פרופ' אסנת עקירב

Prof. Osnat Akirav

מוסד עיקרי

המכללה האקדמית גליל מערבי

Western Galilee College (WGC)

טלפון

050-5646031

דוא״ל

osnata at wgalil.ac.il

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Akirav+Osnat&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCID ID URL

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6270-6963

דיסציפלינות ראשיותMain Disciplines

Political Science

תחומי מחקר / מילות מפתחKeywords

Agenda setting, Candidate selection methods, Gender and politics, Government formation, Israeli Political System, Legislative studies, Local government, Minorities and politics

פרסומים ויצירות עיקריים / עדכנייםMain / Recent Publications

Lerner, H., Akirav, O., Lavi, L., Shomer, Y., and Talshir, G. (2025). What do Political Scientists Owe Democracy? Organized Political Scholarly Activism in Israel. Journal of Democracy. 36(4):66-73.
Akirav, O. (2025). The narrative of women’s political ambition. Israel Affairs, 1–19.
Akirav, O. (2025). Populism and legislative backsliding. Frontiers in Political Science. 7:1549528.
Akirav, O. (2025). Legislative-Executive Relations in Israel: Constitutional Crisis 2023-2024. PS: Political Science & Politics. 58(1):111-113
Cohen Gil, Yehuda Limor, Barel-Shaked Sagit, Shami Labib, Herscovici Arie, and Akirav Osnat. The technological incubators program as a growth generator of peripheral areas in Israel. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 2024 51:1, 120-136
Akirav, O. (2024). Four overlapping crises: the challenges of the israeli parliament and its individual members. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 20(1), 127-153.
Akirav, O. (2024). Investiture rules and the formation and type of government in Israel and Italy. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 30(1), 1–24.
Akirav, O. (2024). Parliamentary Representation of Political Minorities. Comparative Studies of Political Agendas. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Arie, H., & Osnat, A. (2024). Regional development policy in Galilee periphery in Israel. Growth and Change, e12718.
Limor Yehuda, Sagit Barel-Shaked, Labib Shami, Cohen Gil, Osnat Akirav, and Arie Herscovici. The circular, step by step - three core domains, social entrepreneurship model. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 2024 51:4, 433-452
Lean startup as a model for smart city projects: the case of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Arie Herscovici, Osnat Akirav, Gil Cohen, Limor Yehuda, Sagit Barel-Shaked, and Labib Shami
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 2024 53:2, 245-257
Osnat Akirav, Arie Hershkovici, Limor Yehuda, Sagit Barel-Shaked, Labib Shami, and Gil Cohen. Multi-layered entrepreneurship: perspectives of women candidates for mayor. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 2024 51:2, 218-237
Osnat, A. (2024). Democratic backsliding and the constitutional blitz. European Politics and Society, 1–22.
Sagit Barel-Shaked, Labib Shami, Arie Herscovici, Osnat Akirav, Gil Cohen, and Limor Yehuda. Farmers' typology in an environment of policy reform. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 2024 52:1, 116-130
Women Entrepreneurs in Israel. Osnat Akirav (), Léo-Paul Dana (), A. Allan Degen (), Bella L. Galperin (), and Meron Medzini (). Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East. May 2024, 107-140
Akirav, O. (2023). Susan Hattis Rolef: Israel’s Knesset Members: A Comparative Study of an Undefined Job, International Journal of Parliamentary Studies (published online ahead of print 2023).
Tavor, T., & Akirav, O. (2023). Willingness to pay, familiarity and political attitudes: The case of integrating people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 36( 1), 153– 164.
Osnat Akirav (2023) Governing during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Theory and Practice of Legislation
Osnat Akirav & Gil Cohen (2023) From a peripheral town to the Silicon Valley of northern Israel, Israel Affairs
Osnat Akirav, Léo-Paul Dana, A. Allan Degen, Bella L. Galperin, and Meron Medzini. The Context for Business in Israel.
Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia. June 2022, 403-446
Osnat Akirav (2022) Investiture rules and the formation and type of government in Israel and Italy, The Journal of Legislative Studies
Akirav O., Cohen G. (2022) Traditional Food and Self-Employed Artisans in Druze Villages. In: Dana LP., Ramadani V., Palalic R., Salamzadeh A. (eds) Artisan and Handicraft Entrepreneurs. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham.
Akirav, Osnat. (2021). Intersectional Representation Between Gender, Religion, and Nationality. Review of European Studies. 13. 32.
Yael Shomer, Bjørn Erik Rasch & Osnat Akirav (2021) Termination of parliamentary governments: revised definitions and implications, West European Politics
Talmor, I., & Akirav, O. (2021). A New Approach for Allocating a New Party’s Budget during an Election Campaign. PCD Journal, 9(1), 23-45.
Osnat Akirav (2021) The agenda power of non-legislative tools, Israel Affairs, 27:2, 351-369
Akirav, Osnat. (2021). Women's Leadership in Local Government. Review of European Studies. 13. 77.
Akirav, Osnat. (2021). The Frequency of Use of Legislative and Non-Legislative Tools in Five Countries. Review of European Studies. 13. 14.
Akirav, O. Using non-legislative tools when legislation is hard: a comparison of the Canadian, UK, and Israeli parliaments. Br Polit (2021).
Akirav, O. (2020). "Gender and Parliamentary Activity". Women's Studies International Forum. 79:1-7
Akirav, O. (2020). A new approach to measuring legislators’ activity. International Political Science Review, 41(4), 584–599.
Akirav, O. (2020). The Role of Joint Lists and the New Political Rhetoric in Israel, 2015–2020, Israel Studies Review, 35(3), 111-136.
Akirav, O. (2020). "Measuring the Formation of a New Government: The Case of the Israeli Parliament 1949-2016". The Journal of Legislative Studies.
Akirav, O. (2019). "Assessing the Parliamentary Activities of UK MPs". British Politics
Akirav, O. (2019). "A new approach to measuring legislators' activity International Political Science Review. 1-9
Akirav O. (2019). "The Lioness from Peki'in". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 37(2):232-249
Akirav, O. (2018). "Electoral Rules and Legislators' Productivity". Parliamentary Affairs. 0:1-26.
Akirav, O. (2018). "Candidate Selection Methods, Cooperation and Legislative Effectiveness". Review of European Studies. 10(1).
Akirav, O., Cox, W., G. (2018). " The Formateur’s Bonus in European Constitutional Monarchies, 1901-1999". Legislative Studies Quarterly. September
Akirav, O. (2017). "The Talk-Listen-Respond (TLR) Model of Representatives on Twitter". Journal of Legislative Studies

מענקים ופרסים | Grants and Awards

שנת המענק: 2023

The Swedish national research council (Vetenskapsrådet), with matching funding from Umeå University

Coalition governance beyond Europe

27,000 ₪

שנת המענק: 2022

ISF

The inflated measures of governmental instability

בשיתוף עם Dr. Yael Shomer,

70,000 ₪

שנת המענק: 2022

Minerva Stiftung Fellowship

Parliaments after the Pandemic – Lessons from the Covid-19-Crisis for Political Practice and the Future Research on Parliaments

בשיתוף עם Professor Sven Siefken, Professor Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov Professor Petra Guasti, Professor Csaba Nikolenyi Professor Thomas Saalfeld Professor Olivier Rozenberg Dr. Or Tuttnauer.

25,455 €

ISF

The inflated measures of governmental instability

בשיתוף עם Dr. Yael Shomer, Tel Aviv University, Department of Political Science

450,000 ₪

The National Insurance Institute

Integration of mentally disabled people in the community: The willingness to pay and the new public governability

בשיתוף עם Dr. Zvika Winer, Western Galilee College Dr. Zahi Tavor Academic College of Emek Yezreel

200,000 ₪