Terrorism poses a direct and immediate threat to all countries and all people, regardless of ethnic background, nationality and religion, and to international stability and prosperity more broadly. The main goal of the project is to enable a more effective response to terrorism by learning from its consequences. 

The project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI), and aims to deliver novel evidence of the effects of terrorism on public attitudes and individual well-being in Great Britain over the last 30 years. The research will inform strategic thinking and enable more effective policy intervention. This will help our policy partners, including the Home Office, to reduce the indirect costs of terrorism through more effective strategy and better allocation of resources.

The project has received additional funding from two sources: the ESRC Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) at the University of Warwick and the Knowledge Exchange Fund at the University of Sheffield.