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We are excited to announce we are now accepting applications for the sixth cohort of our Accelerator Initiative! ⚛️

This is a #CareerDevelopment opportunity for early-career women and nonbinary people working in nuclear weapons policy.

📆 Apply by Jan 16, 2026

➡️ Apply:
stnl.cr/accelerator

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December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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We experienced an incredible week in the UK of in-person events for the launch of our edited volume, “Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered.”

Learn more about identity-based mass violence and read the full volume at ibmv.org.
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Thank you to Empire Fighting Chance for hosting the event and to everyone working to make our communities safer.

A special thank you to our speakers: Martin Bisp, Serena Wiebe, Rachel Locke, Ariana Markowitz, and Jai-Ayla Sutherland. Photography by Alex Turner. 🙏
Four people smiling in a gym, wearing matching blue t-shirts, surrounded by colorful sports posters on the walls.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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During Serena Wiebe's reading from her chapter she reminded us that "love wins over hate every time." ❤️

Read her chapter:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Three contributors to the book "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" stand at a podium inside a gym filled with boxing posters. The person in the center is speaking while the other two listen attentively. Person being interviewed by two reporters with microphones in a room decorated with posters and memorabilia.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Martin Bisp of Empire Fighting Chance introduced book contributor Serena Wiebe as someone who stands up to kings, prime ministers, peers, and movie stars to challenge them on addressing violence. 👑
Martin Bisp of Empire Fighting Chance addresses a group from a podium in the boxing gym, with various posters and a screen displaying the topic and book "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts" visible in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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The fight for safer communities for young people requires addressing the fundamental and structural challenges they face. 🥊
Two individuals are practice boxing in a gym filled with posters on the walls and a boxing ring in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Our recent book launch event at Empire Fighting Chance in Bristol, UK, brought together voices from "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" to showcase evidence-based solutions that can reduce and prevent violence while shaping safer, more inclusive communities.

#IBMV
Staff and contributors of the "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" pose in the boxing ring at Empire Fighting Chance in Bristol, UK. Each person is wearing boxing gloves, smiling at the camera in a gym with posters on the walls. Staff and contributors of the "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" pose in the boxing ring at Empire Fighting Chance in Bristol, UK. Each person has their back to the camera and is lifting one arm with a boxing glove in the air in a gym with posters on the walls. A diverse group of people applauding enthusiastically at an indoor event, surrounded by posters on the wall. Two people embracing warmly in a crowded event space with posters on the wall in the background. One person is wearing a colorful striped jacket.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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📢 The open-access version of "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" is now available!

This groundbreaking volume represents a multiyear exploration of identity-based mass violence (IBMV) in urban settings.

Read it now for FREE: ibmv.org
Advertisement for the book titled "Identity-Based Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" available at IBMV.org, featuring an image of a person lying on a map with a city grid in the background, next to the book cover displayed on the right.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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🔍 Hands-on training in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), a game-changing tool for those who report on nuclear weapons issues, presented by Open Nuclear Network.
Speakers at the Open Source Intelligence workshop presented by Open Nuclear Network. Participants work on case studies of media coverage that used (or misused) open source intelligence. Speakers at the Open Source Intelligence workshop presented by Open Nuclear Network.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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🔬 Reporting trip to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Nuclear Safeguards Clean Lab in Seibersdorf, outside Austria, where a global team of scientists tests samples for evidence of bomb-making activities. @iaeaorg.bsky.social
A group of people walk outside the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Material Laboratory. An IAEA staffer shows off an interactive exhibition about nuclear weapons inspectors at the Agency’s newly-opened visitor center.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Journalists from around the globe participated in a series of activities to deepen their understanding of nuclear weapons issues and build reporting skills on this under-covered topic. @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
A journalist raises their hand to ask a question during a presentation at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Nuclear Safeguards Clean Lab in Seibersdorf, Austria. A tour of the IAEA’s new transportable electron beam system.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The Stanley Center Journalism and Media Program's Developing Story Project, in collaboration with Atomic Reporters, hosted a group of journalists for activities at and alongside the International Press Institute (IPI)'s 75th annual IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival in Vienna, Austria.
The daily commute from the hotel to the conference venue, which took a group of journalists through the gardens of the Schönbrunn palace in Vienna.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Thank you to everyone who attended the event! A special thank you to our speakers: Michal Braier, Shukria Dellawar, Kate Ferguson, Rachel Locke, Rose Mbone, Kelsey Paul Shantz, Jai-Ayla Sutherland, and Serena Wiebe.
Group of seven individuals and contributors stand on stage and smile for a photo at a book launch event panel titled "Identity-Based Mass Violence Uncovered" at the Tate Modern in London. A nighttime view of the London skyline seen from a window at the Tate Modern.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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The event brought together practitioners, policymakers, police commissioners, mayors, violence-reduction experts and thought leaders to examine how leadership at city, regional, and national levels can directly address the core drivers of identity-based mass violence in cities.

Key takeaways:
Group of people socializing in a lively indoor event space with hanging lights in the Tate Modern in London. Three people engaged in conversation at an indoor evening event, with the illuminated city view of London through a window in the background. Attendees interact at a book launch event, collecting materials from a table. Two people engage in a conversation at a table with drinks and appetizers, in a lively indoor setting.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Last night, contributors of "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" gathered with invited guests at The Tate Modern in London for the first in-person event of our book launch week in the UK.

#IBMV
Group of contributors embrace warmly on stage with a banner in the background reading "Cities at the Forefront: Solutions to Address Identity-Based Mass Violence" during the book launch event at the Tate Modern in London. Three individuals stand at a podium during a presentation, with one person speaking and two others listening attentively. The setting features warm lighting and a banner in the background related to the book launch event about identity-based mass violence in cities. An audience of diverse individuals attentively watches, claps and smiles during a presentation about identity-based mass violence at an indoor book launch event in the Tate Modern in London. A person delivering a lecture on "Identity and Mass Violence in Urban Spaces" to an attentive audience at an indoor book launch event in the Tate Modern in London.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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You’re invited to the virtual launch of "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered".

Experts, storytellers, and researchers are coming together to explore how urban spaces, identity, and violence intersect.

📆 Wed, Nov 12
🕛 12 PM ET | 5 PM GMT

🔗 Register:
https://bit.ly/3KYJ9xB
Banner for a virtual launch event on November 12 featuring the book "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" with an excerpt about cities enabling environments free from fear.
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Follow the reporting from the CCMP fellows during #COP30, with select stories listed here:

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Two climate journalists in a CCMP session. Two climate journalists, smiling, in a CCMP session. A group photo of CCMP Fellows in Belém, Brazil, during COP30.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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COP30 begins this week. Fourteen journalism fellows of the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) are reporting on the ground in Belém, Brazil!

Belém, a gateway to the Amazon River and rainforest, is a symbolic setting for the UN negotiations on climate change.

#COP30CCMP
A climate journalist takes a photo during a boat tour in Belém, Brazil. The skyline of Belém, Brazil, where COP30 is taking place. Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) journalism fellows in a session during COP30.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Thank you to all who participated and helped organize the first-ever Accelerator Symposium!
Accelerators and Stanley Center staff in conversation.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Participants also enjoyed opportunities to explore some of the scenic sites in Vienna and connect with one another outside of the sessions.
Accelerator Initiative Symposium participants and organizers in Vienna, Austria.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Discussion topics ranged from non-nuclear states' role in risk reduction to managing risks in a nuclear multipolarity & more. Presentations by speakers and conversations between early-career nuclear policy professionals and experts with many years of experience generated a lively exchange of ideas.
An Accelerator engages with others during a session of the Accelerator Initiative Symposium. An Accelerator engages with others during a session of the Accelerator Initiative Symposium. Accelerators and invited nuclear policy experts in conversation during the Accelerator Initiative Symposium. Accelerators and a Stanley Center staff member in conversation.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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We recently had the pleasure of hosting the inaugural Accelerator Initiative Symposium in Vienna, Austria.

Accelerators, Accelerator alumnae & other invited experts gathered for 3 days to discuss nuclear policy in sessions organized by the 3rd & 4th cohorts of the Accelerator Initiative.

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Accelerators and Stanley Center staff who planned panels and discussion for the Accelerator Initiative Symposium. An Accelerator and invited nuclear policy expert in conversation. An Accelerator speaks enthusiastically during a session. Invited nuclear policy experts speak during a panel discussion.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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"Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts" brings together 33 global experts exploring how cities, identity & violence intersect.

Join us on Nov 12 to hear the research behind the book and engage in a conversation confronting the roots of #IBMV worldwide.

Register:
https://bit.ly/3KYJ9xB
Banner for the 'Virtual Launch Event' on November 12 at 12 PM ET, hosted by the Stanley Center for Peace and Security; Violence, Inequality and Power Lab; CRIES; and Peace in Our Cities. It features details about the book titled 'Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered'. The image includes a stylized blue bird and the cover of the book.
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Apply by Thursday for an exciting opportunity to train on oral history methodology in Istanbul, Türkiye, this November!

BASIC & the Stanley Center for Peace and Security invite nuclear policy professionals who are in early phases of their careers to apply:

stnl.cr/oralhistoryp...

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Adventures in Risk Reduction. Call for applications - Oral History Project. First week of November 2025. Istanbul, Türkiye. Apply by July 17, 2025. BASIC and Stanley Center for Peace and Security.
July 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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We are excited to welcome Leah Latella to our team!

As our new Digital Communications Specialist, Leah applies her expertise in digital storytelling to create and promote content across social media channels, email newsletters, websites, and other digital media.

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Joining our team - Leah Latella. Digital Communications Specialist at the Stanley Center.
July 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM