OFEK EDRI-PEER
I am a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, a fellow in the IDIT Fellowship of the Herta & Paul Amir Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa and a fellow in ISEF doctoral program.
I am passionate about exploring the influence of frontline public servants on citizens' lives and how the former may shape the prospects and opportunities of the latter.
My research interests include street-level bureaucracy, procedural justice, policy implementation, law enforcement policy, and social policy. My latest work has been published in The American Review of Public Administration and European Policy Analysis.
MY RESEARCH INTERESTS
PUBLICATIONS
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:
1. Edri-Peer, Ofek, & Cohen, Nissim. (2023). Procedural Justice and the Unintended Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats in Prompting Citizens to Act as Vigilantes. The American Review of Public Administration, 53(2), 51-63. [Article]
2. Edri-Peer, Ofek, Silveira, Mariana Costa, Davidovitz, Maayan, Frisch-Aviram, Neomi, Shehade, Jamal, Diab, Hadeel, Golan-Nadir, Niva & Cohen, Nissim (2023). Policy Entrepreneurship on the Street-Level: A Systematic Literature Review, European Policy Analysis. [Article]
OTHER SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
1. Edri-Peer, Ofek & Cohen, Nissim (2023). “When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement It: A Framework for Understanding Policy Engagement - a book review of John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal’s book, Public Administration Review. [Article]
AWARDS AND HONORS
2024. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities’ Alix de Rothschild Fellowship Program for Doctoral Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
2023. ISEF Fellowship for Doctoral Students.
2022. Idit Fellowship for Excellent Graduate Students, University of Haifa, Israel.
2020. Award for Excellence for Graduate Students, ISEF.
2019. ISEF Fellowship for Graduate Students.
2019. Scholarship for Excellence for Graduate Students, School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2019. Award for Excellence for Undergraduate Students, ISEF.
2017. ISEF Fellowship for Undergraduate Students.
2017. Scholarship for Excellence for Undergraduate Students, School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
April 2024. ISEF Annual Conference: That's Leadership. Jerusalem, Israel – Presenter
September 2023. EGPA 2023: Steering the European Union through poly-crises storms: The Role of Public Administration. Zagreb, Croatia – Presenter & Discussant.
June 2023. International Conference on Public Policy 6, Toronto, Canada – Presenter.
June 2023. Haifa Social Science Conference 5: Creating a Better World: Incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals in Social Sciences, Haifa, Israel - Organizer & Moderator.
May 2023. International Workshop on Street-Level Bureaucracy and Inequality, Haifa, Israel - Organizer & Presenter.
March 2023. ASPA 2023 Annual Conference: Protecting Democracy, Online Conference – Presenter.
February 2023. ISPSA Conference: Politics and Democracy in an Era of Fateful Changes, Tel Aviv, Israel – Presenter.
June 2022. IWPP3 2022 Workshop: International Workshop on Public Policy, Budapest, Hungary – Presenter.
June 2022. SLB 2022 Conference: Street-Level Bureaucracy Conference 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark – Presenter.
May 2022. ISPSA Conference: Government Crisis Challenges, Haifa, Israel – Presenter.
April 2022. IRSPM 2022 Conference: Facing the Future: Evolving Social-political-administrative Relations and the Future of Administrative Systems, Virtual Conference – Presenter.
March 2022. ASPA 2022 Conference: American Society for Public Administration Highlights Week, Jacksonville, Florida, USA – Presenter.
September 2021. EGPA 2021 Conference: Resilience and Agility of Public Institutions in Times of Crisis, Brussels, Belgium – Presenter.
July 2021. IASIA-IIAS 2021 Conference: Public Administration and Industry, Bela-Bela, South Africa – Presenter.
July 2021. International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP5), Barcelona, Spain – Presenter & Discussant.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020-2022. Teaching assistant for a special seminar for excellent students (B.A.), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel
2020-until today. Teaching assistant for the course “Setting Public Policy” (M.A.), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2020-2021. Teaching assistant for the course “Public Design, Analysis and Evaluation” (M.A. in English), Tiomkin School of Economics, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel.
2019- until today. Teaching assistant for the course “Research Methods and Academic Writing in Political Sciences” (B.A.), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2019-until today. Teaching assistant for the course “Governance and Politics” (B.A), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
EDUCATION
2019-2022. M.A. in Public Policy and Administration with Thesis (Summa Cum Laude), School of Political Science, University of Haifa, Israel.
Thesis topic: “Procedural Justice and the Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats in Prompting Citizens to Act as Vigilantes.”
Thesis Grade: 98. Advisor: Nissim Cohen
2017-2019. B.A in Political Sciences (Magna Cum Laude), University of Haifa, Israel.