Lecturers Page Dr. Chen Sharony

Dr. Chen Sharony

Chen Sharony, PhD. is a lecturer at the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Sapir Academic College, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College, and Ashkelon Academic College, Israel. Her main research interests are welfare policy, public preferences, well-being, social capital and health policy.

Areas of interest and Teaching

Areas of interest

  • Welfare policy
  • Public preferences
  • Well-being
  • Social capital
  • Health Policy

Teaching

In current lective year:
  • Introduction to Public Administration and Policy
  • Local Governance
  • Public Management
  • Theories of Public Policy
  • Public Management
  • Theories of Public Policy

Research

Awards

2009                      The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research. Research scholarship for M.A. Thesis: "Relative Poverty and Health in Israel: The Psychosocial vs. Neo-Material Approach". 20,000 NIS.

 

2016                      Honorable mention - best paper award competition. The 12th Annual Graduate Conference in Political Sciences, International Relations and Public Policy. "The Welfare State and Redistribution Policy – Public Preferences and Actual Policy – Comparative Study". 

 

2017                      Israel's National Insurance Institute. Research scholarship for PhD. Thesis: " The Welfare State and Redistribution Policy – Public Preferences and Actual Policy Comparative Study". 40,000 NIS.

 

2025                      Leumit Group. Research Grant. " The effects of October 7 on the residents of the Gaza envelope region: motivation for employment, entrepreneurship, time management, and well-being". 12,500 NIS.

Publications

Book Chapters

1. Shapiro, E. & Sharony, C. (2018). "Religious and Social Capital and Health". In: Handbook of Social Capital and Health. Folland, S. & Nauenberg, E. (Eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing.

2.     Chernichovsky, D., Bisharat, B. & Sharony, C. (2019). "The Health of a Population in Transition: The Israeli Arabs". In: Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World. Laher, I. (Ed.). Springer.

 

3.     Sharony, C. (2025). "Regional Income Gaps". In: The World of Regional Science. Nijkamp, P., Kourtit, K., Haynes, K. & Elburz, Z. (Eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing (Forthcoming).

 

Working Papers

  1. Chernichovsky, D. and Sharony, C. (2015). “The Puzzle of Good Health among Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel.” Policy Research. Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel. Jerusalem.

 

  1. Mizrahi, S. and Sharony, C. (2015). “Public Preferences for Redistribution and the Welfare State through the Mirror of Perceived Occupational Risk.” Working Paper. Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

 

  1. Chernichovsky, D., Bisharat, B., Bowers, L., Brill, A. and Sharony, C. (2017). "The Health of the Arab Israeli Population". Policy Research. Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel. Jerusalem.

 

  1. Neiman, G., Sharony, C. & Chernichovsky, D. (2020). "The National Initiative for Food Security – Qualitative Assessment". Jerusalem: The National Nutritional Security Council.

 

 

 Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Lahat, L. Sharony, C. & Senned, I. (2023). "Uses of Time and Preferences for Uses of Time. Findings from Israel and Thoughts about Policy". Social Security (Hebrew).

 

  1. Lahat, L., Sharony, C., Abraham, V., Lev, O. & Avigur-Eshel, A. (2025). "Effect of Values, Institutional Trust and Risk Perception on Support for Policy Tools in Immunisation against COVID19: A Comparative Study". Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 27(1): 81-104.

 

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