A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism

Data and Tools

To propel the scientific study of terrorism, counterterrorism and community resilience forward, START seeks to collect and disseminate valuable datasets so that academics, analysts, and practitioners can take these objective baselines as their starting point for future analysis and decision-making.  START also produces interactive knowledge tools to help visualize data, integrate data and organize data for greater utility.  Data files for publicly available databases can be downloaded directly from our website or from START’s Dataverse page, and knowledge tools can be accessed through the START website as well.

Data Tool Topics Dataset
The Youth, Emotional Energy, and Political Violence: The Cases of Egypt and Saudi Arabia Political Conflict and Violence
TEVUS Portal -
Terrorism & Preparedness Data Resource Center (TPDRC) Emergency Preparedness and Management
Survey on Information Sharing, Attitudes, and Practices of LLIS Users Homeland Security Education and Training, Security Policy
Sources of Blame Attribution: Citizen Attitudes Towards Public Officials after 9/11 September 11th
Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) Threat Assessment, Community Resilience -
Significant Multi-domain Incidents against Critical Infrastructure (SMICI) Terrorism Databases and Resources, Cybersecurity and Cyberterrorism -
Replication Data for: "Crime, Conflict and the Legitimacy Tradeoff: Explaining Variation in Insurgents' Participation in Crime" Terrorist Networks, Threat Assessment, Leadership in Violent Extremist Organizations -
Radiological and Nuclear Non-State Adversaries Database (RANNSAD) Radiological Threats, Nuclear Terrorism
QAnon Crime Maps Right-wing Terrorism, Terrorism Databases and Resources, Homeland Security Education and Training -
Public Warnings and Evacuations: California Station Fire Community Resilience, Crisis Communication and Management, Natural Hazards
Public Opinion in the Islamic World on Terrorism, al Qaeda, and US Policies Al-Qaida and Affiliated Movements
Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States (PPT-US) Group Behavior -
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) Al-Qaida and Affiliated Movements, Right-wing Terrorism, Single-issue Terrorism, Terrorism Databases and Resources, Ecoterrorism, Homeland Security Education and Training, Left-wing Terrorism -
Predictors of Activism and Radicalism: Past Activism, Past Radicalism and Grievance Against the Government
Police Responses to Terrorism: Lessons from the Israeli Experience Policing Terrorism
Poisonous Minds: Profiling the CB Adversary Bioterrorism, Chemical Threats
Nuclear Facility Attack Database Radiological Threats, Global Security, Innovation and Technology, Nuclear Terrorism -
Muslim Public Opinion on U.S. Policy, Attacks on Civilians, and al Qaeda Al-Qaida and Affiliated Movements
Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB) Middle East, 1980-2004 Violence Adoption and Desistance, Ethnic Conflict and Violence -
IVEO Knowledge Matrix Punishment of Terrorism, Security Policy, Violence Adoption and Desistance, Policing Terrorism
Government Actions in a Terror Environment - Israel (GATE-Israel) Punishment of Terrorism, Security Policy, Political Conflict and Violence, Ethnic Conflict and Violence, Policing Terrorism -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Terrorism Databases and Resources, Terrorism Trends, Global Security
Ethnicity and Episodic Framing in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina Public Communications and Warnings, Natural Hazards
Capitol Insurrection Network Map Right-wing Terrorism, Terrorism Databases and Resources

START Research Topics

START IVEO Knowledge Matrix

IVEO Knowledge Matrix

START's Global Terrorism Database

Global Terrorism Database

GTD in Palantir