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Ted Robert Gurr

PITF co-founder (deceased) · United States

Affiliated with Political Instability Task Force (PITF)

Academic — peer-reviewed

Co-founder of the Political Instability Task Force and Minorities at Risk project (d. 2017).

Financing

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Money source

Historical US academic and government research funding.

Institutional alignment

University of Maryland (emeritus); PITF founding consortium.

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Disclosures & conflicts

Deceased 2017 — profile retained for historical attribution on datasets Harff and Goldstone extended. Not active in current Israel–Palestine assessments.

Credibility & caveats

Foundational political-violence datasets still cited in risk literature.

How this source is used

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