Shani is a postdoctoral researcher on the ReligSpace team and the project administrator. Her research focuses on the effect of political activists’ presence on intergroup violence at friction points during ongoing conflict. In her research, Shani uses experimental methodology including laboratory experiments and cutting-edge technology such as virtual reality equipment. Shani’s research interests are intergroup violence, ideology and political activism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She has published peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of Conflict Resolution and Behaviour & Information Technology. Shani enjoys watching documentaries, sipping a good cup of coffee, and swimming in lakes.