Ryan Shandler
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity & Privacy. Prior to this I was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford with Nuffield College and the Blavatnik School of Government. I hold a PhD from the School of Political Sciences at the University of Haifa, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
My research focuses on the human dimension of cybersecurity. Using experimental methods, I examine how cyber and other emerging technology threats influence political behaviors and attitudes.
My research has been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, Public Opinion Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Global Security Studies, Contemporary Security Policy, USENIX FOCI, and elsewhere.
Recent Peer Reviewed Articles
Eric Jardine, Nathaniel Porter & Ryan Shandler. (2024). Cyberattacks and Public Opinion – The Effect of Uncertainty in Guiding Preferences. Journal of Peace Research, 61(1).
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Ryan Shandler & Daphna Canetti. (2024). Special Issue Introduction: Cyber Conflict – Moving From Speculation to Investigation. Journal of Peace Research, 61(1).
Miguel Gomez & Ryan Shandler. (2024). Trust at Risk: The Effect of Proximity to Cyber Attacks. Journal of Global Security Studies.
Ryan Shandler, Nadiya Kostyuk & Harry Oppenheimer. (2023). Public Opinion and Cyberterrorism. Public Opinion Quarterly, 87(1) : 92-119.
Ryan Shandler, Michael L. Gross & Daphna Canetti. (2023). Cyberattacks, Psychological Distress, and Military Escalation: An Internal Meta-Analysis. Journal of Global Security Studies, 8(1) : 1-19.
Ryan Shandler & Miguel Gomez. (2022). The Hidden Threat of Cyber-Attacks --- Undermining Public Confidence in Government. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 20(4): 359-374.
Ryan Shandler, Michael L. Gross, Sophia Backhaus & Daphna Canetti. (2022) Cyber Terrorism and Public Support for Retaliation: A Multi-Country Survey Experiment. British Journal of Political Science, 52(2): 850-868.
Ryan Shandler, Michael L. Gross, & Daphna Canetti. (2021). A Fragile Public Preference for Cyber Strikes: Evidence from Survey Experiments in the United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Contemporary Security Policy, 42(2): 135-162.
PDF | Publisher's Version | Online AppendixClaire Lee, Kyung-Shick Choi, Ryan Shandler & Chris Kayser. (2021) Mapping Global Cyberterror Networks: A Empirical Study of Al-Qaeda and ISIS Cyberterrorism Events. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 37(3): 333-355.
PDF | Publisher's VersionKeren Snider, Shai Zandani, Ryan Shandler & Daphna Canetti. (2021). Cyber Terrorism, Cyber Threats and Attitudes toward Cybersecurity Policies. Journal of Cybersecurity, 7(1): tyab2019.
Publisher's Version (open access)Ryan Shandler, Michael L. Gross & Daphna Canetti. (2019). Can You Engage in Political Activity Without Internet Access? The Social Effects of Internet Deprivation. Political Studies Review, 18(4), 620-629.
PDF | Publisher's Version | Podcast / MediaRyan Shandler & Daphna Canetti. (2019). A Reality of Vulnerability and Dependence: Internet Access as a Human Right. Israel Law Review, 52(1), 77-98.
PDF | Publisher's VersionPublications Under Review
Ryan Shandler. Diverging Signals of Strength and Restraint: Cyber -Attacks and the Demise of Domestic Audience Costs. Under Review.
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Nadiya Kostyuk & Ryan Shandler. Pushing the Limits of Public Opinion Toward Foreign Policy Issues. Under Review.
Pepper Culpepper, Ryan Shandler, Jae-Hee Jung & Taeku Lee. Media Coverage of Inequality, Fairness Considerations, and Support for Redistribution in Six Countries. Under Review.
Pepper Culpepper, Taeku Lee & Ryan Shandler. The Effect of Corporate Scandals on Regulatory Attitudes: Comparing Experimental and Observational Results. Under Review.
Ryan Shandler & Kerry Chavez. Public Opinion, Emerging Technologies & Foreign Policy Attitudes. Under Review.
Book Chapters & Other Scientific Publications
Miguel Gomez, Grace Mueller, Ryan Shandler, Brandon Valeriano & Chris Whyte. (2024). The Need for Topical and Methodological Diversity in Cyber Conflict Research, in Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare., Eds. Tim Stevens & Joe Devanny.
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Ryan Shandler, Keren Snider & Daphna Canetti. (2022). The Political Psychology of Cyber Terrorism, in The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology, Eds. Danny Osborne & Chris G. Sibley.
Ryan Shandler. (2019) Book Review: The age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power, Journal of Cyber Policy, 4(2), 303-304.
Keren Snider, Ryan Shandler, Sharon Matzkin & Daphna Canetti. (Forthcoming). The Psychology of Terrorism and Political Violence, in The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, 3rd Ed., Eds. Leonie Huddy, David Sears, Jack Levy, and Jennifer Jerit.
Ryan Shandler. (2018) Measuring the Political and Social Implications of Government-Initiated Cyber Shutdowns." In 8th {USENIX} Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet ({FOCI} 18). USENIX} Association}.
News Media, Op-Eds & Policy White Papers
Ryan Shandler, Daphna Canetti & Tal Mimran. (2024). A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll. The Conversation. 3 May 2024.
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Ryan Shandler & Miguel Gomez. (2022). Cyber Conflict and the Erosion of Trust. Council on Foreign Relations, Net Politics. 21 September 2022.
Ryan Shandler, Gal Dor & Daphna Canetti. (2022). The Insidious Political Consequences of Cyberattacks. Political Violence @ a Glance. 13 September 2022.
Ryan Shandler. (2020). The pandemic shows we depend on the Internet. So is Internet access a human right? Monkey Cage | The Washington Post. 13 July 2020.
Ryan Shandler. (2019). White Paper: Israel as a Cyber Power. Produced for the Israel National Cyber Bureau. July 2019.