Dr Lukas Reinhardt

lukas reinhardt

Research Affiliate

Dr Lukas Reinhardt is researcher specializing in global identity and social cohesion on a global scale. He is also a research affiliate at the Identity and Conflict Lab at Yale University and has conducted his doctoral studies at the Department of Economics at the University of Cologne. Lukas was a visiting scholar at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). His research focuses on analysing the causal effectiveness of strategies aiming at strengthening global identity and global cohesion in order to mitigate conflict and facilitate cooperation on pressing global problems. He has also conducted research on social cohesion in the contexts of political polarization, migration, and ethnic conflict.

He leads the Global Cohesion Lab within the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion.