Combating terrorism has grown more urgent, difficult, and complex.
That’s why getting the right tools and practices into the hands of frontline counterterrorism workers is so important.
NCITE’s mission is to take down silos and streamline the process to put research into product and practice. The sheer scope of the threat environment outlined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security calls for a customer-driven, relentless academic pursuit.
NCITE aims to be a leading national resource that brings together some of the best minds and cutting-edge ideas around the field of counterterrorism.
NCITE is the hub for:
50+ experts across the U.S. and Europe
Research for Resilience
Researchers across our consortium are making critical insights daily, creating knowledge and technology tools that help the national security frontline protect the United States.
Our projects fall under four main themes:
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PREVENTING the next attack
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UNDERSTANDING the threat
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INNOVATING new tools and technologies
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STRENGTHENING the counterterrorism workforce
Our work aims to answer vital questions of national security.
Preventing
- What are best practices for supervising people with extremist pasts?
- How can DHS partner with families of radicalized extremists to prevent attacks?
- What are best practices for reintegrating spouses and children of foreign terrorist fighters?
- What are the best tools for measuring threats and informing decision makers in threat assessment?
- How can we measure the success of DHS targeted violence prevention programs?
Understanding
- How can terrorists use AI, the metaverse, and video games to cause harm?
- How do extremists radicalize followers online?
- What is the threat of improvised explosive devices and how can we counter it through scientific efforts?
- What can we learn about public support for political violence in the U.S. by studying threats against public officials?
- How do violent organizations behave? Can the answer affect counter-extremism policy?
- How do law enforcement agencies screen for and mitigate insider threats?
- What can organizational psychology tell us about the violent extremist landscape?
- What can we learn from terrorist recruitment to help better understand, anticipate, and prevent attacks?
- What links conspiracy theories and violent extremist ideologies?
- What can federal court cases tell us about the scope of the U.S. domestic terror threat?
Innovating
Strengthening
- How does analyzing traumatic material affect terrorism researchers?
- What datasets will help the counterterrorism workforce?
- How can business students help bolster national security?
- How can we inspire students at minority-serving institutions to join the homeland security workforce?
- How are counterterrorism practitioners affected by exposure to violent material?
- How can counterterrorism organizations better train, equip, and support threat assessment teams?
- How can we collaborate with international partners to prevent terrorism?
- What are the benefits of peer support programs for counterterrorism workers exposed to traumatic material?