Join IPF Atid Bay Area and the Bay Area JCRC for a brewery briefing from Dr. Eran Halperin. Eran is a visiting professor at Stanford from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is one of the leading social-psychologists in Israel who's work focuses on the psychological origins of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
This event is for young professionals between the ages of 21 and 39.
Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023
Time: 7-9pm PT
Location: Wilkommen Rainbow Room | 2198 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114
RSVP link to share with friends: ipf.li/march2sf
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IPF Atid is the young professionals network of Israel Policy Forum, an organization dedicated to advancing support for a viable two-state solution that safeguards Israeli security. It is a community comprised of informed and empowered young professionals working to advance a more pragmatic, nuanced conversation addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Eran Halperin is a distinguished and authoritative voice in the exploration of the psychological roots of intergroup conflicts in Israel and worldwide. He is full professor in the Faculty of Psychology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is the head and founder of aChord: Social Psychology for Social Change. He also leads the Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation (PICR) Lab, which is devoted to the study and development of social-psychological interventions to improving intergroup relations.
Eran has spent years exploring psychological and political theories to investigate the many aspects of intergroup conflicts. In 2012, he was awarded Most Promising Young Political Psychologist in the world by the International Society of Political Psychology. The majority of Eran's studies focus on the role of emotions and emotional regulation in determining public opinion towards peace and equality, as well as war and discrimination. Eran believes in "bottom-up" processes, as well as in the power of the people to create social change. His work is focused on public perspectives, the ways through which social change can be set in motion towards democracy and peace. The unique case of Israeli society (and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular) motivates his work and inspires his thinking. The majority of his studies are conducted within the context of this natural laboratory.
He is a graduate of the University of Haifa with a Masters and Doctorate in Political Science Summa Cum Laude, a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, and a Fulbright Scholar. Since completion of his PhD, Eran has published over 130 academic papers, three books, and is a frequent lecturer on the worldwide stage. Eran has recently been awarded one of the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants – among the most competitive funding schemes of the European Research Council and the biggest grant awarded by the EU for a single researcher. It is his second consecutive ERC award, totaling over 3.5 million Euros. The ERC grants have funded research on emotional regulation and conflict resolution and promoting intergroup reconciliation through
personalized psychological mechanisms.
