Rafaela Dancygier is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. She received her Ph.D. in political science (with distinction) from Yale University in 2007. Dancygier specializes in comparative politics, with a focus on the implications of ethnic diversity in advanced democracies. Her work has examined the domestic consequences of international immigration, the political incorporation and electoral representation of immigrant-origin minorities, the determinants of ethnic conflict, and contemporary electoral realignments in European democracies. Her first book "Immigration and Conflict in Europe" (Cambridge University Press, 2010) explains how immigration regimes and local political economies determine whether or not immigration destinations witness conflict between immigrants and natives, between immigrants and the state, or no conflict at all. Her second book, "Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics" (Princeton University Press, 2017) examines how minority groups are incorporated into politics and explores the consequences of this inclusion for the nature of party politics and electoral cleavages. Her other work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Annual Review of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Politics, World Politics and in edited volumes.

"Immigration and Conflict" was awarded the Best Book Award by the European Politics and Society Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA), and it was also named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. "Dilemmas of Inclusion" won the 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research. Her articles on related topics have been awarded Best Paper Prizes by APSA’s Sections on Comparative Politics; Migration and Citizenship;  European Politics and Society; and Representation and Electoral Systems.

Selected Publications

Immigration and Conflict in Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2010)

Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics (Princeton University Press, 2017)

"Why are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics? Evidence from Sweden" (with Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Sven Oskarsson, and Kåre Vernby). American Political Science Review, 2015.

Selected Honors and Awards

"Immigration and Conflict" was awarded the Best Book Award by the European Politics and Society Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA), and it was also named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.

"Dilemmas of Inclusion" won the 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research. Her articles on related topics have been awarded Best Paper Prizes by APSA’s Sections on Comparative Politics; Migration and Citizenship;  European Politics and Society; and Representation and Electoral Systems.