conca's new co-authored article in Environment and Security applies relational thinking to the field of environmental peacebuilding over shared waters in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine.
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Analysis: Gaza Is Not the First Time the US has Downplayed Atrocities by US-Backed Regimes

SIS professor Jeff Bachman and SIS PhD student Esther Brito Ruiz discuss the strategies US officials use to publicly distance the US from atrocities committed by those who receive its support.
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SUGER Sweetens Summer Research Experiences

Eagles learned about ins and outs of original scholarship during AU’s Summer Undergraduate and Graduate Experience in Research.
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How Are Young People Being Mobilized to Help Communities Recover from Disaster?

SIS professor and Director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity (CECE) Dana Fisher answers a few questions about her new whitepaper on service corps programs helping LA communities recover after wildfires.
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Lauren Carruth, Ecological grief among farmers and pastoralists in Ethiopia and Kenya

Lauren Carruth's new co-authored article in SSM-Mental Health examines how climate change is altering the lives of displaced and marginalized people in two East African contexts.
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Spyware in the Wrong Hands: What can Governments Do?

SIS Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer Claudia Hofmann answers a few questions about her new policy memo on non-state actors and commercial spyware for the German Council on Foreign Relations.
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Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Violence and Organized Crime Among Palestinians in Israel: Searching for a Savior

Mohammed Abu-Nimer's new article in Religions explores the rise of organized crime and violence within the Palestinian community in Israel and how community-based initiatives can counter such violence.
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Exploring American Identity in ‘America at the Crossroads’

SIS Distinguished Professor and Ambassador Akbar Ahmed answers several questions about his new book, "America at the Crossroads: Race, Islam, and Leadership."
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Claudia Hofmann, Spyware and Cyberattacks: The Rising Threat from Non-State Actors

Claudia Hofmann's new policy memo on non-state actors gaining access to spyware was published with the German Council on Foreign Relations.
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