Rafaela M. Dancygier

Rafaela M. Dancygier (born 1977) is an American political scientist who is the IBM Chair in International Studies at Princeton University. She specializes in comparative politics, with a focus on the implications of ethnic diversity in democracies.

Early life and education Dancygier was born in 1977. She obtained a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Brown University and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University.

Career After an assistant professorship at Princeton University, Dancygier took up the posts of associate professor and full professor. She currently holds the IBM Chair in International Studies at Princeton.

Dancygier’s research focuses on the domestic consequences of international immigration in Europe. Her first book, Immigration and Conflict in Europe, was published in 2010 by Cambridge University Press.

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Awards Best Book Award, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association (APSA)

2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), for Dilemmas of Inclusion