Her program of research examines different forms of violence–direct, structural, and symbolic–along with the development of community-based interventions to address such violence. Currently, Urmitapa is involved in a community-based project to address protracted ethnic conflict in Northeast India and youth-driven interventions to address community violence in Lowell. She is currently co-editing a special issue of the journal Community Psychology in Global Perspective on the theme, “Structural Violence and Community-based Research and Action.” Urmitapa is also the 2016-17 President-Elect of APA’s Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence.