Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Yehudith Auerbach

Conflict Research

Bar Ilan University

Dr. Yehudith Auerbach is a (by 2015 retired) senior lecturer at the department of Political Science and school of Communication and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Communication, Bar Ilan University.

Dr Auerbach is the Director of the Center for Promotion of Teaching at Bar Ilan University. Her main research interest is conflict resolution and reconciliation between enemies in protracted, identity based conflicts.

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Dr. Maya De-Vries

Internship Project Coordinator

Conflict Research

maya.de-vries@mail.huji.ac.il

Social Science, room 5424

Maya de Vries graduated from The Swiss Center for conflict Research in 2011, today the coordinator of the Swiss Center Internship Program

Conducted in the framework of the Faculty of Social Science Project, and a doctoral student at the Department of Communication and at the Swiss Center (supervisor: Professor Ifat Maoz).

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Adv Yael Eezraty

Conflict Research

yael.ezraty@mail.huji.ac.il

Yael teaches mediation at the Swiss Center in the Hebrew University. She is a partner and joint manager of Goshrim mediation center. Professional mediator since 2006, practicing and instructing mediators.

Worked in a community mediation center in Jerusalem as coordinator of unique programs of mediation and special needs, employment, the elderly and restorative justice. Formerly a manager of an aviation and tourism services company. LLB (Hebrew University), M.A. in Conflict Research and Resolution (Hebrew University, Jerusalem).

Yael currently coordinates a novice restorative justice project at the Mosaica center in Jerusalem and chairs a pioneering practicum program for divorce mediators.

Her areas of interest and expertise are community mediation, restorative justice, family disputes and conflict resolution mechanisms among immigrant groups

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Adv Carmit Fenton

Conflict Research

Carmit Fenton completd her LL.B (Cum Laude) at the Hebrew University Law School (1987) and her LL.M (Cum Laude) at the Law School combined with History studies (1994). She became member of the Israel Bar at 1988. During her professional career at the public service in various senior roles, she decided to focus on A.D.R. studies, including completion of courses on the subject at Harvard University Law School.

She is also alumni of the Salzburg Seminar.

She has been lecturer at the Hebrew University Law School since 1998 and focuses on Mediation courses since 2000.

Carmit Fenton teaches and taught Mediation and Negotiation and State Audit Laws at the Law School, and Public Mediation at the Conflict research, Management and Resolution Program and the Public Policy second-degree program. Since 2000 she focuses on Mediation and Public Mediation, teaching and practicing as a Mediator.

She was also Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Israeli Mediators Association and member of the Mediation and ADR Committee and Institute of the Israel Bar, as well as member of the Ethics Revision Committee of the Bar and a member of the Public Commission for Protection of Privacy at the Ministry of Justice.

Carmit Fenton's areas of research are Alternative (or Appropriate) Dispute Resolution and Public Mediation.

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Tal Orian Harel

Conflict Research

Tal.Harel2@mail.huji.ac.il

Room 3515, Social Sciences

Tal Orian Harel is a scholar whose research focuses on political polarization, political discourse on social media, and the psychology of intergroup conflict in contested societies. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Middle Eastern Studies and an M.A. in Conflict Resolution from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Tal has served as a research fellow at the Swiss Center for Conflict Research, Management and Resolution and at the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace. Her work investigates how the Israeli‑Palestinian conflict and domestic ideological divides interact and influence public discourse and social media environments.

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Dr. Ibrahim Hazboun

Ibrahim.Hazboun@mail.huji.ac.il

Dr. Ibrahim Hazboun is a researcher whose work focuses on the lived experiences of Palestinian communities under conditions of conflict, marginalization, and socio‑political exclusion.

His research examines how individuals and communities navigate daily life, crises, and systemic pressures—including public health challenges such as the COVID‑19 pandemic—within complex geopolitical contexts. Dr. Hazboun’s work combines in‑depth qualitative methods to shed light on resilience, agency, and social processes among conflict‑affected populations.

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Dr. Adv. Yael Ilany

Conflict Research

yaelilany63@gmail.com

Yael Ilany, Adv. is a lecturer in The Swiss Center for conflict Research, Management and resolution, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 2006.

Her fields of interest are Labor law and mediation. She is currently studying PhD program in Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland in the field of Labor law. Subject of research: "Factors influencing compensation for Wrongful Dismissal." She studied International Law (EU Law) in Amsterdam University, The Netherlands and received Master of Law. LLB received from Tel Aviv University. She is a Mediator since 1998, taught mediation and the practicum in meditation. Lectures in other institutes.

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Dr. Maya Kahanoff

Dialogue Program Coordinator

Conflict Research

02-5880323

maya.kahanoff@mail.huji.ac.il

Social Science, room 5425

Dr. Maya Kahanoff is a lecturer in the Conflict Research, Management and Resolution Program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a research fellow at the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Anthropology from the Hebrew University and has extensive experience facilitating dialogue and peacebuilding initiatives between diverse social groups in Israel, including interreligious and intercultural encounters.

Dr. Kahanoff’s research interests include social conflict transformation, intergroup recognition and dialogue, and peace education. Her work bridges academic theory and practical engagement in fostering shared understanding and collaboration among groups in conflict.

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Dr. Yiftach Ron

Academic Projects Coordinator and Methodological Advisor

Conflict Research

02-5880323

yiftach.ron@mail.huji.ac.il

social Science, room 5825

Yiftach Ron is a lecturer in The Swiss Center for conflict Research, Management and resolution and in the Department of communication, and research Fellow in the Harry S. Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

His current main interests include processes of intergroup communication, collective and personal narratives in conflict, discourse, media and psychology related aspects of intergroup conflict, dialogue, conflict resolution and peacebuilding

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Dr. Hananel Rosenberg

conflict Research, Management and resolution

hananelr@yahoo.com

Dr. Hananel Rosenberg is a Lecturer in The Swiss Center for conflict Research, Management and resolution, a Lecturer in the the Department of communication and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow inThe Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the advancement of peace.

His main research interests are the psychology and sociology of mobile phone usage and media usage among minority social groups.

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