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Scholars

Each year the Institute hosts approximately 40 academics as members of Research Groups. These scholars constitute the vanguard in their various disciplines, coming from a wide range of fields and diverse backgrounds, from Israel and abroad. Free of their normal teaching obligations and administrative duties, their collaborative research at the IIAS enables them to engage in joint research projects. With their fellowship at the Institute as the launching-pad for long-term interaction, the Institute contributes to the interchange of knowledge and the vitality of academic life in Israel and throughout the world.

View the 2022-2023 Directory here

 

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Jessica Goldberg

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University of California

Prof. Jessica Goldberg studies the medieval history of the Mediterranean basin, Christian Europe, and the Islamic world, specializing in economic and legal institutions and culture.

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Geneviève Helleringer

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Oxford University - Essec Business School

Prof. Geneviève Helleringer is a member of the Law Faculty and a research fellow of Lady Margaret Hall.  She is also an Law Professor at Essec Business School and an appointed Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). 

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Adi Libson

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Bar-Ilan University
Adi Libson is a lecturer in the Law Faculty of Bar-Ilan University. He earned both his BA in the PPE (Philosophy, Political Science and Economics) program and his LLB from the Hebrew University. He received his LLM from the NYU Law School and his PhD from Bar-Ilan University.
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Jianxiong Ma

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Moshe Coll

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

 

 

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Jennifer Davis

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The Catholic University of America

 

 

vis is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Catholic University of America. Her research interest is early medieval
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Éric Fournier

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West Chester University

Éric Fournier is a Professor in the Department of History at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. His research interests are: late antiquity (history); Episcopal exile; persecution; rhetoric of persecution; early Christianity; North Africa; and vandals.

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Yaniv Fox

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Bar-Ilan University

Yanix Fox is a senior lecturer in the Department of General History at Bar-Ilan University. His research interests are Late Antique and Early Medieval history.

 

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Ofer Gal

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University of Sydney
Ofer Gal is a professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. His research interests are the history and philosophy of science.
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Simha Goldin

INDIVIDUAL FELLOW
Tel Aviv University

Professor Simha Goldin is the Director of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University. His area of research is medieval Jewish history.

 

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Ian Hardy

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University of Helsinki
Ian Hardy is the Professor of Agricultural Entomology in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Helsinki. His research interests are population biology, agri-ecology, and evolutionary ecology.
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George Heimpel

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University of Minnesota
George Heimpel is a professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota. His research interests are entomology, ecology, conservation biology, parasitoid biology, and biological control.
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Tamar Keasar

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University of Haifa
Tamar Keasar is an associate professor in the Department of Biology and the Environment at the University of Haifa. Her research interests are insect ecology, pollination biology, and parasitoid-host interactions.
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Angela Kinney

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University of Vienna
Angela is a researcher in the Institute of Classical Philology, Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies at the University of Vienna.
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Maria Kravchyk

INDIVIDUAL FELLOW
University of Odessa
Maria Kravchyk was an associate professor in the field of philosophy and culture at the International Humanitarian University in Odessa, and is currently in Israel. 
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Asaf Sadeh

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Newe Ya'ar Research Center, ARO
Asaf Sadeh is a senior researcher in the Department of Natural Resources at Newe Ya'ar Research Center. His research interests are agroecology, predator-prey interactions, and disease ecology.
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Michal Segoli

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Ben-Gurion University
Michal Segoli is a senior lecturer in the Department of Desert Ecology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research interests are: insect behavioral and evolutionary ecology; and conservation biological control.
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Elizabeth Swann

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University of Durham
Lizzie Swann is Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Literary Studies at Durham University.
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Daniella Talmon-Heller

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Ben-Gurion University
Daniella is a professor in the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research interests are the history of the Middle East in the Medieval period.
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Avishalom Tor

INDIVIDUAL FELLOW
University of Notre Dame

Professor Avishalom Tor is a Professor of Law and Director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School.

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Deborah Tor

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University of Notre Dame
Deborah Tor is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame. Her research interest is medieval Islamic history.
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Saskya van Nouhuys

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Cornell University
Saskya van Nouhuys is an adjunct associate professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in Cornell University. Her research interests are: population and community ecology; and insect behaviour.
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Eric Wajnberg

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INRA
Eric Wajnberg is the Head of Research at SPE, INRAE. His research interests are: insect ecology, statistics, and modeling.
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Anastasiia Zinevych

INDIVIDUAL FELLOW
Odessa National Economic University

Anastasiia Zinevych has an MS in Psychology (2013) and a PhD in Philosophy (2019). Her PhD research was conducted (2015-2019) and defended in the H. Skovoroda Institute of philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Valerie Thompson

Valerie Thompson
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University of Saskatchewan

Prof. Thompson’s research interests include intuitive judgments, thinking and decision-making, and metacognition. She uses experimental procedure and eye-tracking for tracing thinking and reasoning processes. She proposed the initial Meta-Reasoning framework for explaining how people engage in analytic thinking rather than relying on their gut feelings. Prof. Thompson is currently Past President of the Canadian Society of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Thinking & Reasoning

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Maggie Toplak

Maggie Toplak
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York University

Professor Toplak’s research is on judgment, decision-making and rational thinking, including their associations with individual differences in cognitive abilities and performance-based measures of executive function. Most recently, she has published a book entitled: Cognitive sophistication and the development of judgment and decision-making. This book integrates her research from a 9 year longitudinal study on the developmental trajectories of these competencies. Her research has been informed by using participants across the lifespan and with special populations, including youth with ADHD, young offenders and pathological gamblers.

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Monika Undorf

Monika Undorf
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University of Mannheim

Dr. Undorf’s research focuses on human metacognition and metamemory. People’s knowledge about their own cognitive and memory processes is essential for effective self-regulation of cognition and behavior. In her recent research, Dr. Undorf has combined experimental and statistical methods to reveal that nonanalytic, experience-based processes and analytic, theory-based processes both contribute to metamemory. Moreover, by applying theories and methods from judgment and decision-making research to metacognitive judgments, her research has provided novel approaches to assessing the basis and accuracy of metamemory and to measuring idiosyncratic influences on metamemory.

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Ariane Sadjed

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Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences

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Isaiah Gafni

INDIVIDUAL FELLOW
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Anna Zapalec

INDIVIDUAL FELLOW
University of the National Education Commission, Krakow
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Yfaat Weiss

INDIVIDUAL FELLOW
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem