Eyal I. Hanfling, PhD

Welcome! I am Director of the Technology and Democracy Research Hub at the Rutgers Democracy Lab. My research focuses on social media, intergroup relations, and political violence. I was a 2024-25 Peace Scholar Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and formerly worked in the South Asia program at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. I hold a BA in Public Policy Studies and South Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).