BMI Conference: A World Order Under Threat

The University of Donja Gorica and Tel Aviv University conference would aim to explore facets of this frightening reality to see if we can come up with strategic responses to these global challenges.

Prof. Beatriz Magaloni is the 2024 BMI Prize Laureate

The prize is awarded to Prof. Magaloni for her contribution to the field of the study of authoritarianism and its return as a global challenge. In her research, she explains why autocratic regimes hold multi-party elections.

Dr. Roee Levy, a senior BMI fellow, just won the prestigious ERC grant.

Dr. Levy is an economist who studies the impact of social media, news consumption, and political outcomes. In the research for which he received the grant, Levy studies the slant of news (its political leading).

BMI’s 9th Annual Conference Regimes, Human Development and Sustainability

The world is living through a period of turmoil and uncertainty; however, the tide can be reversed. In order to look deeper into the issue, BMI is putting together a conference that will look into the way civilizations rose and fell, relating it to the current picture of authoritarian regimes, human development, welfare and inequality, as well as renewable energy by internationally renowned scholars and experts.

The 13th Arava Seminar for Sustainable Development

Another cohort of students took part in an inter-disciplinary seminar at the Arava desert.

Celebrating the BMI – Eilat Eilot collaboration

The Boris Mints Institute is proud to state that Prof. Sened, head of BMI and Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty has received a certificate of appreciation from the Eilat-Eilot Center.

On the Economic Feasibility of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Electricity in Israel

Lior Gallo, BMI Fellow
Academic Advisors: Prof. Asher Tishler, Professor Emeritus, Coller School of Management & Prof. Itai Sened, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

A feasibility study & building a model for managing storage and a virtual power station using electric vehicles in long-term parking lots at airports

Aviram Ohad, BMI Fellow
Academic Advisors: Prof. Itai Sened, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences & Prof. Asher Tischler, Coller School of Management

Heavy Metal Contamination in Developing Countries & Affordable Self-maintaining Ultrafiltration Home Water Treatment

Eitan Yosef Benson, BMI Fellow
Academic Advisor: Prof. Hadas Mamane, Faculty of Engineering

When helping is a wolf in a sheep’s clothing – how the interplay of norms and threat perceptions can maintain social inequality

Dr. Nadine Knab, BMI Postdoctoral Fellow
Academic Advisor: Dr. Boaz Hameiri, School of Social and Policy Studies