Publications

Brenner, N., & Perez-Benhaim, A. 2026 ”We Are the State”: Does Crisis Activate Urban Citizenship. Urban Studies.

Brenner, N., Ben-Shmuel, A. T. 2026 Oslo and Post-Oslo Generation: How Failed Peace Processes Shape Peacebuilding Perspectives. Peacebuilding.

Brenner, N., Itzhaki, E. 2026 The Neighborliness Index: Winter 2025. Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. [in Hebrew].

Brenner, N., Avni, N., Rosen, G. & Miodownik, D. 2026 Flexible Compliance? Utility and Legitimacy in Jerusalem. Territory, Politics, Governance

Brenner, N. & Miodownik, D. 2025 Identities, Participation and the Immigration Crisis in the City: A Comparative Analysis. Cities.

Brenner, N. & Kerner, H. 2025 “I walk in the street and I feel alone”: Community Safety in Jerusalem, Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. [in Hebrew].

Brenner, N. 2025Bonding or Bridging: Community Leadership in Divided Cities, Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. [in Hebrew].

Brenner. N. 2025 Community Safety: Why in Jerusalem? And Why Now?, Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. [in Hebrew].

Faibish, N., Brenner, N. & Miodownik, D. 2024 Third Space and Contact in a Divided City: Evidence from Jerusalem. Peacebuilding.

Brenner, N. 2024 Liminal Logic: Peacebuilding and Photovoice in Jerusalem. Geoforum.

Maymon-Shaham, G., Brenner, N., Yaacov, P. & Miodownik, D. 2024 Urban Identity vs. National Identity in the Global City: Evidence from Six European Cities.European Journal of Political Research.

Brenner, N., Miodownik, D., & Shenhav, S. 2024 Leadership repertoire and political engagement in a divided city: The case of East Jerusalem. Urban Studies.

Lehrs, L., Brenner, N., Avni, N., & Miodowink, D. 2023 Seeing peace like a city: Local visions and diplomatic proposals for future solutions. Peacebuilding. 

Brenner, N., Kubler, T., & Nassar, T. 2023 Challenging the linear model of peacebuilding planning: The case of Jerusalem. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development.

Brenner, N. & Avni, N 2023 Urban Peacebuilding in Jerusalem: Infrastructure as Infrastructure for Peace?. Politika: The Israeli Journal of Political Science & International Relations [in Hebrew].

Brenner, N., Shenhav, S., & Miodownik, D. 2022. Leadership development in divided cities: The Homecomer, Middlemen, and Pathfinder. Journal of Urban Affairs.

Avni, N., Brenner, N., Miodownik, D. & Rosen, G. 2022. Limited urban citizenship: the case of community councils in East Jerusalem. Urban Geography.

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Work in progress

The “Right Direction”? Right-wing attitudes, Trust, and Intergroup Relations with Doron Navot and Itai Beeri (Under Review)

Social Dynamics and Municipal Performance: Comparative Crisis Analysis(Under Review)

Owning the data, owning the agenda: Citizen Science as a participatory governance tool in Jerusalem (Under Review)

From Enjoyment to Engagement: How Place-Based Citizen Science Cultivates Pro-Environment dispositions With Dalit Lan & Tali Tal (Under Review)

One River, Multiple Ways to Sense of Place in Place-Based Citizen Science with Dalit Lan and Tali Tal (Under Review)

Change from the Bottom-Up? Community Leadership in Jerusalem (Book Chapter, In Press JIPR)

Seam Line Neighborhoods: Where the City Frays (Book Chapter, In Press JIPR)

The “Right” Way to Human Rights: Local Attitudes in Times of Crisis with Gil Maymon-Shaham & Dan Miodownik (In Preparation)

Rally to the Flag? War, Social Division and Intergroup Relations with Dan Miodownik (In Prepartion)

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