is the Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture and professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, where in 2005 he founded the Centre for Research Architecture. In 2007, with Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, he established the architectural collective DAAR in Beit Sahour/Palestine. He is the author of numerous books and has held positions in universities worldwide including Princeton, ETH Zurich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He is a member of the Technology Advisory Board of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is on the board of directors of the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ). In 2019, he was elected life fellow of the British Academy. For his work Eyal and Forensic Architecture an MBE for ‘services to architecture’ (2020), the London Design Award (2021), the Mark Cousins Theory Award (2024), the Peabody Award for interactive media, the European Cultural Foundation Award for Culture, and the RIBA Charles Jencks Award.