12
Refereed Articles
4
Research Grants
2025
Most Recent Publication

Research Overview

Civic Participation & Civil Society

How civic associations shape political attitudes, policy, and public satisfaction — from health systems to social protest.

Political Violence & Extremism

The role of religion, deprivation, and ideology in predicting support for political violence in divided societies.

Health Politics & Policy

Why people deviate from expected health behaviors, and how political institutions shape healthcare decision-making.

Democratic Resilience

Existential threats to democratic regimes and the conditions under which civil resistance succeeds or fails.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Listed in reverse chronological order. My name appears in bold.

2025

Leck, E., Albo, Y., Nathan, O., Zaidise, E., & Wolf, N. Exploring the Impact of Work Satisfaction, Generational Attributes and Resource Conservation on Voluntary and Involuntary Career Outcomes in the Aftermath of the COVID‑19 Pandemic. The Career Development Quarterly, 73(4), 257–272.

2025

Albo, Y., Leck, E., Nathan, O., Wolf, N., & Zaidise, E. COR and CORONA: Analysis of COVID-19's subjective lasting impact on wellbeing, employing conservation of resources theory. Journal of Public Health, 47(3), 637–645.

2022

Rosman, E., Zaidise, E., & Stanleigh, J. Medical care of military personnel during conflict and routine situations in civilian hospitals. Israel Affairs, 28(3), 464–483.

2018

Zaidise, E., Shahrabani, S., Gal, A., & Benzion, U. Understanding public support for social protest: Testing collective action frames, cognitive liberation and political opportunity in the Israeli 2011 summer protest. Israeli Affairs, 25(5), 865–882.

2015

Benzion, U., Gal, A., Shahrabani, S., & Zaidise, E. The Price of Freedom. Factors Affecting Public Support For the Release of a Captive Soldier: The Case of Gilad Shalit. Economics Bulletin, 35(4), 2184–2196. Equal contribution; alphabetical order

2015

Perliger, A., & Zaidise, E. The peculiar victory of the national camp in the 2013 Israeli Election. Israel Affairs, 21(2), 195–208.

2010

Canetti-Nisim, D., Hobfoll, S., Pedahzur, A., & Zaidise, E. Much ado about religiosity: The association of religiosity, resource loss, and support for political violence. Journal of Peace Research, 47(5), 575–587.

2010

Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & Zaidise, E. The nature of existential threats to democracies. Politika, 20, 39–54. Hebrew

2008

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., Zaidise, E., Perliger, A., & Bermanis, S. I versus we: Collective and individual factors of reserve service motivation during war and peace. Armed Forces & Society, 34(4), 565–592.

2008

Zaidise, E. The democratic role, function and effect of civil society in times of war: Learning from the Israeli experience. Democracy and Society, 4(1), 69–85.

2007

Zaidise, E., Canetti-Nisim, D., & Pedahzur, A. Politics of god or politics of man? The role of religion and deprivation in predicting support for political violence in Israel. Political Studies, 55(3), 499–521.

2004

Canetti-Nisim, D., Zaidise, E., & Pedahzur, A. Militant attitudes among Israelis throughout the Al-Aqsa Intifada. The Palestine-Israel Journal, 11(3,4), 104–111.

2004

Zaidise, E. Book Review: Being Israeli — The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenship. Gershon Shafir & Yoav Peled (2002). Cambridge University Press. State and Society, 2(3), 469–470. Hebrew

Articles and Chapters in Scientific Books

2009

Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & Zaidise, E. The nature of existential threats to democracies. In G. Sheffer & O. Barak (Eds.), Existential Threats (pp. 61–78). Lexington, MA: Lexington Press. Book Chapter

2002

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & Zaidise, E. Are they vigilant? A quantitative comparison of the support for political violence among Israelis within and beyond the Green Line. Judea and Samaria Studies, the 12th Collection. Ariel: The College Judea and Samaria. Book Chapter

Articles in Conference Proceedings

2018

Zaidise, E., Shahrabani, S., Benzion, U., & Gal, A. Understanding Public Support for Social Protest: Lessons from the Israeli 2011 Tent Protest. The 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), IDC, Herzliya, Israel, July 8–11, 2018. Proceedings

2011

Zaidise, E., & Davis, W. Connecting geographically distant students in virtual space. Bridges Workshop: Forging American-Israeli Academic Collaborations, Westminster College, PA, USA, Sep. 18–23, 2011. Proceedings

2008

Zaidise, E. How civic organizations influence policy: The effect of functional roles. ISTR 8th International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July 9–12, 2008. Proceedings

2005

Zaidise, E. More Democratic Health Systems: The Role of Third Sector Organizations in the Israeli Health System. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association for Political Science, Academic College of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, May 26, 2005. Proceedings

2004

Zaidise, E. The Role of Civil Society in Developing and Consolidating Democracy: Evidence from Israel. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Workshop No. 8: The Changing Structure of Civil Society, Uppsala, Sweden, April 13–18, 2004. Proceedings

2004

Zaidise, E. Roles and Effectiveness of Health Orientated Civil Society Organizations: Primary Findings from Israel. 7th Annual Spring Conference of the Israeli Center for Third Sector Research, Caesar Premier Hotel, Dead Sea, March 17–18, 2004. Proceedings

2002

Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., & Zaidise, E. A Model for Explaining Support for Political Violence in a Deeply Divided Society. 25th Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society of Political Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 16, 2002. Proceedings

2002

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., & Zaidise, E. Fear and Terror: Counter Productive Effects of Terrorism. 25th Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society of Political Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 19, 2002. Proceedings

2002

Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & Zaidise, E. Israeli Struggle Against Palestinian Terrorism: 1948–2002. National Security Studies Center, Conference on Terrorism and Counter-terrorism, June 4, 2002. Proceedings

2002

Zaidise, E., & Perliger, A. The Motivation to Serve in the Reserve Army: 2000 versus 2002. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Political Science Association, Tel Aviv, June 20, 2002. Proceedings

2002

Zaidise, E., & Perliger, A. Vigilante's Violence: A Quantitative Assessment of Jewish Settler's Political Violence. Judea and Samaria 12th Conference, Judea and Samaria Academic College, Ariel, April 25, 2002. Proceedings

2002

Pedahzur, A., & Zaidise, E. Israel's Defending Democracy: The Role of Civil Society. 3rd Annual Spring Conference of the Israeli Center for Third Sector Research, Dead Sea Hayat Hotel, March 20, 2002. Proceedings

Other Scientific Publications

2009

Pedahzur, A., & Zaidise, E. Weak democratic states and reactions to extremism. APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper. Published on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). View on SSRN →

Research Grants

All grants awarded by the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research and partner agencies.

2021–2023
Winners and Losers of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Israel and France: Evaluating the Long-Term Effects of the Crisis on Wellbeing
Role: Co-researcher  |  PI: Eran Leck  |  Co-researchers: Yael Albo, Orly Natan
Funded by: Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST, Israel) / Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI, France)
320,000 NIS
2017–2019
Patients who leave the ER without being seen: Characteristics and explanations
Role: PI  |  Co-researcher: Benidor Raviv
Funded by: Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research
191,620 NIS
2012–2013
Limitations to competition in Israel's universal health insurance market, and the conditions for their removal
Role: Co-researcher  |  PI: Uri Ben Zion
Funded by: Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research
109,835 NIS (~$30,500)
2003–2004
The role and effectiveness of civic organizations in promoting public satisfaction from the Israeli health system
Role: Co-researcher  |  PI: Yael Yishai
Funded by: Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research
76,000 NIS (~$17,000)