Hanna Sistek
Postdoctoral Affiliate Harvard University
Hanna Sistek is a Civil Discourse Fellow at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Her research examines how digital technologies reshape democratic discourse and political accountability, and how to use AI to improve communication skills.
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Hanna Sistek is a political scientist and Civil Discourse Fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. Her research examines how digital technologies reshape democratic discourse and political accountability. Her applied research with GRAIL involved leading ConvoLab, an AI-powered research platform. In its current form, it uses two AI agents to helps people practice difficult political conversations across partisan lines.
Hanna’s dissertation (Purdue University, 2025) received the 2026 Best Dissertation Award from the Information Technology and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, and an Honorable Mention for the Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award from the Political Communication Section. Prior to academia, Hanna worked as an international journalist on five continents.