Gallya Lahav

Professor Gallya Lahav is a leading scholar in the field of international migration and European integration at Stony Brook University's Department of Political Science. She holds a PhD from the City University of New York and has held visiting positions at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the European University Institute. Her research focuses on migration-security linkages, climate migration, and public opinion dynamics. She has authored or co-authored multiple books, including *Immigration, Security and the Liberal State* (Cambridge, 2023) and *The Migration Reader* (Lynne Rienner, 2005).

• Recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2023)
• Grants include a 2023 FAHSS grant on gendered pathways to leadership in far-left/right parties
• Current projects: climate change & migration (with Oleg Smirnov), child migration, and pandemic impacts

Research Interests:

• Comparative Political Behavior
• Extreme-Right Politics
• Refugee Policies
• EU Migration Governance

Recent Work: Her 2023 articles address environmental migration under climate scenarios and global migration governance frameworks. She co-authored a study linking drought to displacement patterns, emphasizing policy responses.

Awards:

• Chancellor’s Award (2023)

Teaching & Grants: Teaches courses on EU politics, migration, and comparative methods. Collaborates with Stanford’s Immigration Policy Lab and the University of Pennsylvania on leadership studies. Supervises research on climate migration and radicalization.