The Shared Societies Project
Building a World Safe for Difference
Programs
- The Shared Societies Project
- The G20 in a Post Crisis World
- Women's Political Participation and Leadership
- Energy and Climate Change
- Global Leadership for Haiti Reconstruction
- Political Leadership for Democratic Transition in Kyrgyzstan
- Freedom of Association in the MENA
- The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis
- Political Leadership for Democratic Development
- Democracy, Security and Terrorism
- General Assemblies and Annual Conferences
Ted Robert Gurr
Professor Emeritus, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, Former Director of the Minorities at Risk Project
Dr. Ted Gurr has a BA in social psychology from Reed College and a Ph.D. in government and international relations from New York University. His principle writings are on ethno-politics. Professor Gurr was president of the International Studies Association. Since 1994 he has been a senior consultant on the White House-initiated State Failure Task Force and a member of the steering committee of the Conflict Early Warning Systems Research Program of the International Social Science Council (UNESCO). He is founder and director of the Minorities at Risk project, based at Maryland's Centre for International Development and Conflict Management.