EDUCATION
1992 | Columbia University, New York, USA |
1989 | Columbia University, New York, USA |
1987 | Columbia University, New York, USA |
1986 | Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
| 2017- | Chair in Israeli Democracy and Politics |
2012-2015 | Chair, Political Science Department |
2009- | Professor, Political Science Department |
2005-2009 | Assistant Professor, Political Science Department |
1999-2005 | Senior Lecturer, Political Science Department |
1995-1999 | Lecturer, Political Science Department |
OTHER ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2009-10 | Harvard University, Cambridge, USA |
2003-04 | Emory University, Atlanta, USA |
MISCELLANEOUS
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Member of the Executive Committee (2014-2020).
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Legislative Studies, journal of Party Politics and the International Political Science Review (2011-2020). Member of the International Advisory Board of the Italian Political Science Review.
International Political Science Association (IPSA), Member of the Executive Committee: Research Committee of Legislative Specialists (1997-2003).
Israeli Association of Legislation, Member of the Executive Board (2017-).
Presidential Commission on the Structure of Government in Israel, Member of the Committee on Reforming the Parliamentary Regime and the Proportional Electoral System in Israel (2006-07).
Israeli Knesset, Advisor to the Speaker, Knesset Committees Reform Project (1999-2000).
Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
Project Director, Improving Legislative Oversight (2008-09)
Project Director and Chief Researcher, Knesset Committees Reform Project (1994-97).
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & PANELS ORGANIZED
"Parliaments and Government Termination Revisited", 2020, Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
"Parliaments and Government Termination", European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions of Workshops, 2019, Mons, BELGIUM.
"Legislative Parties – Internal Organization, Cohesion, Discipline", European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, 2014, Glasgow, SCOTLAND.
"Why Electoral Reform", European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions of Workshops, 2009, Lisbon, PORTUGAL.
“Are Legislatures Working?”, “Post-Authoritarian Legislatures”, “The Effects of Professionalization on Legislatures”, “Legislative Methodology”, and “Candidate Selection”, International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress, 2006, Fukuoka, JAPAN.
"Cohesion and Discipline in Legislatures," American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, 2003, Philadelphia, USA.
"The Impact of Electoral Reform on Legislatures," International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress, 2000, Quebec City, CANADA.
"The Consequences of Candidate Selection," European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions of Workshops, 1999, Mannheim, GERMANY.
"Parties, Elections and Cleavages: Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective." 1998, Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
JOURNALS/BOOKS REFEREE
Referee for the following journals: Acta Politica, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, International Political Science Review, International Politics, Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties, Journal of Legislative Studies, Journal of Politics, Law and Society Review, Parliamentary Affairs, Party Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Political Studies, and West European Politics.
Manuscript reviewer for Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Routledge and the State University of New York Press.