Her research focuses on politicalpsychological mechanisms underlying political violence and extremism. She conducts field experiments, in-depth interviews and large N surveys in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. She has received over $2.5 million in research grants on conflict, violence and terrorism. She was also a Fulbright scholar at Notre Dame University and a Visiting Professor at the Council on Middle East Studies, the MacMillan Center and the Department of Political Science, Yale University.