Lawrence Kuznar

Chief Cultural Sciences Officer

Dr. Lawrence Kuznar is Chief Cultural Scientist at NSI, Inc. He has a background in discourse analysis, decision theory, and mathematical and computational modeling. He has supported many US Joint Staff Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) projects, as well as work for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Army Corps of Engineers, and various private sector clients. Larry’s discourse work has been used to provide anticipatory insights into violent non-state actors, such as ISIL and the Taliban, as well as state actors as varied as Iran, Pakistan, India, and North Korea. He has also contributed to NSI’s computational modeling of social conflict. In addition to his position at NSI, Larry is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University–Purdue University, Fort Wayne, and his published work can be found in journals, such as Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, North Korean Review, American Anthropologist, Political Studies, Current Anthropology, Evolution and Human Behavior, and Social Science Computer Review.