• INFORMATION ON OVER 87,000 TERRORIST ATTACKS

    The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2008.

     

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  • START IS HIRING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    START is currently seeking an Executive Director.

     

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  • START BACKGROUND REPORTS

    As a product of on-going research projects, START publishes  background reports on recent terrorist acts to inform the media and general public.

     

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CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

                                   

University of Maryland
3300 Symons Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Tel:  301-405-6600
Email:  infostart@start.umd.edu
Website:  www.start.umd.edu

 

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) is a university-based research center headed by the University of Maryland  and is committed to the scientific study of the causes and human consequences of terrorism in the United States and around the world.

 

START research areas:

 

Radicalization
Terrorist Operations & Interventions
Community Resilience