Dr. Einat Gedalya-Lavy

Einat Gedalya-Lavy
Dr.
Einat
Gedalya-Lavy
Einat Gedalya-Lavy is a Sophie Davis Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace at the Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University. Her PhD, which was completed at the Political Science Department of Tel Aviv University examined the relationships between feminism, media framing of women and politics, and the gender gap in voting in Israel. Her present research focuses on the values and attitudes of women and men toward peace and security issues from a comparative perspective. Previous publications focus mostly on gender, media framing of women and politics, public opinion, and voting and intra-party politics. Gedalya-Lavy is recipient of several academic awards and scholarships, including: the 2017 Best Dissertation Award of the Israeli Political Science Association, the Na’amat Doctoral Research Grant, and the Tami Steinmetz Research Grant (together with Prof. Hanna Herzog) for studying women’s voices on issues of peace and security. She has been an active member of the “Gender Gap in Voting” research group at the “Shavot” Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere of the Van-Leer Institute, Jerusalem. Her research interests include: Gender and Politics; Gender, Peace and Security; Political Communication; Electoral Studies; Political Psychology, and Political Methodology.