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Hebrew University Law Professor Joins ERC Ambassadors Program, Wins Prestigious Research Grant

Hebrew University Law Professor Joins ERC Ambassadors Program, Wins Prestigious Research Grant

13 May, 2025

Prof. Netta Barak-Corren of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Law and the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality has been selected to join the European Research Council’s (ERC) prestigious “Ambassadors for the ERC” program. Professor Barak-Corren recently won an ERC Starting Grant to launch EmpiriCon, a pioneering research project that addresses the lack of empirical grounding in constitutional law.

 

New Journal Launched in Empirical Legal Studies

New Journal Launched in Empirical Legal Studies

4 June, 2024

 

Introducing the Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis: A new peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the growing field of empirical legal studies. This interdisciplinary journal features 10 articles in its inaugural issue, offering valuable insights into the intersection of law and society.

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Dr. Cochav Elkayam Levy, from the Davis Institute for International Relations at Hebrew University of Jerusalem - speaking at a demonstration outside the UN building in New York City on December 4, 2023

4 December, 2023

 

We are at crucial moment in human history.

Since Oct 7th I found myself in a position, I NEVER ASKED FOR MYSELF - To BE A VOICE to those who have remained voiceless, who have been silenced by unimaginable acts of violence.

My name is Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy, and on the 8th day after Hamas’s brutal terrorist attack that instigated this war I established the civil commission on the crimes committed against  women and children as more and more evidence of the gruesome crimes emerged.