Areas of interest
- Collaborative Governance
- Trust and Well-being in Public Organizations
- Uses of Time and Policy
- Well-being and Policy
- Regulation of Social Services
- Smart Cities and Policy
- Policy perceptions
פרופסור ליהיא להט (פרופסור חבר), היא חוקרת ומרצה במחלקה למנהל ומדיניות ציבורית במכללה האקדמית ספיר ו-Affiliate Associate Professor, Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, Concordia University, Montreal.
Lihi Lahat is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Administration and Policy at Sapir Academic College and an Affiliate Associate Professor at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. Her research focuses on regulating personal social services, policy perceptions, trust, and the well-being of public sector workers, the relationship between time and policy, smart cities, and collaborative governance. Dr. Lahat holds a BA in political science, an MA cum laude in public policy, and a Ph.D. in public policy, all from Tel Aviv University. Her doctoral dissertation was on policymakers' perceptions of poverty. Her papers have been published in various journals, including Policy Sciences, Social Policy & Administration, International Review of Administrative Science, Management & Governance, Poverty & Public Policy, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Journal of European Social Policy, and Policy Studies. Dr. Lahat has been a member of the Taub Center since 2009. Along with Dr. Sher-Hadar, she was the academic co-director of the research group studying collaborative governance in the Chazan Center at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. She serves as a board member of ESPAnet Israel, and on the board of the Association for Israel Studies (AIS). She was a member of the executive board of the Political Science Association (2011-2013) and ran the “Outcome Oriented Management and Practice in Human Services Project” in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services (2013–2014). She served as the public representative on the Social Work Committee, advising the Israeli Minister of Social Affairs and Social Services (2018-2021). In the fall of 2018 (revisited in October 2022), she was a visiting researcher at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. In Fall 2019, she was an Israel Institute Visiting Scholar at the Serling Institute at Michigan State University, US.
As a researcher in public policy
and public administration, I aim to understand better how governments work and
how it affects our lives. Moreover, I am interested in discovering ways to
improve governments' actions. My research orientation is nested in the
neo-institutional approach, and I am interested in the way institutional
arrangements, in their broader definition, affect policy outcomes. I am drawn
to comparative and multi-disciplinary perspectives and utilize different
methods as my research questions require. Since public policy and public
administration are intertwined, I explore both fields.
Scholarships, Awards, Prizes and Research Grants:
2021 Co-investigator, with Dr. Regev Nathansohn,
‘Mixed and Smart Cities: Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Applications’.
Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University.
2020-2021 Co-investigator, with Dr. Francesca Scala
and Dr. Omer Keynan, ‘Covid-19: Perceptions of Time and Well-Being during the
Covid-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Social Media Sites in Canada and Israel’.
Partnership Engage Grants Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (SSHRC).
2019 The Israel Institute Visiting Faculty Grant
(Michigan University -MSU).
2018 Visiting Researcher Grant the Azrieli
Institute, Concordia University
2017-2019 Co-PI, with Prof. Itai Sened, ‘Time and
policy: reality and aspirations’. The National Insurance Institute of Israel
2002-2006 The Eshkol Scholarship, Doctoral
scholarship, Ministry of Science, Israel.
2005 The Citizens' Empowerment Center
Scholarship.
2003-2004 The Horowitz Scholarship for
Excellence in Ph.D. research. The Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv
University.
2002 The Polak Scholarship, Doctoral
scholarship, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2001-2002 Doctoral Scholarship, The School of
Government and Policy, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
1999 Award for Exceptional Academic Achievements (MA), The Department of Public Policy, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals
(peer-reviewed):
Published (or in press)
Lahat, L. & Sened, I. (2023). Behavioural Knowledge for Policy
Design: The Connection between Time Use Behaviours and (or) Desires and Support
for Policy Alternatives. Social Policy & Administration, [Link]
Lahat, L. & Nathansohn, R. (2023). Challenges and Opportunities for
Equity in Public Management: The Case of Digital Applications in Multicultural
Cities. Public Management Review. [Link]
Lahat, L. Kelenk, T. & Pitkowsky-Nave, N. (2023).
Street-Level Bureaucrats as Policy Entrepreneurs and Collaborators: Findings
from Israel and Germany. European Policy Analysis [Link]
Lahat, L. Sharony, C & Sened, I. (2023). Uses of time and
preferences for uses of time and
gender differences: Findings from Israel and thoughts
about policy, Journal of Social Security. (Hebrew (. [Link]
Lahat, L., Keynan, O. & Scala F. (2023).
Capitalising on Twitter for Policy Learning during Crises: The Case of the
Covid-19 Pandemic, International Journal of Public Administration [Link]
Lahat, L. & Sened, I. (2023). The politics and policies
of sleep? Empirical findings and the policy context.” Policy
Studies 44, no. 3 (2023): 408-430.The Politics and Policies of Sleep?
Empirical Findings and the Policy Context, Policy Studies no.
3 (2023): 408-430. [Link]
Nathansohn, R. & Lahat, L. (2022). From Urban Vitality to Urban
Vitalisation: Trust, Distrust, and Citizenship Regimes in a Smart City Initiative, Cities. 131, 103969. [Link]
Lahat, L., & Ofek, D.
(2022). Emotional well-being among public employees: A comparative
perspective. Review of Public Personnel Administration.
[Link]
Lahat,
L., & Sabah, Y. (2021). Effects of different kinds of trust and
leadership on outputs of collaborative processes: the case of personal social
services in Israel. International Journal of Public Sector
Management, 34 (3), 336-355. [Link]
Lahat,
L., & Sabah, Y. (2020). Adaptive
Regulation: A Possible Model for Regulation and Innovation in Personal Social
Services. Israel Studies Review, 35 (3), 11-30. [Link]
Lahat,
L. (2020). Changing expectations? The change in the role of Ministry
in the regulation of personal social services, The American Academy of
Political and Social Science – ANNALS 691 Special issue 691(1), 153-173. [Link]
Lahat, L., & Sened, I. (2020). Time and
Well-Being, An Institutional, Comparative Perspective. Is it Time to explore
the idea of a Time Policy? Journal of European Social Policy, Vol.
30 (3): 275-292. [Link]
Lahat,
L., & Sher Hadar, N. (2020). A Threefold Perspective: Conditions for
Collaborative Governance. Journal of Management and Governance.
24 (1), 117-134. [Link]
Lahat,
L. (2019). The Challenge of the Academia - Practitioner Connection: The Case of
Social Services in Israel. International Review of Administrative
Sciences. 85 (1), 173-190. [Link]
Lahat,
L. (2018). The Effects of Knowledge about Poverty, Exposure to Poverty and
Trust on Policymakers’ Perceptions about Poverty. Social Policy &
Administration, 52(3), 611-630. [Link]
Lahat,
L. (2018). Swimming on Land: Some Suggestions for Today's Public
Administration. Perspectives, Employee Responsibilities and Rights
Journal, 30(3), 229–238. [Link]
Lahat, L. &
Sabah, Y. (2018) Adapted regulation as a possible model for personal social
services: Theoretical and practical aspects. Society and Welfare. Vol.38,
149-174 (Hebrew). [Link]
Van de
Walle, S., & Lahat, L. (2017). Do
Public Officials Trust Citizens? A Welfare State Perspective. Social
Policy & Administration. 51(7), 1450-1469. [Link]
Lahat,
L., & Talit, G. (2015). Regulation of Personal Social Services - The
Israeli Experience. Social Policy & Administration, 49(3),
335-355. [Link]
Lahat,
L., & Sher-Hadar, N. (2015). Public Value Failures and the Israeli Public
Protest. 'Social Security' Journal of Social Security, 96,
29-53. [Link]
(Hebrew)
Lahat,
L., & Talit, G. (2012). Regulatory Mechanisms in Personal Social Services:
The Case of Israel, Journal of Social Security, 90, 81-120. [Link]
(Hebrew)
Lahat,
L. (2011). How Can Leaders' Perceptions Guide Policy Analysis in an Era of
Governance? Policy Sciences, 44(2), 135-155. [Link]
Lahat,
L., & Menahem, G. (2009). Causes and Remedies for Poverty: Perceptions
among Local Elected Leaders in Israel. Journal of Poverty and Public
Policy, 1, (2), 1-31. [Link]
Lahat,
L. (2009). The Individual’s Fault or the Society? Policymakers' Perceptions of
Poverty in Israel, Journal of Social Security, 80, 58-102.
(Hebrew) [Link]
Lahat, L.,
Menahem, G. & Katan, J. (2007). Attitudes of Heads of Local Authorities in
Israel: The Sources of Poverty and Ways to Deal with Poverty, Israeli
Sociology, 9(1), 71-101. (Hebrew([Link]
Menahem,
G., Lahat, L. with Simantov, A. (2006). The Dilemmas of New Governance: A
View from the Social Capital Perspective, Israeli Sociology, 7(2),
397-424. (Hebrew). [Link]
Other Scientific Publications:
Lahat, L & Sened, I. (2019). Time and
Policy: Uses of time, policy preferences, and policy perceptions. Research
report. The National Insurance Institute of Israel. [Link]
Lahat, L., & Sher Hadar, N. (2017).
Collaborative governance: Literature review (draft for discussion). Jerusalem:
The Center for Social Justice and Democracy in Memory of Yakov Chazan at
the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute [Link].
Books
Sher
Hadar, N., Lahat, L & Galnoor, I. (Eds.) (2021). Collaborative
Governance. Theory and Lessons from Israel (Palgrave -Macmillan). [Link]
Book chapters
Lahat, L. and Sher-Hadar N. (2021). Introduction:
Collaborative Governance. In: Sher Hadar, N., Lahat, L &
Galnoor, I. (Eds.) Collaborative Governance: Theory and Lessons from
Israel (pp. 1-24). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Lahat L. and Sher-Hadar (2021). A threefold
perspective: condition for collaborative governance. In: Sher Hadar, N.,
Lahat, L & Galnoor, I. (Eds.) Collaborative Governance: Theory and Lessons
from Israel (pp. 77-100). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Apel, N., & Lahat, L. (2021). Example: The Partnership for Regional Sustainability as a
Collaborative Governance Arrangement. In Sher Hadar, N., Lahat, L &
Galnoor, I. (Eds.) Collaborative Governance: Theory and Lessons from
Israel (pp. 267-275). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Sher-Hadar N. and Lahat, L. (2021). Conclusions:
Collaborative Governance. In: Sher Hadar, N., Lahat, L &
Galnoor, I. (Eds.) Collaborative Governance: Theory and Lessons from
Israel (pp. 277-293). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Lahat, L., & Sher Hadar, N. (2019) Coping with
the implementation challenge: Decision-making strategies and their implications
for collaborative governance. In Editors: Kekez, A., Howlett, M. and Ramesh,
M. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: Promise and
Pitfalls. (pp.255-267). Edward Elgar DOI: 10.4337/9781788978583.00026 [Link]
Lahat, L. (2019). New institutionalism in Public
Policy. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and
Governance. Ed: Professor Ali Farazmand. [Link]
Book Reviews (Hebrew)
Lahat, L. (2019) “For the welfare state”, Abraham
Doron, Benish, A. and Gal, J. (Eds.), Journal of Social Security,
107. [Link]
Lahat, L. (2015). Governance - a Very Short
Introduction, Mark Bevir. Oxford University Press. Journal
of Social Security, 96, 155-158. [Link]
Lahat, L. (2011). Social Security as a Public
Interest: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry into the Foundations of the Regulatory
Welfare State, Gijsbert Vonk and Albertjan Tollenaar (eds.), Social Europe
Series 24, Antwerp, Oxford, Portland: Intersentia, Journal of Social
Security. 86, 137-142. [Link]
Lahat, L. (2008). Social Justice, Legitimacy and
the Welfare State, Steffen Mau and Benjamin Veghte (Eds.), Journal of
Social Security, 78, 160-164. [Link]
Other Publications:
Nathansohn, R. and Lahat, L. (2022). Smart”
and “Mixed” Cities: Challenges
and Opportunities of Digital Applications. Research report. The Harry S. Truman
Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace.
Lahat, L. (2020). Public sector employee’s
emotional well-being in challenging times, ISQOLS - International Society for
Quality-of-Life Studies - blog – https://isqols.org/news/9220341 and
Espanet Israel website.
Lahat, L. (2020). Thoughts about time in times of
quarantine, ISQOLS - International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies - blog
- https://isqols.org/news/8929877 and
Espanet Israel website.
Lahat, L., & Sher Hadar, N. "The Hidden
Challenges of the Current Government". Maariv, http://www.maariv.co.il/journalists/journalists/Article-478872,
31/5/2015.
Lahat, L., & Talit, G. (2011). Work in Process
or a Necessary Change? Regulation of Personal Social Services in Israel. Policy
Paper no. 2011.02. Jerusalem: Taub Center. (Hebrew).
Lahat, L. "The War is not between Capitalists
and Socialists". The Marker, Haaretz 23/10/2008.
Lahat, L. "The Ugly Face of the
Government", The Marker, Haaretz, 26/5/2008.
Lahat. L. "Leave Ireland", Haaretz,
20/4/2006.
Presentation of Papers at Conferences (peer-reviewed):
2024
Midwest Political Science Association- 81st MPSA,
Chicago, IL, USA.
Lahat, L. & Ansell, C. “Collaborative
Governance as a Grand Theory”;
Lahat, L., Sharony, C., Sharon, N. & Van Dum, G. “The Relationship Between Perceptions of Social
Service Quality and Well-being (or vice versa?)”.
2023
International Conference of Public Policy (ICPP6). University of Toronto (Virtual).
Lahat, L. & Sharony, C. (with Lev, O., Abraham, V., Avigur-Eshel, A.). “The Effect of Values, Institutional Trust, and Risk Perceptions on Support for
Policy Tools in the Area of Immunization against Covid-19: A Comparative
Study”.
2023
Association of Israel Studies (AIS), New York University, USA.
Lahat, L. & Regev Nathansohn. “Social Equity in Public Administration:
Digital Applications in Smart City Projects in 'Mixed' Cities in Israel”.
2023
Midwest Political
Science Association Conference (MPSA), Chicago, USA.
Lahat, L. (With
Sharony, C., Lev, O., Abraham, V., Avigur-Eshel, A) “The Effect of Values,
Institutional Trust, and Risk Perceptions on Support for Policy Tools in the
Area of Immunization against Covid-19: A Comparative Study”.
2022
European Group for
Public Administration (EGPA), ISCSP, Lisbon, Portugal
Lahat, L.
2022
The European
Network for Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet), University of Vienna, Austria.
Lahat, L. Klenk, T.
& Pitkowsky-Nave, N. “Street-Level Bureaucrats as Policy Entrepreneurs and Collaborators: Findings from Israel and Germany”.
2021
International
Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, ISQOLS, (Virtual). Lahat, L. Scala, F.
& Keynan, O. “Perceptions of Time and Well-Being during the Covid-19
Pandemic: An Analysis of Social Media Sites and Implications for policy”.
2021
International
Conference of Public Policy, ICPP5, Barcelona (Virtual). And IPSA-AISP, 26th
World Congress of Political Science, Lisbon (Virtual). And the 9th European
Association of Israel Studies (EAIS) Bucharest (Virtual)
Lahat, L. &; Sened, I. "The connection between behaviors, desires, and
policy
alternatives as a feedback
mechanism that reinforces policy design and policy tools".
2021
The Association of
Israel Studies, AIS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Virtual). And International Conference of
Public Policy, ICPP5, Barcelona (Virtual).
Regev Nathansohn &; Lahat, L. "Can Distrust Lead to Citizens’
Involvement in Smart Cities? The Israeli Case of a
Neighbourhood in Haifa".
2019
International
Conference of Public Policy, ICPP4, Concordia University, Montreal. Lahat, L.
"Changing expectations? The regulation of personal social
services".
2018
Midwest Political
Science Association- 76th MPSA, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lahat, L. & Sened, I. "Is It Time for a Time Policy? Time Uses and
Subjective Well-being".
2017
ISQOLS 15th,
Conference, Quality of Life: Towards a Better Society, Innsbruck, Austria.
Lahat, L. & Sened, I. "Uses of Time and Social Outcomes".
2017
International
Conference of Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.
Lahat, L., & Sher-Hadar, N. "Collaborative Governance, and Public
Values: Examples from the Israeli Case."
2015
Policy & Politics
conference, Bristol University, Bristol, UK. Lahat, L. "Academia and
Practice: The Challenge of Collaboration".
2014
Policy &
Politics conference, Bristol University, Bristol, UK
Lahat, L., & Sabah, Y. "Leadership and Trust in an Era of
Collaborative Governance: The Case of an Outcome-Oriented Project in the
Israeli Social Services".
2011
International
Summer School, Collegio Carlo Alberto, [Beyond New Public Management?]
University of Milano & University of Torino, Torino. Lahat, L., &
Talit, G. "The Challenge of Building Regulatory Mechanisms in the Era of
New Public Management: The Case of Personal Social Services in Israel".
In Israel (last five years)
2023
ESPAnet Israel,
Haifa University, and Israel Political Science Association, Tel-Aviv University -“The
Effect of Values, Trust, and Risk Perceptions on Support for Policy Tools in
the Area of Immunization against Covid-19: A Comparative Study” (With Chen
Sharony, Ori Lev, Villy Abraham, Amit Avigur-Eshel).
2022
Association for Israel Studies, AIS. Lahat, L. Keynan. O, & Scala, F. “The
Government-Citizen Relationship as Reflected in Facebook:
A Comparison of Israel and Ontario During Covid-19”, Bar-Ilan University.
2022
ESPAnet Israel, Lahat, L. Keynan. O, & Scala, F. ”The ‘canary in the
coal mine’ – Social Media Sites as a Tool for Public Administration Learning:
Perceptions of Time and Well-Being during
the Covid-19 Pandemic”, The Hebrew University.
2019
Lahat, L. &
Sened, I. "Time and policy: Time uses, time preferences and policy
perceptions in Israel", Western Galilee College, Israel.
2019
Lahat, L. "Changing expectations? The regulatory narrative of personal social
services", Regulation for welfare: International workshop, Hebrew
University, Israel.
2019
Lahat, L. &
Sened, I. "Time and policy: Time uses, time preferences and policy
perceptions in Israel," Espanet Israel, Ruppin Academic Center,
Israel.
2018
Lahat, L. & Sabah,
Y. "Adapted regulation as a possible model for personal social services:
Theoretical and practical aspects".; Sher-Hadar, N. & Lahat L.
"Collaborative Governance and Public Values: Examples from the Israeli
Case".; Lahat, L. & Sened, I. "Is It Time for a Time Policy? Time
Uses and Subjective Well-being". ESPAnet Israel, The Academic College of
Emek Yezreel, Israel.
2017
Lahat, L., &
Ofek, D. "Public Employees' Well-being", Israel Political Science
Association, Tel-Aviv-Yafo Academic College, Israel.
2017
Lahat, L., &
Ofek, D. "Public Employees' Well-being", ESPAnet Israel, Bar-Ilan,
University, Israel.