מפגש 6

 

Sixth meeting: April 16 .2017

1300-1400  

Media in the control of conflict:  The meeting was conducted by our member Cgagai Wiess who presented an article that discusses the use of aid as a conflict tool and the important of outside aid to help establish control of contested areas and reduce insurgent violence by winning the “hearts and minds” of the population. These accounts typically ignore the strategic implications of aid distribution by progovernment forces, namely that rebel groups should resist the implementation of aid projects that would undermine their position. The members discussed these implications as well as how aid can be used both in a positive and negative fashion.

 

  The meeting was attended by: Chagai Weiss, Jony Essa, Michael Freedman ,Shani Fachter, Noam Brenner

 

מפגש 7

 

 

24.5

1200-1300

The seventh meeting spoke about issues of regulation and political regulation in Israel. Yaer Osherov presented his research regarding regulation of occupation tests and its political implications. The members discussed  if regulation can be used as a proper political tool comparing the Israeli case with other states. Among the questions that were asked were: 1)  Is regulation always negatively connoted. 2) how do different states achieve regulation differently. 3) as well as the implications for public policy and the interaction between academia and practice.

 

   

Members: Nir costa, Yaer Osherov, Jony Essa,

 

Meeting # 8:

 

Meeting # 8:

May 10th:

103-1200

Meeting with Belgin San Akca.

A Turkish scholar who specializes domestic and international factors that trigger external state support for rebel groups. We discussed an article of hers that draws from an original data set of 455 groups, their target states, and their supporter.

As well she gave feed back on our own projects and we discussed several questions:

  1. The importance of building large n data bases.
  2. The role of external support  for ending conflict.
  3. As well new theories of network analysis and agent based modeling.

The meeting was attended by:

Jony Essa, Noam Brenner, Neal Tsur,  Chagai Weiss.

  

 

 

מפגש 10

 

Meeting #10"

The final meeting of this year is a long session planned for 3.7.2017. Is is planed by Neal Tsur, Nir Costi and. And it will include a Political |Methods Bazar that puts together more advance phd students to explain their research and methods to others and it will be a full day session.945- 1400

The schedule is as followed:

Text analysis: Dr Mor Mitrani.

Matching : Omer Yair.

Age period Analysis : Liran Hansigor

Saar Alon Barkat- Mixed Methods.

And the key note speaker will be Prof Esteban Klor " Empirical Studies of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”

   

 

מפגש 9

 

 

Meeting #9:

13-6-2017:

Studying politics in muti level perspective:

Member of the group met and discussed the various ways that we can study political science and international relations. We had students from various methods and backgrounds. Public policy, political thought, conflict studies , comparative politics and party politics, as well as international law and critical political studies.

Each one of the students was asked to reflect on several question:

  1. What do you consider to be political?
  2. What is empirical research for you ?
  3. What are the different methods used?
  4.     Do you believe in the need of integrating practice and theory.

The members showed samples of potters of there works that dealt with these issues.

Members participating are:

Jony Essa, Itamar bin Ami, Yaer Osheriov, Noam Brenner, Tal Sinia.