Academic Research

Research report of a collective trauma integration process.

An Educational Tool for Awareness-Based Systems Change in the Era of Global Humanitarian and Planetary Crisis.

Understanding Transformational Impact: Pocket Project Report.

United Nations University policy brief on how trauma, polarization, and crises affect democracy.

Handbook to practise Global Social Witnessing.

Definition of Global Social Witnessing.

This article examines global cultural narratives that reshape resilience through diverse artistic and theoretical perspectives.

How listening shapes responses to violence and resilience and how therapeutic activism enhances personal agency.

This paper examines how trauma and stress contribute to burnout in the US health care system and identifies underlying causes and solutions.

This paper provides a trauma-informed framework applicable across various service systems to enhance trauma-sensitive practices.

Reviews the intergenerational transmission of trauma, focusing on embitterment as a response to severe stress and its effects compared to PTSD.

This chapter explores how the development of remembering and narrating aids in coping with social trauma.

This chapter explores how compassion enhances trauma-informed care in social work, using a case study to illustrate its transformative impact.

Examination of how societies respond to major emotional events and the underlying dynamics and impacts on social consensus.

A framework for culturally relevant healing research methodologies specifically designed to apply diversity science principles.

A framework for evaluating collective healing practices in relation to dehumanization and distinguishing it from individual healing processes.

An introduction to Reconciliation Systems Design, aimed at guiding comprehensive post-conflict reconciliation through twelve key strategies.

An analysis of past reparations policies to identify key components of successful policy design and implementation.

Forgiveness in response to human rights violations hinges on empathy, as facilitated by trauma testimony and reconciliation models.

The Landscapes of Repair project showcases how artistic and architectural collaborations in Kosovo address and transform spaces scarred by trauma.

An updated systematic review of post-traumatic growth among refugee populations

Trait mindfulness may lessen distress and posttraumatic stress from collective traumas, showing protective effects against adverse outcomes.

An examination of posttraumatic growth during the pandemic, highlighting how connection, gratitude, and self-reflection fostered resilience.

A framework suggesting that transforming imposed racial narratives into authentic personal ones can promote post-traumatic growth.

Religiosity and spirituality are linked to post-traumatic growth among ICU nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, spirituality has more impact.

This study finds that forgiveness mediates the relationship between posttraumatic stress and growth after a mass shooting.  

Critique of collective posttraumatic growth, based on Rwandan survivors’ testimonies that emphasizes autonomy and reconciliation.

Study explores how cultural factors influence posttraumatic growth, highlighting the need to adapt concepts and measures for non-Western contexts.

The evolution of trauma theory and its impact across disciplines, advocating for a global perspective on the concept.

An exploration of trauma theory’s historical development through texts, aiming to understand its emergence and significance.

Evolution of trauma theory from poststructuralism and the re-conceptualizing of fragmentation and psychic wounding.

How the concept of trauma has expanded from individual to collective meanings, reflecting cultural changes and semantic inflation.

The article promotes using a trauma-informed framework for COVID-19 responses to support recovery and resilience.

Trans-generational trauma research reveals that children of trauma survivors are at higher risk for emotional and behavioral issues.

Examination of the Collective Trauma Integration Process (CTIP) to heal collective and ancestral trauma rooted in historical injustices.

Introduction to the Historical Intergenerational Trauma Transmission (HITT) model, which outlines five key dimensions.

A meta-analyses with the second generation of Holocaust survivors if intergenerational trauma transmission happens.

How Holocaust trauma is transmitted to children through different theories and presents an integrative model of influencing factors.

How Holocaust trauma is transmitted to children through different theories and presents an integrative model of influencing factors.

How attachment trauma and ancestral trauma manifest in bodily symptoms, illustrated by a case of dissociative symptoms.

Book that explores clinical and social dimensions of trauma in postdictatorial and post-war contexts, integrating insights from multiple disciplines.

Social trauma from organized societal violence and its long-term impact on individuals and their social environments.

The chapter explores recent research on how social trauma from collective violence affects social identity and intergroup relations.

Review of ethical challenges in social trauma research, including risks of re-traumatization, consent issues, and research related dilemmas.

Gender-based violence, intensified by conflict and displacement, is a global crisis with severe impacts on health and livelihoods.

Addressing social trauma in public policy involves coordinated efforts to manage its complex impacts, especially in forced migration contexts.

This chapter highlights how qualitative methods can effectively address and contextualize social trauma through personal and collective narratives.

Best practices for conducting quantitative research in social trauma, including study design, sampling, measurement, and analysis.

This paper shows how national constitutions embed collective traumas, shaping political identities and destinies.

Theories of historical trauma integrated to explain how public narratives linking past traumas to current health disparities.

Critique of how trauma discourse, developed by feminists, can be co-opted as cultural capital to reinforce existing hierarchies.

This chapter explores psychological trauma to understand and provide insights into cultural trauma.

This article blends process-oriented psychology and Irish storytelling to address and heal collective trauma and its impact on Irish identity.

How Chile’s arpilleristas used cultural artifacts to represent trauma and to what extend they shaped collective memory.

Cultural trauma through P. Sztompka’s theory of social change, and effects on identity and social dynamics.

Collective traumas are symbolic reconstructions of suffering and events, shaped by cultural narratives rather than empirical accuracy.

Ankersmit’s aesthetic approach to historical trauma incorporates the concept of forgetting and redefining Western historical consciousness.

A systematic review that examines research on historical trauma and identifies the need for further scientific refinement.

The C-HeARTS framework uses storytelling and cultural practices to promote healing and justice for Africana communities affected by racial trauma.

COVID-19, economic recession, social unrest, and natural disasters have significant mental health impacts, requiring urgent policy action.

The article introduces two reliable scales for measuring historical trauma in American Indians, showing frequent negative impacts.

Healing historical collective trauma depends on a supportive environment and a strong cultural framework.

Thoughts of historical loss are linked to increased distress in Indigenous adolescents, using validated measurement tools.

The paper extends historical trauma to include generational impacts on marginalized groups and explores interventions.

Study links Holocaust-related FKBP5 epigenetic changes to intergenerational stress effects in survivors and their offspring.

Maternal and paternal PTSD differently affect receptor sensitivity in Holocaust survivors’ children.

This article explores how epigenetics may transmit cultural trauma across generations, highlighting challenges and potential for resilience.

The links between historical trauma in Alaska Natives and DNA methylation highlight the importance of community-engaged research.

This paper reviews evidence of epigenetic transgenerational trauma inheritance and the need for further research related to resilience. 

Indigenous Australians’ skepticism of epigenetics, seeing it as either a distraction or a harmful framework for understanding trauma.

The article explores how the concept of trauma, redefined by epigenetics, influences social and political action and public engagement.

An exploration of how epigenetics links genetic predispositions and environmental factors to posttraumatic growth (PTG) and recovery.

Interest in cultural memory grew alongside a shift in Western temporality and sensibility, making memory a prominent public topic since 2000.

The Holocaust’s scope and anti-human ideology involved extensive border crossings, making it a paradigmatic genocide in global memory.

How literature and interdisciplinary approaches enhance the understanding of traumatic experiences,

This chapter examines how remembering and narrating aid in coping with social trauma.

A review of 22 studies on trauma narratives shows that trauma memories are rich in sensory and emotional details.

How trans-generational trauma is expressed through feminine responses and art, highlighting the role of affect in shaping identity and discourse.

The role of flashbulb memories in shaping identity and crossing boundaries with cultural and social dynamics.

The book examines how teaching contested histories in conflict zones affects identities and reconciliation.

The paper explores how collective trauma transforms into memory and meaning, affecting group identity and intergroup understanding.

The article explores collective violence and advocates for community-based interventions to address trauma.

How epigenetic research on stress addresses complexity, suggesting a nuanced view beyond reductionism and holism.

Whether addressing collective trauma can help strengthen democracy and reduce polarization in times of crisis.

How implicit narratives support self-coherence by providing a diachronic context rather than being explicitly articulated.

An analysis of how cultural narratives, influence experiences and discourses in relation to narrative agency. 

The article deconstructs the individual/collective trauma binary using Bosnian rape survivors’ narratives.

This study introduces a new nine-stage Multifaceted Sensemaking Theory derived from reviewing and analyzing current and past models.

The ethical issues in trauma research, using South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a case study.

A proposal for a Trauma-Informed Ethics Consultation (TIEC) framework to enhance ethics consultation with trauma awareness.

The study argues that clinical ethicists should reject deception and uphold Trauma Informed Ethics Consultation (TIEC) principles.

Native American health is affected by settler colonial legacies, requiring care that addresses trauma, grief, and cultural restoration.

A case study exploring how a trauma-informed care (TIC) approach can be integrated into clinical ethics consultation.