- Understanding Campus Fears After October 7 and How to Reduce Them. CPOST, March 2024.
- Antisemitism and Support for Political Violence. CPOST and ADL, October 2023.
- Remorse or Double Down? Those Who Stormed the Capitol are Remorseful but Do Not Repudiate Trump's Big Lie. CPOST, September 14, 2022.
- "Patriotic Counter-Revolution": The Political Mindset that Stormed the Capitol. CPOST, April 11, 2022.
- American Face of Insurrection: Analysis of Individuals Charged for Storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. CPOST, January 5, 2022.
- Deep, Divisive, Disturbing: New Survey Shows Mainstream Community Support for Violence to Restore Trump Remains Strong. CPOST, January 2, 2022.
- Deep, Destructive and Disturbing: What We Know About Today's Insurrectionist Movement. CPOST, August 6, 2021.
- The Face of American Insurrection: Right-Wing Organizations Evolving ino a Violent Mass Movement. CPOST, January 28, 2021. Updated July 22, 2022.
Reports
OpEds
- Understanding antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses, Boston Globe, March 13, 2024.
- Trump supporters’ violent rhetoric escalates, by Robert A. Pape. Boston Globe, June 14, 2023.
- Millions of Americans believe political violence is justified. Here’s how to prevent it, by Robert A. Pape. Boston Globe, August 16, 2022.
- The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Aren’t Who You Think They Are, by Robert A. Pape. Foreign Policy, January 6, 2022.
- 21 million Americans say Biden is ‘illegitimate’ and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds, by Robert A. Pape. The Conversation, September 23, 2021.
- What an analysis of 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Capitol insurrection tells us, by Robert A. Pape. Washington Post, April 6, 2021.
- Why we cannot afford to ignore the American insurrectionist movement, by Robert A. Pape. CPOST, June 6, 2021.
- The face of American insurrection: Right-wing groups are evolving into a violent movement, by Robert A. Pape and Keven Ruby. The Hill, February 4, 2021.
- The Capitol Rioters Aren't Like Other Extremists, by Robert A. Pape and Keven Ruby. The Atlantic, February 2, 2021.
Interviews
- UChicago Terrorism Expert Says America a ‘Tinderbox’ in 2024. Interview w/ Robert Pape on WTTW, January 9, 2024.
- UChicago Survey Finds Millions of Americans Support Violence to Achieve Political Goals. Interview w/ Robert Pape on WTTW, June 15, 2023.
- Expert warns of "violent threat" to U.S. democracy. Interview with Robert Pape on Face the Nation, CBS News, September 18, 2022.
- University of Chicago professor studying January 6 says "what we're seeing is a mainstream movement." Interview with Robert Pape on Face the Nation, CBS News, January 2, 2022.
- Don Lemon interview with Robert Pape on CNN Tonight With Don Lemon, CNN, February 5, 2021.
- The Insurrectionist Movement in the United States: Professor Robert Pape. Interview with Robert Pape on Intelligence Matters with Michael Morell Podcast, CBS News Radio, September 29, 2021.
- Studies Show Capitol Rioters Were Majority White Men. Interview with Robert Pape on Amanpour and Company, PBS, May 6, 2021.
Testimony
- The Rise of Violent Populism: January 6th to the Buffalo Shooting and Beyond. Robert Pape's Testimony to to the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on 'Metastasizing' Domestic Terrorism Threat after the Buffalo Attack. June 7, 2022.
Media Coverage of CPOST Research
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‘Anger and Radicalization’: Rising Number of Americans Say Political Violence Is Justified, by Kira Lerner. The Guardian, July 25, 2023.
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12m Americans believe violence is justified to restore Trump to power, by Kira Lerner. The Guardian, June 9, 2023.
- The Big Truth: University of Chicago professor Robert Pape has spent the past year and a half examining the January 6 insurrectionists — and sounding the alarm about the future of democracy. Is America listening? by Mark Carow. Chicago Magazine, July 19, 2022.
- Behind the Scenes at CPOST, the Research Center That Unearthed Major Findings on January 6, by Michael McClure. Chicago Maroon, May 18, 2022.
- A New Study Draws a Line from January 6 to Charlottesville, by Charles P. Pierce. Esquire, April 6, 2021.
- Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters’ Towns, Study Finds, by Alan Feuer. New York Times, April 6, 2021.
- Congress Has Yet to Form a Capitol Attack Commission. Mehdi Hasan Show, April 6, 2021.