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Past Post-doctoral Fellows | The Leonard Davis Institute

Past Post-doctoral Fellows

Dr. Odelia Oshri

Research topic: :”One Europe, Multiple “We”: The Mechanisms Mediating between National Pride and Supranational Identity”
Odelia Oshri is a postdoctoral fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations. Her research lies at the intersection of comparative politics and political behavior and its main focus is: European integration, voting behavior, text, and discourse analysis. Dr.

Dr. Deganit Paikowsky

Research topic: “The Interconnections between Technology and International Relations with a Unique Focus on Space Policy and Security"

Dr. Keren Sasson

Research topic: ”Counterterrorism and the Performance of Regional Organizations”
Keren Sasson is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Davis Institute for International Relations.

Assaf Shapira

Research topic: “The Mass Immigration to Developed Democracies, with a Unique Focus on the Politics of Citizenship and Immigration in Israel"

Timea-Spitka

Dr. Timea Spitka

Research topic: “Gender, International Intervention in Violent Conflicts, and Responsibility to Protect (R2P)”

Dr. Kerstin Tomiak

Kerstin Tomiak is a postdoctoral fellow at the Davis Institute for International Relations and the GLOCAL-program. Her research interests include practices and processes of military and humanitarian interventions and external statebuilding in countries of the global South.

Dr. Alma Vardari

Research topic: “EU State-building and Local Contention: Bosnia and Kosovo from a Comparative Perspective”
Alma Vardari is a postdoctoral fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations. Her research concerns EU statebuilding in the Western Balkans. Dr.

Dr. Alma Vardari

Alma Vardari is a postdoctoral fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, conducting research on the topic of EU statebuilding in the Western Balkans.

Dr. Ruthie S. Wenske

Ruthie S. Wenske is a literary scholar and Africanist whose research focuses on the intersection between literature and education.

Dr. Ariel Zellman

Research topic: “Indivisible Homelands? Jerusalem and Kosovo in Comparative Perspective”