EDUCATION

1992	Columbia University, New York, USA    Doctor of Philosophy
1989	Columbia University, New York, USA    Master of Philosophy
1987	Columbia University, New York, USA    Master of Arts: Political Science
1986	Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel    Bachelor of Arts: Political Science and International Relations

 

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

2025-26	Yale University, New Haven, USA    Visiting Professor, Political Science Department
2009-10	Harvard University, Cambridge, USA    Visiting Professor, Government Department
2003-04	Emory University, Atlanta, USA    Visiting Associate Professor, Political Science Department

 

MISCELLANEOUS

International Political Science Association (IPSA), Member of the Advisory Board: Research Committee of Legislative Specialists (2025-).

Jewish People Policy Institute, Toward a "Thin Constitution": Anchoring Israeli Governance (2024-25).

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 REFEREE
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, Contemporary Italian Politics, Democratization, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, Government and Opposition, 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 Behavior, Political Science Quarterly, Political Studies, Political Studies Review, Representation and West European Politics.