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Yael Shomer<\/h1>\n

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I am a \u200bAssociate Professor in the School of Political Science,\nGovernment and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University. My research lies\nbroadly within the field of comparative politics, with a particular focus on\nhow democratic institutions shape political behavior and public attitudes. I\nspecialize in legislative politics, electoral systems, candidate selection\nprocesses, political parties and party systems, democratic backsliding, and\nquantitative research methods.\nMy work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals,\nincluding The American Journal of Political Science<\/i>, British Journal\nof Political Science<\/i>, Comparative Political Studies<\/i>, Political\nBehavior<\/i>, and Legislative Studies Quarterly<\/i>, among others. My\nresearch has been supported by several competitive grants and fellowships,\nincluding two from the Israel Science Foundation, as well as support from the\nSchusterman Foundation and a Marie Curie Reintegration Grant from the European\nUnion.\nI currently serve as a co-principal investigator for the Israeli\nNational Election Studies (INES) and as a member of the Questionnaire Committee\nfor Module IV (2025\u20132030) of the Comparative Candidate Survey (CCS).
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Shomer\nYael, Tzalgov Eitan and Zur Roi. 2025
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\u201cThe\nCrises of the Israeli Democracy: Introduction to a Research Topic\u201d, Frontiers\nin Political Science,<\/span> Forthcoming [IF 2.5; 90\/322, Q2].
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Freund\nAmir and Yael Shomer. 2025.
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\u201cNational\nLeaders\u2019 Gender effect on European Countries\u2019 Performance during the COVID-19\nCrisis\u201d, European Journal of Political Research<\/span> 64(2): pp. 864-871 [IF 5.3;\n9\/187, Q1 top 5%].
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Shomer\nYael, Bj\u00f8rn Erik Rasch and Osnat Akirav. 2024.<\/h4>\n

 \u201cTermination of parliamentary governments:\nrevised definitions and implications\u201d, In Reuven Y. Hazan, Bj\u00f8rn Erik Rasch\n(Eds.) Parliaments and Government Termination: A New Perspective on\nParliamentary Democracies NY: Routledge, pp. 95-120.<\/p>\n \"\"\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n mOre <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Multi-dimensional measurements of government (in)stability
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The workshop was\nstructured around three topics: government longevity\u2014its determinants and\nconsequences; change in government personnel: how prime ministers' and\nministers' tenure affect government stability; towards a broader\nconceptualization of government stability: how multidimensional government\nstability affects policy outcomes. The\nworkshop presented the work of the Israel Science Foundation grant on that\ntopic, [co-PI: Yael Shomer and Osnat Akirav; collaborator: Bjorn Erik\nRasch], and engaged Israeli and international scholars who work on related\nissues. <\/p>\n

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Yael Shomer The School of Political Science Governmentand International Affairs Photo: Merav Moshel Ravitz I am a \u200bAssociate Professor 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 … Continue reading “Home”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}