Uriel Abulof is an associate professor of political science at Tel-Aviv University, teaching at Cornell University. Abulof studies the politics of fear, happiness and hope, legitimation, social movements, democratization/autocratization, nationalism, and ethnic conflicts. Abulof is the recipient of the Young Scholar Award in Israel Studies and has published over sixty peer-reviewed academic articles, as well as several books and edited volumes, including The Mortality and Morality of Nations (Cambridge University Press) and Living on the Edge: The Existential Uncertainty of Zionism (Haifa University Press). Abulof introduces “political existentialism” as novel approach in the social sciences. He directs various public projects, including Double-Edged, a Psychology Today blog, the Sapienism initiative, and the edX award-wining online course, HOPE. Abulof is the founder and co-director of TAU's CARRD 3D Democracy Lab.
He is currently working on three book projects, including Nemeses: Existential Conflict in Israel/Palestine and Humanity’s Midlife Crisis: The Existential Deadlock of Liberalism. Uriel entwines his research into activism for democracy and peace. 

Academic Fields:

• Comparative Politics
• International Relations
• Political Theory
• Political Psychology

Research Focus:

• Democracy
• Politics of fear, happiness and hope
• AI and Political Computer Games
• Israel Studies
• Middle East Politics
• Nationalism and ethnic conflict
• Existentialism
• Legitimation
• Discourse Analysis