ARTIS International

ARTIS International
Formation	2006
Founder	Scott Atran · Richard Davis · Marc Sageman
Headquarters	Scottsdale, AZ
Key people	Co-Founder and Director of Research Dr. Scott Atran, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Richard Davis
Affiliations	Center for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, University of Oxford
Staff	>10
Website	artisinternational.org

Last updated January 13, 2026

ARTIS International is an organization that focuses on behavioral dynamics affecting conflict.

ARTIS International was founded in 2006 by Scott Atran, Richard Davis, and Marc Sageman.

The Devoted Actor Model

ARTIS has trademarked The Devoted Actor Model as a way to model human behavior. The company published an article in the journal Nature Human Behaviour in August 2017 titled 'The Devoted Actor's Will to Fight and the Spiritual Dimension of Human Conflict'.^[1]

References

↑ Gómez, Ángel; López-Rodríguez, Lucía; Sheikh, Hammad; Ginges, Jeremy; Wilson, Lydia; Waziri, Hoshang; Vázquez, Alexandra; Davis, Richard; Atran, Scott (September 2017). "The devoted actor's will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict". Nature Human Behaviour. 1 (9): 673–679. doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0193-3. ISSN 2397-3374. PMID 31024146. S2CID 46825422.

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[1] Gómez, Ángel; López-Rodríguez, Lucía; Sheikh, Hammad; Ginges, Jeremy; Wilson, Lydia; Waziri, Hoshang; Vázquez, Alexandra; Davis, Richard; Atran, Scott (September 2017). "The devoted actor's will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict". Nature Human Behaviour. 1 (9): 673–679. doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0193-3. ISSN 2397-3374. PMID 31024146. S2CID 46825422.

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