profile of right wing extremists in the US from 2015-2020. In 2021, Pape published the first systematic study of the demographic profile and political geography of individuals arrested for assaulting the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, which received significant attention in the media in the U.S. and internationally.

His 2020s research includes: "Understanding Campus Fears After October 7 and How to Reduce Them" (CPOST Research Report, March 2024); "The Political Geography