Emerging Technologies in Politics and Government

About the Lab

The Emerging Technologies in Politics and Government Lab examines how new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, digital platforms, and data-driven technologies, are reshaping political, governmental, social, educational, and organizational environments. Our research addresses political and government communication, information behavior, public discourse, generative AI, and the ways emerging technologies affect institutions, organizations, and citizens. The lab combines quantitative, qualitative, and computational methods and promotes interdisciplinary research with graduate students and collaborators in Israel and abroad.

People

Lab Head

Dr. Gal Yavetz
Department of Information Science and applied AI, Bar-Ilan University

PhD Students

Aviad Buskila (Joint supervision with Prof. Jenny Bronstein)

Reuven Harari (Joint supervision with Prof. Noa Aharony)

Karam Abu-Mukh

MA Students

Stav Bar-Mizrahi

Shirith Malichi-Bitan

Roy Ben-Horin (Joint supervision with Prof. Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet)

Tzachi Greenwald

Daniel Katzav

Neta Lee Berger

Lab Alumni

Dr. Yaen Yaakov Sofer, PhD, 2026
Emily Ramon-Dudnik, MA, 2026
Shaked Ben Shoushan, MA, 2024
Reuven Harari, MA, 2024

Active Research Grants

German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF), Nexus Grant (2026-2028)
Modelling and Analyzing Discourse Dynamics within and between Echo Chambers. In collaboration with Dr. Louis Shekhtman, Dr. Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Prof. Marc Timme, and Prof. Shlomo Havlin.