{"id":129,"date":"2025-04-29T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/ma-students-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:57:07","slug":"ma-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/ma-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Olivier Kamouns, MA student (2023-present)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: AI and Algorithmic Political Experiments. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Gabrielle Burack, MA student (2023-present)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: AI, Cultural Antisemitism and US-Israel relations. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Shahar Grufy, MA student (2021-present)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: US-Israel Relations, Israeli Hasbara and American College Campuses. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Idan Franco, MA student (2022-23)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Political Minorities and Conservative Voting. 
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Roee Braverman, MA student (2022-23)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Economic implications of Supreme Court Rulings in the United States from the 1970s until Today. 
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Ania Bessonov, MA student (2021-23)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Bigdata analysis and media framing during COVID-19 and the War in Ukraine. 
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Hila Osovski, MA student (2020-23)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Voting Behavior and Social Media Endorsements during US Midterm Elections to Congress.
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Fred Hockney, MA student (2016-18)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Determining Group Differences in the 2013 Bundestagswahl.
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Simone Lehman, MA student (2016-18)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: A New Kind of Terror? Exploring and Understanding Current Trends in Terrorism in Israel in the Context of the Lone Wolf Debate.
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Dor Gosher, MA student (2016-17)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: I Will Take This to the Supreme Court! Or Will I? How Does Public Opinion Affect Agenda-Setting on the U.S Supreme Court?
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Yulia Gurelik, MA student (2015-17)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Legal Perspectives on Corporate Responsibility in the Case of Arad.
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Romanos Kefalidis, MA student (2015-16)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Cyber Security in a Comparative Perspective.
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Steven Robnak, MA student (2014-16)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Dictators, Jurisprudence and Personality: An analysis based on the Five Factor Model of Personality.
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Efrat Lachter, MA student (2014-16)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Transitional Justice and Governance.
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Leah Croughan, MA student (2014-16)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Sitting Ducks in a Fragmented Process: US Intelligence Infrastructure in a Paradigm Shift Towards a Unified Legal Definition of Domestic Terrorism.
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Suzanna Christiansen, MA student (2014-15)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: International Law: Has the Iron Dome changed the legitimacy of response to rocket threats.
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Brooklin Nash, MA student (2013-14)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Development, Democracy, and What Comes In-Between: The Current and Potential Role of Development-Oriented NGOs in Guatemala.
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David Jensen-Lopez, MA student (2013-14)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Selling Mexico: An analysis of how the public perception of Mexico abroad affects economy and politics, with a particular focus on the case of the public diplomacy in Israel.
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Alexandra Zaslav \u2013 MA Student (2012-13)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Alexandra\u2019s research investigates conflict resolution capabilities within the field of dance, focusing especially on the effect of dance encounter work in conflict settings.
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Roey Shafrir, MA student<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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My research focuses on the effects of public opinion and political atmosphere on decision making on the Israeli High Court of Justice regarding the Israeli \u2013 Palestinian conflict.
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Sharon Alon, MA student (2011-13)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: International Law, Targeted Killings and Judicial Decision Making.
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Alexandru Bar, MA student (2013)<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Thesis title: Communal Political Institutions in Jewish Communities.
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MA Students Olivier Kamouns, MA student (2023-present) Thesis title: AI and Algorithmic Political Experiments. Gabrielle Burack, MA student (2023-present) Thesis title: AI, Cultural Antisemitism and US-Israel relations. Shahar Grufy, MA student (2021-present) Thesis title: US-Israel Relations, Israeli Hasbara and American College Campuses. Idan Franco, MA student (2022-23) Thesis title: Political Minorities and Conservative Voting.  Roee … Continue reading “MA Students”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udisommer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}