I am the Max Kampelman Chair in Democracy and Human Rights and a professor in the departments of Political Science and International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I will be spanding the academic year 2023-24 at INTERACT-Center for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research, Freie Universität Berlin. My research examines dynamics of conflict processes, particularly the violent manifestations of group mobilization, protest behavior, and ethnic polarization, in national as well as urban settings.