Professor Robert Pape, Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) presented his new research on antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses after Oct. 7 in a hybrid event on May 2, 2024, cosposored by the University of Chicago's Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression. He was joined by Geoffrey Stone, Professor of Law and renowned First Amendment scholar in a discussion moderated by Tony Banout, Executive Director of the Forum. The event livestream is now available to watch online.
Watch the event here!This special report, based on national surveys conducted between December 2023 and January 2024, provides the most extensive survey evidence to date about the extent of campus fears and changes in antisemitism and islamophobia on college campuses and in communities across the nation after October 7. The report provides extensive information to help university and national leaders better understand and navigate the most intense challenges facing the higher education community and the country today.
Read the report hereSun., Mar. 03, 2024
In a recent Chicago Tribune op-ed by Storer H. Rowley, Prof. Robert Pape says, “In a modern age of empathy and social media, it is so common for people to identify with the plight of people overseas...I think what you are seeing basically is support for positions that have a lot to do with empathizing with other people."
Read full Op-ed here.
Fri., Jan. 26, 2024
New CPOST survey results shows increased violent support for Trump aligns with the indictments, as did the erosion of support for democratic norms. In addition, the survey found court cases using the 14th amendment to try to keep Trump off the ballot could further erode confidence in the political system, regardless of how the supreme court rules on the issue.
In an article published in The Guardian on January 26, CPOST Director Robert Pape says support for democratic norms has gone from “bad to worse”, and the more a person believes the system is corrupt or rigged, the more likely they are to support using violence instead of the political system.
Read the article here.
Tue., Jan. 09, 2024
As the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack passed, WTTW News spoke with CPOST Director Robert Pape, to get his thoughts on the threat of domestic political violence.
Listen to the interview here.
Sat., Jan. 06, 2024
During the course of its 18-month investigation, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol solicited expert statements to help it better understand “the facts, circumstances, and causes” of the attack. Expert statements to the Committee based on extensive CPOST research are now available online. See item 15 of the Just Security publication here.
Fri., Jan. 05, 2024
Almost three years after insurgents stormed the U.S. Capitol, the shadow of January 6 continues to hang over the fate of American democracy. CPOST Director Robert Pape joins Walter Isaacson to discuss how political violence moved from the margins to the mainstream.
Watch the interview here.