Welcome!

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Beginning in October 2025, I will join the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellow and a researcher with the RegTrust ERC project. I earned my PhD in Political Science from Tel Aviv University in 2023. My dissertation, Mind Our Own Business: Public Attitudes toward Government Paternalism, received the Best Dissertation Award from the Israeli Political Science Association.

My research lies at the intersection of political science and public policy. I study comparatively the political behavior of the public and policymakers with area expertise in Israeli politics. My broader research interests include voting behavior, elite behavior, public policy, representation, polarization, and democratic attitudes. 

Substantively, I work in two main areas. The first is the determinants of public and elite attitudes toward public policy and government intervention. Much of my work focuses on the drivers of support for government paternalism. As a researcher at the RegTrust ERC project, I also study comparatively the relationships between different types of trust (institutional, social, financial) and different configurations of the regulatory state. 

The second theme lies within the debate over "Party vs. Policy" in shaping political behavior. I study the conditions under which policy preferences can outweigh partisanship in shaping political behavior. My work in this area extends beyond the well-studied U.S. case, exploring multi-party systems such as Canada and Israel.

Methodologically, I specialize in quantitative methods, especially surveys and experiments. I also contribute to political methodology through my work on conjoint experimental designs. I have also developed and taught a graduate-level course on Survey Methodology at the University of Toronto.

My research has been published or is forthcoming in Regulation & Governance, Public Opinion Quarterly, Research & Politics, and European Political Science.