D.J. Flynn is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Politics, Economics, and Global Affairs and Faculty Affiliate at the Global Policy Center and Center for the Governance of Change at IE University in Madrid. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Program in Quantitative Social Science at Dartmouth College. He received his PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University.

His research uses field and survey experiments to study how misinformation affects public opinion and political behavior. His methodological interests are in survey and experimental design with particular focus on the measurement of knowledge. 

He teaches courses on political behavior and quantitative methods.

News
*Oct. 2024: New paper on the causal effects of populism on fake news belief (with Nina Wiesehomeier). Under review.
*Sep. 2024: New paper on the predictors of fake news belief (with Gulizar Haciyakupoglu and Nina Wiesehomeier). Under review.
*July 2024: Research grant from Fundación Caixa to support surveys and RCTs on digital literacy among European youth (co-PI with Carlos Lastra Anadón). 114,466€.
*July 2023: Policy paper on the role of (mis)information in democratic systems. Part of Tech4Democracy (IE/US Department of State).

Contact
Email: dflynn@faculty.ie.edu
X/Twitter: @d_j_flynn
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