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Prof. Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom
ReligSpace’s principal investigator, is an associate professor and the director of the Political Psychology Laboratory at the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studies the political psychology of enduring values and urban context by introducing comparative experiments and multi-method designs. She is the recipient of the Erik Erikson Early Career Award, recognizing exceptional achievement in the field of political psychology (2019), and she has received over $2,000,000 in grants, including the ERC starting grant (ReligSpace), ISF, NSF, and Marie Curie, among others. She has published over 40 articles and chapters in leading political science, social psychology, public policy, conflict resolution, and environmental journals, such as The American Political Science Review, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Personality and Social Psychology Bulleting, and Political Psychology. Pazit writes fiction, reads compulsively (when her two young boys allow it), dances Zumba, grows three types of peppers, and is always excited to travel new roads.
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Amit Birenboim, PhD is a research collaborator on the ReligSpace project. He is a senior lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Geography and Human Environment at Tel Aviv University, where he also acts as the head of the Urban Vitality Lab. He received his academic degrees, a bachelor’s in geography and sociology and anthropology (magna cum laude), a master’s in geography (summa cum laude), a master’s in business administration, and a PhD in geography, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests include the study of human spatial behavior, tourism, health geography, and the implementation of advanced technologies such as location tracking technologies, portable sensors, and virtual and augmented reality for monitoring and studying human behavior.
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Elodie Druezis a postdoctoral researcher on the ReligSpace team, responsible for the French fieldwork in Paris. Her research focuses on experiences of racism and discrimination, political behaviors, and politicization. She is particularly interested in sub-Saharan migration and the Black middle class. Her work has been published in Terrains & Travaux and in Tracés. She received a research grant from the City of Paris on xenophobia and anti-Semitism (2018). Her PhD thesis is entitled "Is Blackness political? Racialization and politicization of university graduates of sub-Saharan origin in Paris and London" (2020). Elodie loves singing Greek and Turkish songs and salsa dancing. |