Lab Members
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Moshe Maor
Professor of Political Science, the Head of the MA Track in Public Policy and Political Marketing at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University, the past incumbent of the Wolfson Family Chair in Public Administration at the Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and member of the Executive Committee of the International Public Policy Association (IPPA). Maor is the founder of the research field of disproportionate policy. In theorizing this field, he introduced into the scholarly lexicon twelve new concepts that enable public policy scholars all over the world “to see” processes that until now had not received academic attention (such as policy bubbles, interactions between policy bubbles). Maor also introduced the study of emotions into the field of public policy, mainly by discussing emotional entrepreneurs who utilize emotion regulation strategies to advance their policy aims. In this way, Maor consolidated the Disproportionate Policy Perspective, at the center of which lies the deliberate disproportionate policy response, which constitutes an alternative to unintentional errors of commission or omission, or nonintentional responses that political executives never intended to implement yet are not executed unknowingly, inadvertently or accidentally. 

Lesley G. Terris, PhD

serves as Vice Dean and Senior Lecturer at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy at Reichman University. Dr. Terris specializes in the study of conflict processes and leadership decision-making in war and peace. Her research explores topics such as the intended and unintended consequences of mediation, negotiation inertia, and credibility in negotiations, employing a variety of advanced research methodologies.

Dr. Terris’ work has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Conflict Resolution, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, and Journal of Politics. She is the author of Mediation of International Conflicts: A Rational Model (Routledge, 2017) and co-editor, with Prof. Alex Mintz, of The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Dr. Omer Yair

 is a Research Associate at the Institute for Liberty and Responsibility in the Lauder School of Government Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel. His research interests include political behavior, public opinion, and political psychology. His research has been published in several journals, including Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and Public Opinion Quarterly. In his studies, he mostly uses experiments and survey research. 

Inbal Hakman

PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, supervised by Prof. Alex Mintz and Dr. Ra'anan Sulitzeanu-Kenan. Her main area of interest is National Security Decision Making. Inbal is also interested in Behavioral Economics, decision biases and rationality. She serves as a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, where she conducts research and writes on policy issues affecting the future of the Jewish people globally. Inbal holds a BA in International Relations and Communications and an Honors MA in Public Policy, both from the Hebrew University.