About Us

The International Center for the Study of Terrorism (ICST) is dedicated to the scientific study of terrorism and political violence.

The Center engages in teaching, research and training activities that are international in scope and multidisciplinary in nature. Unbound by the preconceptions and assumptions of particular disciplines, perspectives or ideologies, the Center is committed to promoting and engaging in data-driven empirical research performed to the highest academic standards.

With its hub at The Pennsylvania State University, the Center is housed in the Department of Psychology. In addition, the Center also functions around a core of universities that are members of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), using the capabilities of this network to enhance collaboration and communication between relevant and appropriate research groupings on a global basis.

As such, the Center is structured to encourage collaboration, information sharing, dialog and debate across geographical and disciplinary boundaries, with the goal of conducting and integrating empirical research to inform and enhance policy-relevant knowledge and effective operational practice.

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page last revised March 27, 2008