Please note that Dan Miodownik does not supervise final papers at the Otto-Suhr Institute

Dan Miodownik is the Max Kampelman Chair in Democracy and Human Rights and a professor in the departments of Political Science and International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research examines dynamics of conflict processes, particularly the violent manifestations of group mobilization, protest behavior, and ethnic polarization, in national as well as urban settings.

2025

Brenner, Noam, and Dan Miodownik. 2025. “Identities, Participation, And The Immigration Crisis In The City: A Comparative Analysis”. Cities 166: 106269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106269.

Moshe, Netta, Dan Miodownik, and Shaul Shenhav. 2025. “What Happens When Forced Migrants And Transit State Actors Meet? Encounters At Decision Nodal Points During The Migration Journey”. Comparative Migration Studies.

Faibish, Nitzan, Ifat Maoz, Paz Yaacov, and Dan Miodownik. 2025. “Spontaneous Contact And Social Resilience Following The Eruption Of Interethnic Violence In Ethnically Mixed Settings”. Conflict Resolution Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21490.

Shaham-Maymon,Gil, and Dan Miodownik. 2025. “Who Will Protect Our Human Rights? Cities, States, And Ethnicity”. Journal of Urban Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2447346.

Shaham-Maymon, Gil, Noam Brenner, Paz Yaacov, and Dan Miodownik. 2025. “Urban Identity Vs. National Identity In The Global City: Evidence From Six European Cities”. European Journal of Political Research 64 (2): 580-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12700.

2024

Faibish, Nitzan, Noam Brenner, and Dan Miodownik. 2024. “Third Space And Spontaneous Contact In A Divided City: Evidence From Jerusalem”. Peacebuilding. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2024.2430863.

Brenner, Noam, Nufar Avni, Gillad Rosen, and Dan Miodownik. 2024. “Flexible Compliance: Utility And Legitimacy In Jerusalem”. Territory, Politics, Governance. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2401434.

Harran-Diman, Amiad, and Dan Miodownik. 2024. “Legacies Of Survival: Historical Violence And Ethnic Minority Behavior”. Journal of Conflict Resolution 68 (7-8): 1636-1670. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027231195384.

Harran-Diman, Amiad, and Dan Miodownik. 2024. “Bloody Pasts And Current Politics: The Political Legacies Of Violent Resettlement”. Comparative Political Studies 57 (9): 1506-1551. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140231194066.

Brenner, Noam, Dan Miodownik, and Shaul Shenhav. 2024. “Leadership Repertoire And Political Engagement In A Divided City: The Case Of East Jerusalem”. Urban Studies 61 (1): 58-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231175262.

Weiss, Chagai, Neal Tsur, Dan Miodownik, Yonatan Lupu, and Evgeny Finkel. 2024. “Atypical Violence And Conflict Dynamics: Evidence From Jerusalem”. Political Science Research and Methods 12 (2): 399-406. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2022.39.

Moshe, Netta, and Dan Miodownik. 2024. “Social Navigation Of Asylum Seekers: Journeying Through Host/Transit Countries Amid Changing Political Conditions”. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 22 (4): 714-726. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2022.2106004.

Harran-Diman, Amiad, and Dan Miodownik. 2024. “Social Cohesion And Violence: Explaining Riots In East Jerusalem”. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 47 (12): 1772-1799. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2022.2074394.

2023

Brenner, Noam, Dan Miodownik, and Shaul Shenhav. 2023. “Leadership Development In Divided Cities: The Homecomer, Middleman, And Pathfinder”. Journal of Urban Affairs 45 (10): 1824-1840. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.2016427.

Lehrs, Lior, Noam Brenner, Nufar Avni, and Dan Miodownik. 2023. “Seeing Peace Like A City: Local Visions And Diplomatic Proposals For Future Solutions”. Peacebuilding. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2023.2219130.

Faibish, Nitzan, Noorman Rajabi, Dan Miodownik, and Ifat Maoz. 2023. “Spontaneous Contact And Intergroup Attitudesin Asymmetric Protracted Ethno- National Conflict: East Jerusalem Palestinian Students In An Israeli Academic Setting”. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pac0000683.

Miodownik, Gillad Rosen Dan, ed. 2023. “Two Jerusalems: Between East And West, Past And Future”. Politika: The Israeli Journal of Political Science and International Relations (In Hebrew). https://politika.huji.ac.il/גיליון/גיליון-33.

2022

Avni, Nufar, Noam Brenner, Dan Miodownik, and Gillad Rosen. 2022. “Limited Urban Citizenship: The Case Of Community Councils In East Jerusalem”. Urban Geography 43: 546-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2021.1878430.

Lehrs, Lior, Dror K Markus, Dan Miodownik, Tamir Sheafer, and Shaul R. Shenhav. 2022. “What Happens To Peace When The Process Is Stalled:competing International Approaches To The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1996&Ndash;2021”. Journal of Global Security Studies 7. https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogac008.

2021

Barak, Oren, and Dan Miodownik. 2021. “Military Autonomy And Balancing In Political Crises: Lessons From The Middle East”. Armed Forces & Society 47: 126–147. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0095327X19861738.