Tamar Hermann () is an Israeli professor of

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

at the

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and a senior fellow at the

Israel Democracy Institute The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI; ), established in 1991, is an independent research center that defines itself as being dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy. It is based in Jerusalem. History The Israel Democracy ...

(IDI).

Biography

Hermann is the academic director of IDI's Guttman Center for Surveys, the editor of IDI's annual Israeli Democracy Index, and the co-editor of the monthly ''Peace Index'', a joint project of IDI and

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) is a Public university, public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and ...

. The findings of the Peace Index have been published in ''

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,'' '' Yediot Ahronoth'', and other news sources, and are currently published in Hebrew every month on the Walla website. The findings of the Index can be found in full a
www.peaceindex.org
Hermann is an expert in

Israeli politics Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (b ...

, public opinion-making and its measurement, foreign policy-making, civil society, and grassroots politics. From 2010 to 2011, she was the vice president of academic affairs at the Open University, and today she is its director of international academic initiatives. Hermann also served as the university's dean of academic affairs from 2006 to 2009. From 1994–2006 she directed the Tammy Steinmetz Center for Peace Research at Tel Aviv University. Hermann received her BA, MA, and PhD in

from Tel Aviv University. She wrote a doctoral thesis entitled "From the Peace Covenant rit Shalomto Peace Now halom Achshav– The Pragmatic Pacifism of the Peace Camp in Israel: 1925–1985" (1990). She was a MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow for Peace and Security at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

, where she returned as a visiting research fellow. She was also a research fellow and visiting lecturer at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

and was a visiting research fellow at

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Queen's University in Belfast, and the

WZB Berlin Social Science Center The WZB Berlin Social Science Center (, WZB), also known by its German initials WZB, is an internationally renowned research institute for the social sciences, the largest such institution in Europe not affiliated with a university. It was fou ...

. Hermann's current research focuses on Israeli public opinion on issues related to

national security National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and Defence (military), defence of a sovereign state, including its Citizenship, citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of ...

and Israel's socio-economic agenda, the phenomenon of civil protest, and formal and informal mechanisms for strengthening

national identity National identity is a person's identity or sense of belonging to one or more states or one or more nations. It is the sense of "a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, and language". National identity ...

in the global era. Hermann's book, ''The Israeli Peace Movement – A Shattered Dream'', was published by

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

in 2009. She was writing a book on political, sociological, and cultural aspects of the

Israel National Trail The Israel National Trail (, ''Shvil Yisra'el'') is a hiking trail that crosses the entire length of Israel, with its northern end at Kibbutz Dan in the far north of the country, extending to Eilat at the southernmost tip of Israel on the Red Sea ...

(Shvil Yisrael), to be published in 2017.

Writings

* Hermann, Tamar, et al.,
The National Religious Sector in Israel 2014
' (Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute, 2015). * Hermann, Tamar, et al.,
The Israeli Democracy Index
'
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(Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute, 2011–2014). * Hermann, Tamar (ed.),
By the People, For the People, Without the People? The Emergence of (Anti)Political Sentiment in Israel and in Western Democracies
', (Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute, 2011). * Hermann, Tamar, ''The Israeli Peace Movement: A Shattered Dream'' (Cambridge University Press, 2009). * Hermann, Tamar, 2005. "The Binational Idea in Israel / Palestine: Past and Present," ''Nations and Nationalism'' 11(3) (July): 381–402. * Hermann, Tamar and Golan, Galia, 2004. "The Parliamentary Representation of Women: The Israeli Case," in: Manon Tremblay (ed.), ''Parliamentary Representation of Women: A Comparative International Study'', Montreal: Remue-ménage Press: 251–275. * Hermann, Tamar. "''From Bottom to Top: Social Movements and Political Protest''," Open University, 1995. * Hermann, Tamar 2002. "The Sour Taste of Success: The Israeli Peace Movement, 1967–1998," in: Benjamin Gidron, Stanley N. Katz and Yeheskel Hasenfeld, (eds.), ''Mobilizing for Peace: Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine and South Africa'', Oxford: Oxford University Press: 94–129. * Hermann, Tamar, and Yuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim, 2002. "Divided yet United: Israeli Jewish Public Opinion on the Oslo Process," ''

Journal of Peace Research The ''Journal of Peace Research'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews in the fields of peace and conflict studies, conflict resolution, and international security. It was established by ...

'' (September): 597–613.

References

External links

Tamar Hermann
Israel Democracy Institute website *
The Israeli Peace Movement: A Shattered Dream
', Cambridge University Press, 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hermann, Tamar Living people Israeli political scientists Academic staff of the Open University of Israel Tel Aviv University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)