Eran Halperin

Professor Eran Halperin is former Dean of the School of Psychology at IDC–Herzliya and now Professor at the Psychology Department of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. An award-winning researcher of emotional processes and field experimentalist, Dr. Halperin’s research uses psychological and political theories to investigate causal factors driving intergroup conflicts. More specifically, his work develops new approaches for modifying the psychological roots of intolerance, exclusion, and intergroup violence. The unique case of Israeli society in general, and that of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular, motivates much of his work, and most of his studies are conducted in that 'natural laboratory.' Halperin has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers in journals that include Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Psychological Science. He has received competitive research awards totalling more than $6M in the last five years, including grants from the European Research Council. He earned his PhD from Haifa University (summa cum laude) and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University on a Fulbright scholarship. In 2013, he received the Erik Erikson Early Career Award from the International Society of Political Psychology.

Academic expertise

Emotions in conflicts, intergroup interventions

Topic for press interviews

Psychology of conflicts, Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Contact Information

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