Team
Principal Investigator
Prof. Jennifer Oser
Jenny is the PI of the project, and a Full Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. She completed her PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and conducted research as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the relationships between public opinion, political participation, and representation. Jenny is an elected member of the Israel Young Academy (2023-2027). Additional information on Jenny's research agenda and publications can be found on her personal website.
Team
Raya Even David
Administrative Manager of PRD
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Raya Even David completed her BA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she studied Judaism and Education. She has extensive experience leading, educating, and facilitating diverse groups. Raya has been working at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev since 2018 as an administrative manager of high-impact research projects.
Dr. Jesper Lindqvist
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Gothenburg in Sweden
Expertise:
Data harmonization and analysis
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Full-time PRD Researcher, 2023-2025
Jesper is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden co-supervised by Prof. Mikael Persson, and is PRD’s lead research team member for harmonization and analysis of data on political participation and representation. With a focus on political science, Jesper completed his BA at Uppsala University, his MA at Leiden University, and his PhD at the University College Dublin. Research based on Jesper’s dissertation on left-right attitudes has been published in the European Journal of Political Research.
Dr. Aya Shoshan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Expertise:
Qualitative fieldwork
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Full-time PRD Researcher, 2023-2025
A postdoctoral researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, Aya is PRD’s lead research team member for qualitative longitudinal fieldwork in Israel and Spain. With a focus on political science and sociology, Aya completed her BA at Yale University, and her MA and PhD at Ben-Gurion University. Aya’s research on social movements has been published in Social Movement Studies and the International Journal of Press/Politics.
Francisca Castro
Postdoctoral Researcher
International Security and Development Center in Berlin, Germany
Expertise:
Experimental and observational research
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Part-time PRD Researcher, 2023-2025
Francisca completed her PhD at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany in Prof. Anselm Hager’s Chair of International Politics, and she is advancing PRD’s experimental and observational research related to representation and policy change. With a focus on political science and sociology, Francisca completed her BA and MA at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and her PhD dissertation focuses on the connection between protest and democratic backsliding. Additional information on Francisca's research agenda can be found on her personal website.
Johan Lyrvall
PhD Student
University of Catania, Italy
Expertise:
Latent class analysis
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Full-time PRD Researcher, 2023-2025
A PhD student at the University of Catania in Italy co-supervised by Dr. Roberto Di Mari, Johan is PRD’s lead research team member for latent class analysis methodological innovations. With a focus on economics, Johan completed his BSc at Lund University, and his MSc at KU Leuven. Johan is a co-developer of an R package (posted to arXiv) for single-level and multilevel latent class analysis that is already widely used. Additional information on Johan's research agenda can be found on his personal website.
Barak Zur
PhD Student
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Expertise:
Data coding and analysis
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Part-time PRD Researcher, 2023-2025
A PhD student at Tel Aviv University in Israel supervised by Prof. Yotam Margalit, Barak’s research focuses on the connection between globalization and democracy. With a focus on history, economics, and political science, Barak completed his BA at Tel Aviv University, and his MA at Bayreuth University in Germany. His dissertation focuses on the connection between international employment opportunities and political behavior. Barak contributes to PRD's harmonization and analysis of data on participation and representation.
