Photo: Merav Moshel Ravitz
I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science,
Government and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University. My research lies
broadly within the field of comparative politics, with a particular focus on
how democratic institutions shape political behavior and public attitudes. I
specialize in legislative politics, electoral systems, candidate selection
processes, political parties and party systems, democratic backsliding, and
quantitative research methods.
My work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals,
including The American Journal of Political Science, British Journal
of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Political
Behavior, and Legislative Studies Quarterly, among others. My
research has been supported by several competitive grants and fellowships,
including two from the Israel Science Foundation, as well as support from the
Schusterman Foundation and a Marie Curie Reintegration Grant from the European
Union.
I currently serve as a co-principal investigator for the Israeli
National Election Studies (INES) and as a member of the Questionnaire Committee
for Module IV (2025–2030) of the Comparative Candidate Survey (CCS).
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Selected Recent Publications
Shomer
Yael, Tzalgov Eitan and Zur Roi. 2025
“The
Crises of the Israeli Democracy: Introduction to a Research Topic”, Frontiers
in Political Science, Forthcoming [IF 2.5; 90/322, Q2].
Freund
Amir and Yael Shomer. 2025.
“National
Leaders’ Gender effect on European Countries’ Performance during the COVID-19
Crisis”, European Journal of Political Research 64(2): pp. 864-871 [IF 5.3;
9/187, Q1 top 5%].
Shomer Yael, Bjørn Erik Rasch and Osnat Akirav. 2024.
“Termination of parliamentary governments: revised definitions and implications”, In Reuven Y. Hazan, Bjørn Erik Rasch (Eds.) Parliaments and Government Termination: A New Perspective on Parliamentary Democracies NY: Routledge, pp. 95-120.
Research Workshop
Multi-dimensional measurements of government (in)stability
The workshop was structured around three topics: government longevity—its determinants and consequences; change in government personnel: how prime ministers' and ministers' tenure affect government stability; towards a broader conceptualization of government stability: how multidimensional government stability affects policy outcomes. The workshop presented the work of the Israel Science Foundation grant on that topic, [co-PI: Yael Shomer and Osnat Akirav; collaborator: Bjorn Erik Rasch], and engaged Israeli and international scholars who work on related issues.
May 14 -16, 2023, Akko, Israel
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