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The FormationAccountability Project

Academic Research Consortium

Advancing Military Justice Through Independent Scholarship

Collaboration across law, criminal justice, public policy, public health, psychology, sociology, and data science.

Military justice reform presents questions extending beyond criminal law.

Understanding the relationship between command authority, organizational behavior, investigative independence, military suicide, constitutional protections, and national security requires collaboration across multiple academic disciplines.

The Formation Accountability Project seeks to facilitate independent research partnerships with qualified institutions.

Academic independence is a condition of meaningful collaboration.

Participating researchers must retain the ability to publish findings that support, challenge, or recommend revisions to the Military Accountability and Service Member Protection Act (MAPSA). No institutional relationship or endorsement is currently asserted.

Independent scholarship

Seven academic disciplines

01

Law Schools

Constitutional, statutory, procedural, and military justice scholarship.

  • Constitutional review of proposed UCMJ amendments
  • Article 93: cruelty, oppression, maltreatment, and abuse of authority
  • Article 107: falsification of official military records
  • Article 132: retaliation
  • OSTC prosecutorial authority and independence
  • Mandatory sentencing and proportionality
  • Unanimous court-martial findings
  • Due process and lawful military command authority
Express institutional interest

02

Criminal Justice Departments

Independent, fair, and accountable investigative systems.

  • Independent military investigations
  • Complaint intake and investigative screening
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Evidentiary standards
  • Retaliation and witness protection
  • Investigative accountability
  • Comparative civilian and military justice procedures
Express institutional interest

03

Public Policy Schools

Feasible institutions, oversight, implementation, and policy evaluation.

  • Legislative feasibility
  • Implementation costs
  • Military justice institutional design
  • Oversight mechanisms
  • Administrative reform
  • Policy evaluation
  • Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
Express institutional interest

04

Public Health Departments

Prevention, surveillance, organizational safety, and family well-being.

  • Military suicide prevention
  • Occupational and workplace stressors
  • Organizational safety
  • Suicide surveillance and reporting
  • Prevention program evaluation
  • Military family impacts
  • Ethical death-investigation practices
Express institutional interest

05

Psychology Departments

Human behavior, psychological safety, trauma-informed methods, and trust.

  • Workplace bullying and coercion
  • Psychological safety
  • Institutional trust
  • Barriers to reporting
  • Organizational behavior
  • Trauma-informed research methods
  • Mental health and workplace experiences
Express institutional interest

06

Sociology Departments

Hierarchy, institutional culture, group dynamics, and organizational silence.

  • Military hierarchy
  • Institutional culture
  • Group dynamics
  • Rank-based power relationships
  • Organizational silence
  • Reporting barriers
  • Military-community experiences
Express institutional interest

07

Data Science & Statistics Departments

Transparent measurement, responsible analysis, and disclosure protection.

  • Survey design
  • Sampling methodology
  • Statistical analysis
  • Bias and nonresponse evaluation
  • Data protection
  • Longitudinal analysis
  • Research dashboards
Express institutional interest

Partnership review

An inquiry begins a private review conversation. It does not automatically create an institutional partnership, confer access to research data, or indicate support for a legislative proposal.

University partnership application