Members
Program Director
Prof. Anna Brook
Geography and Environmental Studies, Director of Idit
Image and signal processing, automation target recognition, sub-pixel detection, and spectral models across NIR-MIR regions
Current Research: Multi-scale and multi-sensor data fusion, machine learning for geoscience and environmental research
abrook@geo.haifa.ac.il
Idit PhD Scholars
Fourth Year Members
Alisa Kanterman
Psychology
Social and affective neuropsychology, motivational mechanisms, psychopathology
PhD Research: Neural underpinnings of social motivation in loneliness
Advisor: Prof. Simon Shamay-Tsoory
alisak@hevra.haifa.ac.il
Ronen Shehman
Criminology
Influence of stereotypes & biases on sentencing: gender and socioeconomic status, Cyber crime, Criminological theory, Criminal law
PhD Research: Socioeconomic biases and their influence on sentencing disparities
Advisor: Prof. Avital Mentovich & Prof. Orna Rabinovich-Eini
ronens176@gmail.com
Lara Mertens
Anthropology
Digitally-enabled sociality, religion, questions of being (ontology), reflexivity
PhD Research: Sociality of online experience platforms (COVID-19 and beyond)
Advisor: Prof. Nurit Bird-David
lmertens@campus.haifa.ac.il
Efrat Mishor
Political Science
Risk management in emergency, risk perception, citizen trust in government, cost-benefit calculation for collective action, civic engagement in emergency, social capital
PhD Research: Factors and dynamics affecting civic engagement in emergency
Advisor: Prof. Eran Vigoda-Gadot & Prof. Shlomo Mizrachi
efratmishor@gmail.com
Third Year Members
Shulamit Nussboim
Geography
Basin hydrology, transport processes of contaminants, evaporation from lakes
PhD Research: The fate of agrochemicals in a Mediterranean agricultural basin
Advisor: Prof. Lea Wittenberg
shulamitnus@gmail.com
Avishai Zacharia
Psychology
Self-conscious emotions, behavior analysis, intergroup conflicts
PhD Research: Inducing prosocial behavior between groups using behavior interventions by utilizing social emotions as motivating operations.
Advisor: Dr. Keren Sharvit
zacharia.avishai@gmail.com
Danielle Yusufov
Communication
Media work, media memory, journalistic practices, gender theories, qualitative research methods
PhD Research: Work practices and experiences of women media workers: Podcasters as a case study
Advisor: Prof. Oren Meyers & Dr. Roei Davidson
Daniul77@gmail.com
Miranda Shemesh
Sociology
Sociology of sleep, family, childhood and parenting
PhD Research: A sociological study of sleep in families with young children in Israel
Advisor: Dr. Dana Zarhin
miranda.shemesh@gmail.com
Shani Zohar
Psychology
"Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees," mindfulness, mHealth, forcibly displaced people, adaptive interventions, refugee mental health, intergenerational transmission of stress and trauma
PhD Research: Testing and optimizing the therapeutic outcomes of a mindfulness-based mobile health intervention for displaced populations using a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART)
Advisor: Prof. Amit Bernstein
shani.p.zohar@gmail.com
Second Year Members
Noga Aviad
Psychology
Mindfulness mechanisms, large-scale brain networks, data science, complex and dynamic systems
PhD Research: Using network approach to discover systemic motifs in mindfulness mechanisms
Advisor: Prof. Amit Bernstein
naviad1991@gmail.com
Noa Birman
Political Science
Behavioral public administration, competence-based organizations, paradoxical thinking, sustainable organizations
PhD Research: Can organizational paradoxical mindset be used to foster public organizations' ability to attain sustainability?
Advisor: Prof. Dana Vashdi
noabirman40@gmail.com
Gili Goldin
Computer Science
NLP (Natural Language Processing), machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence
Phd Research: Factuality and detection of "fake'' information in Hebrew texts
Advisor: Prof. Shuly Wintner
gili.sommer@gmail.com
Felix Tener
Information Systems
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX)
PhD Research: Investigate and design novel user interfaces for teleoperation of autonomous vehicles
Advisor: Prof. Joel Lanir
felix.tener@gmail.com
First Year Members
Ofek Edri Peer
Political Science
Street-Level bureaucracy, social policy, policing vulnerable populations
PhD Research: Factors encouraging street-level bureaucrats to influence policy outcomes beyond their professional jurisdiction
Advisor: Prof. Nissim Cohen
ofekedri@gmail.com
Aial Sobeh
Psychology
Social neuroscience, neuroeconomics, collective behavior
PhD Research: Multi-Brain dynamics underlying social interactions and collective decision-making
Advisor: Prof. Simone Shamay-Tsoory
aealsobh123@gmail.com
Giulia Dal Bello
Political Science
Political psychology, cyber terrorism, cyber policy
Phd Research: Psychological effects of exposure to cyber threats and public support for digital surveillance
Advisor: Prof. Daphna Canetti
giuliadalbello1@gmail.com
Rika Aviv
Psychology
Behavioral neuroscience, electrophysiology, optogenetics
PhD Research: The role of nigrostriatal and mesolimbic pathways in the learning of motor-causal-effect relations ('agency') in mice
Advisor: Prof. Baruch Eitam & Dr. Oded Klavir
aviv.rika@gmail.com
Dalal Ghattas
Psychology
"Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees," intergenerational transmission of stress and trauma (via parenting, refugee mental health)
PhD Research: Testing the therapeutic effects of mindfulness and compassion-based intervention on individual mental health, domestic and intimate partner violence, and inter-generational transmission of trauma and stress to children (via parenting), in Syrian refugees.
Advisor: Prof. Amit Bernstein
dalal.ghattas@gmail.com
Alumni
Gilad Halpern
Communication
Media history, political communication, media systems research, government-press relations
PhD Research: For King and Country: The Palestine Post and Zionist propaganda in Mandatory Palestine
giladhalpern@gmail.com
Maria Polinova
Geography and Environmental Studies
Remote sensing, spectroscopy, photogrammetry, UAV’s, environmental monitoring, agriculture, wildfires
PhD Research: Assessing vegetation characteristics as a factor of wildfire spreading across the urban area
polinovamaria88@gmail.com
Ami Ritter
Psychology
Behavioral neuroscience, electrophysiology, optogenetics
Phd Research: Assessing the neural network which underlies post traumatic stress disorder
ami166@hotmail.com
Ryan Shandler
Political Science
Political psychology, cyber-terrorism, cyber policy
PhD Research: The political and psychological effects of exposure to cyber threats
ryanshandler@gmail.com
Talia Goren
Political Science
Public opinion, political responsiveness, political participation and engagement, social media
PhD Research: Public compliance and policy tools' effectiveness during crisis
taliagoren@gmail.com
Orit Heimer
Psychology
Emotion, cognition interaction
PhD Research: Short and long-term influences on the temporal dynamics of the valence representations of a stimulus
heimer.orit@gmail.com
Eran Lambooij
Computer Science
Cryptanalysis, (symmetric) cryptography
PhD Research: Design and analysis of cryptographic systems: Focusing on the analysis of lightweight symmetric cryptographic primitives
eranlambooij@gmail.com
Brenda Sbarski
Psychology
PTSD, endocannabinoid system, HPA axis
PhD Research: Endocannabinoids modulation of the stress response system in a rat model of PTSD
bsbarski@gmail.com
