Volha Charnysh

Volha Charnysh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at MIT. Her research focuses on political attitudes and behavior in culturally diverse societies, with a particular emphasis on the political legacies of mass displacement, genocide, and plunder. She has published in top journals such as the American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, and Comparative Political Studies. In 2021, she served as a guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, contributing to their Research Department on Migration, Integration, and Transnationalization.

Her work bridges comparative politics and international relations, analyzing how historical trauma and forced migration shape contemporary political dynamics. Charnysh's interdisciplinary approach integrates quantitative methods with qualitative insights to understand societal divisions and reconciliation processes.