#  Matthew Simonson 

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2026).

Senior Lecturer (Tenure Track), Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

 

 



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**Research interests:** Ethnic conflict; network analysis; genocide; peacebuilding; civil wars; Balkans; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; protests; and public opinion.



 

 

 





 

 

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