The Polarization Research Lab is a research group and resource hub dedicated to applying science to the study of polarization and democracy. PRL is directed by Sean Westwood, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, and Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Our network includes scholars across social science disciplines, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and researchers around the world as well as our funders and practitioner partners.

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