Doctoral Students

Ilona Hillel Goldner

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study subject: morality, society and political participation

Advisor: Prof. Pazit Ben-Nun Blum

Ilona.Goldner@mail.huji.ac.il

Refael Afriat

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: The effects of divisive discourse in the media on voter attitudes and political polarization

Advisor: Prof. Lilach Nir

refael.afriat@mail.huji.ac.il

Ofir Agai

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Research Subject: Effectiveness in Reporting Regime Design: A Comparative Analysis of AML Regimes in Israel and the UK

Advisor: Prof. David Levi Paor

ofir.agai@mail.huji.ac.il

Tom Alfia

Doctoral student

Dissertation Project Title:" “The Raison D'être of Politics”: Freedom in the Thought of Hannah Arendt"

Doctoral Advisors Prof. Dan Avnon, Dr. Yiftah Elazar

tom.alfia@mail.huji.ac.il

Freedom is one of the central concepts of Hannah Arendt’s philosophy, however Arendt readers usually find it "more than ordinarily obscure".

Yair Amitai

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Dissertation Project Title: Ideology Vs. Emotions: How Affrctive Polarization Influences Voter Behavior and Ideological Polarization

Supervisor: Prof. Orit Kedar

yair.amitai@mail.huji.ac.il

Eyal Benshimol

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Centralized and decentralized personalism versus collegiality in executive authorities - causes and results.

Advisor: Prof. Gidi Rahat

eyal.benshimol@mail.huji.ac.il

Ariel David

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Intertwined Eastern identity and the party system in Israel

Advisor: Dr. Gayil Talshir

ariel.david@mail.huji.ac.il

Keren Dinur

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: The influence of future perceptions on conflict reconciliation processes

Advisor: Prof. Dan Miodownik

keren.dinur@mail.huji.ac.il

Amit Eisenman

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Skeptical Philosophy as a Socio-Political Problem: The Aberdeen Enlightenment and the Dynamics of Doubt

Advisor: Dr. Nicole Hochner, Dr. Yiftah Elazar

amit.aizenman@mail.huji.ac.il

Avital Friedman

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: נושא עבודת המחקר: The Balance of Power between the Parliamentary Party Group and Its Individual Representatives: A Cross-Country Analysis of Institutional Personalism in Parliaments

Advisor: Prof. Gidi Rahat

avital.friedman2@mail.huji.ac.il

Dan Glasserman

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: The effects of confrontation on members of advantaged groups

Advisors: Dr. Noam Gedron and Dr. Roni Porat

dan.glasserman@mail.huji.ac.il

Avishai Green

Doctoral student, Department of Political Science

Dissertation title: Posting your values: the construction of political values in digital public spheres

Supervisors: Prof. Limor Shifman & Prof. Shaul Shenhav

avishai.green@mail.huji.ac.il

Asaf Heiman

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: personal and group politics in local government in a comparative aspect between countries and between different cities

Advisor: Prof. Gidi Rahat

asaf.heiman@mail.huji.ac.il

Gilad Hurvitz

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Research Subject: The Economic Manifestations of the Post-industrial Cleavage

Supervisor: Prof. Orit Kedar

gilad.hurvitz@mail.huji.ac.il

Avi Lafaier

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Political behavior of the expatriates of Amana communities

Advisors: Prof. Orit Kedar and Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer

avilafaier@gmail.com

Bingchen LIU

Doctoral student, Department of Political Science

Dissertation title: personalization in Non-democratic regimes in the Middle East

Supervisor: Prof.Gideon Rahat & Dr. Wael Abu- Uksa

bingchen.liu@mail.huji.ac.il

I'm a Chinese student who knows both Arabic and Hebrew. My research interests include Personalization, Israeli Arabs and Israeli politics, the relationships between China and the Middle East.

Ilya Lokshin

Doctoral student, Department of Political Science

The presumable topic: republican theory of freedom. A (very) tentative version of the title of the thesis: "Clearing the Ground a Little: Revisiting Republican Theory of Freedom".

Supervisor: Prof. Efraim Podoksik.

ilya.lokshin89@gmail.com

Shoshanna Makover

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Dissertation title: From In Camera to On Camera: The Impact of Transparency on Knesset Committees

Supervisor: Prof. Reuven Hazan

makovers@gmail.com

I am a doctoral candidate at the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University. My field of interest is the effect of transparency on the legislative power of Knesset Committees.