Lilach Nir

Professor Lilach Nir is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, under the College of Political and Social Sciences and the Department of Journalism and Communication Studies. She is a scholar in political communication, public opinion, and media effects.

Education:

• Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

Her research focuses on mass media influence, comparative political communication, and digital mobilization. She has extensively studied cross-national differences in news attention, exposure effects, and opinion quality.

Notable scientific awards include the Fulbright Scholarship and multiple Best Paper Awards. Her work appears in top-tier journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and American Political Science Review.

Nir previously served as an editor for the Oxford International Journal of Public Opinion Research and held leadership roles in the International Communication Association (ICA). She contributes to collaborative research projects like the Weizenbaum Institute’s 'Digitalization and the Transnational Public Sphere'.