2023 Research Summary at OUI

ISF – Israel Science Foundation

Personal Research Grants:

Prof. Anat Ben David, from the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, won a joint research grant with Prof. Motti Neiger from Bar Ilan University and Prof. Oren Meyers from Haifa University, on the subject of: "Exploitative Memory: The Trivialization and Platformization of Holocaust Remembrance on Social Media"

Dr. Paz Beniamini from the Department of Natural Sciences won a research grant on the topic of: "Illuminating GRB jet structures and their implications"

Prof. Avriel Bar-Levav from the Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Sciences, won a research grant on the topic of: "Towards an ecology of Jewish printed broadsheets: Reclaiming the place of a neglected early modern printed textual object"

Prof. Anat Barnea from the Department of Natural Sciences, won a research grant on the topic of: "How are brain plasticity, behavior, and melatonin in birds influenced by artificial light at night?"

Dr. Tal Moran from the Department of Education and Psychology won a research grant on the topic of: "Changing automatic evaluations using brief propositional information: New versus existing automatic evaluations"

Dr. Itamar Radai from the Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Sciences won a research grant on the topic of: "Colonial Diaries: Government Officials and the Socio-Cultural History of Mandate Palestine"

Dr. Dani Szpruch from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science won a joint research grant together with Prof. Nadya Gurevich from Ben Gurion University, on the topic of: "Whittaker functor for covering groups and related problems"

Other Grants
Prof. Paz Beniamini from the Department of Natural Sciences won an Equipment Grant for new faculty member

Prof. Avriel Bar-Levav from the Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Sciences won a Workshop Grant on the topic of: "The Role of Broadsheets in Jewish Ritualistic and Cultural Space in the Early Modern Period"

Other Funds

Prof. Ina Blau and Dr. Tamar Shamir-Inbal from the Department of Education and Psychology won a joint research grant from the Ministry of Education together with Prof. Orit Avidov-Ungar and Dr. Aliza Amir from Achva Academic College on the topic of: "Professional development of teachers in a digital learning professional community in an innovative space of virtual worlds for building knowledge and skills - research and development"

Prof. Ravid Doron from the Department of Education and Psychology won a research grant from the Ministry of Health, on the topic of: "GIRK channels activation by Uncaria as a novel mechanism to accelerate the activation of antidepressants"

Dr. Asaf Wexler from the Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Sciences won a joint research grant from the DFG Middle East program, together with Prof. Eva Schmidt from TU Dortmund and Dr. Uri Beck from Ben Gurion University, on the topic of: "Naïve Realism under Duress"

Prof. Inbal Tuvi-Arad from the Department of Natural Sciences won a joint research grant from the Ministry of Education, together with Prof. Ron Blonder and Dr. Shelley Rap from the Weizmann Institute of Science, on the topic of: "Study of technological-pedagogical innovation and self-efficacy of chemistry teachers following the Corona period"

Dr. Leor Cohen from the English Unit won a joint research grant from the Ministry of Education, together with Prof. Elite Olshtain from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the topic of: "Design of an online professional development to support the new English curriculum"

Dr. Eyal Lahav from the Department of Management and Economics won a research grant from the Social Security Institute, on the topic of "The choice between work-life balance and Social Security in Retirement"

Dr. Lilach Litor from the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication won a research grant from the Heth Academic Center for Research of Competition and Regulation, on the topic of: "Regulation on recognizing the working rights of self-employed workers and wage inequality"

Dr. Keren Nitzan from the Department of Education and Psychology won a research grant from the National Institute of Psychobiology in Israel, on the topic of: "The anti-depressant effect of the Hawthorn plant during exposure to stress and its effects on the serotonin system"

Dr. Yael Sidi from the Department of Education and Psychology won a joint research grant from the Spencer Foundation, together with Dr. Shulamit Geller from The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo, on the topic of: "Group learning in Zoom: Highlighting the effects of social, metacognitive and instructional design factors on learning outcomes"