Contact Us
Phone: (202) 885-2940
Graduate programs: spagrad@american.edu
Undergraduate programs: aupublicaffairs@american.edu
How We Work
PERIL’s approach happens in three steps, focused on Initiating Knowledge, Testing and Incubating, and Implementing and Scale-Up.
PERIL’s pre-preventative framework aims to build social cohesion and democratic resilience while centering the needs of targeted groups, victims, and survivors. In partnership with community groups, local governments, educators, counselors, and other civil society actors, we create effective prevention tools and resources including toolkits and guides, education and media literacy interventions, short-form videos, and training programs. All of our interventions are developed based on holistic research and rigorous testing.
We advocate for a public health approach to preventing violent extremism and creating resilient democracies. Public health approaches require four integrated components.