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.
Leck, E., Albo, Y., Nathan, O., , & 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.
Albo, Y., Leck, E., Nathan, O., Wolf, N., & 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.
Rosman, E., , & Stanleigh, J. Medical care of military personnel during conflict and routine situations in civilian hospitals. Israel Affairs, 28(3), 464–483.
, 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.
Benzion, U., Gal, A., Shahrabani, S., & 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
Perliger, A., & The peculiar victory of the national camp in the 2013 Israeli Election. Israel Affairs, 21(2), 195–208.
Canetti-Nisim, D., Hobfoll, S., Pedahzur, A., & Much ado about religiosity: The association of religiosity, resource loss, and support for political violence. Journal of Peace Research, 47(5), 575–587.
Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & The nature of existential threats to democracies. Politika, 20, 39–54. Hebrew
Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., , 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.
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.
, 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.
Canetti-Nisim, D., , & Pedahzur, A. Militant attitudes among Israelis throughout the Al-Aqsa Intifada. The Palestine-Israel Journal, 11(3,4), 104–111.
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
Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & The nature of existential threats to democracies. In G. Sheffer & O. Barak (Eds.), Existential Threats (pp. 61–78). Lexington, MA: Lexington Press. Book Chapter
Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & 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
, 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
, & 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
How civic organizations influence policy: The effect of functional roles. ISTR 8th International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July 9–12, 2008. Proceedings
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
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
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
Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., & 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
Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., & Fear and Terror: Counter Productive Effects of Terrorism. 25th Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society of Political Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 19, 2002. Proceedings
Pedahzur, A., Perliger, A., & Israeli Struggle Against Palestinian Terrorism: 1948–2002. National Security Studies Center, Conference on Terrorism and Counter-terrorism, June 4, 2002. Proceedings
, & 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
, & 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
Pedahzur, A., & 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
Pedahzur, A., & 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.