Publications
Brenner, N. 2026. Beyond Contact: Social Cohesion and Municipal Performance in Times of Crisis. Administration and Society.
Brenner, N., & Perez-Benhaim, A. 2026 ”We Are the State”: Does Crisis Activate Urban Citizenship. Urban Studies.
Marsiano-Ratner, T., Davidson, A., Nager, Y., Hirsch-Maziols, O., Lan, D., Avishar, A., Arazi, O., Ben-Horin, H., Brenner, N., Tal, T., & Kali, Y. 2026. River Restoration through a Holistic Approach: Citizen Science, Community, Education, and Nature in the "Eyes on Zippori" Project.Ecology and Environment, 17(2).
Brenner, N. 2026. Owning the data, owning the agenda: Citizen Science as a participatory governance tool in Jerusalem. SINAPPSI.
Brenner, N. 2026 Change from the Bottom-Up? Community Leadership in Jerusalem. In Prawer, E. (ed.) Jerusalem: Warning Signs. Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. [in Hebrew].
Brenner, N. 2026 Seam Line Neighborhoods: Where the City Frays. In Prawer, E. (ed.) Jerusalem: Warning Signs. Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. [in Hebrew].
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.
Work in progress
The “Right Direction”? Right-wing attitudes, Trust, and Intergroup Relations with Doron Navot and Itai Beeri (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)
Conflict without distance: The dual effect of external treath on social divisions with Dan Miodownik (Under Review)
Community Efficacy and Political Polarization with Ayala Peretz Benhaim (Under Review)
When Local Action Becomes Part of Something Bigger: Psychological Scaling in Citizen Science with Dalit Lan and Tali Tal (Under Review)
Living in Peace Without Peace with Dan Miodownik (Under Review)
Data Politics: Community Safety and Citizen Science in a Divided City (Under Review)
Narrative Orchestration: How AI support Collaborative Projects? With Yael Kali and Ayelet Baram-Tzabari (In Preparation)
The “Right” Way to Human Rights: Local Attitudes in Times of Crisis with Gil Maymon-Shaham & Dan Miodownik (In Preparation)
Reasons to Stay, Reasons to Leave: National Division vs. Place Attachment with Ayala Peretz Benhaim
Community Citizenship: How values become norms in times of crisis with Ayala Peretz Benhaim and Nir Barak (In Preparation)
INSiGHTS: Experience-based into Evidence-based Policy with Yael Kali and Ayelet Baram-Tzabari (In Preparation)
Leveling up in academia: AI tool to promote diversity groups With Ayelet Baram-Tzabari and Elad Yacobson (In Preparation)
