The Blogs: Not flying the flag this Independence Day From the blog of Daniel Orenstein at The Times of Israel

When red lines - dark red lines - are crossed, its hard to celebrate independence day.

ברכות להונגריה על צעד משמעותי בדרך חזרה לדמוקרטיה. בקרוב גם אצלנו!

Yes.

The Blogs: The Morning Commute Relationship Worth Saving From the blog of Daniel Orenstein at The Times of Israel

My romantic relationship involves a four-wheeled partner... blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-morning-...

The Blogs: Jews, please think before you click From the blog of Daniel Orenstein at The Times of Israel

We have enough problems without adding disinformation to our roster... Jews - please think before you click!

Human-nature interactions through a digital prism: Heterogeneity in user socio-demographics and content across social media platforms User-generated content from social media platforms offers valuable insights into human-nature interactions, yet research frequently relies on data fro…

New article on how much we can learn about nature preferences through social media data. Using data from 13 social media platforms posted from the Ramat Hanadiv Nature Park, we explore how we can get the clearest possible understanding of visitor preferences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Blogs: Israeli academia is in a maelstrom. This is how we can move forward From the blog of Daniel Orenstein at The Times of Israel

On the convergence of challenges facing Israeli academia and how transdisciplinary science might be the answer... Comments always welcome - here or in the blog! blogs.timesofisrael.com/israeli-acad...

The Blogs: Emigration? It’s Not the Missiles From the blog of Daniel Orenstein at The Times of Israel

Israelis are leaving not because of external threats like missiles and terrorism. They are leaving because of government corruption and extremism. Its not too late to preserve Israel as a liberal and peace-seeking democracy. My latest blog post: blogs.timesofisrael.com/emigration-i...

Next week (Monday, 24 November) at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Mini-conference of studies in history of the land and people of Israel sponsored by the Glass-Balaban Fund!

In a sea of propaganda and disinformation - presenting a mini-conference on studies on the history of the land and people of Israel at the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning.

Leveraging AI and social media for actionable insights for nature park management

What can we learn about visitor perceptions in nature through analysis of thousands of social media posts? What are the limits of the knowledge we can derive from them? Can we use the information for better management? Our answers in our new article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A Rich Person’s Problem? Socio-Ecological Analysis of Human-Wild Boar Conflict Distribution in an Urban Setting - Human Ecology Our study presents a comprehensive method for measuring the distribution of urban wildlife and human-wildlife conflicts based on citizen reports. We investigate the ecological and social factors affec...

Eran Schwarzfuchs shows that predicted wild boar presence in Haifa neighborhoods didn't correlate closely with reports of presence. Rather, more affluent communities more often reported/complained of boar presence. Is boar presence "a rich person's problem"? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Policy response matters: A textual analysis highlights indirect Covid-19 impacts in Israel Covid-19 heralded a prolonged global crisis with wide-ranging impacts still unfolding. Understanding their dynamics is crucial for building societal r…

The social, economic, and health impacts of the RESPONSE to Covid 19 were profound. Here, Dr. Merav Cohen systematically reviews those impacts and focuses on our need for more holistic understanding of policy implementation and response to crises. Read it here! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

And the march to silence and erase Jewish or neutral-on-Israel voices continues unabated without so much as a nod of recognition of their own hypocrisy. The rule of the land- adopt the sanctioned discourse of prepare to be silenced. And the Guardian, for all their high-brow ideals, leads the charge.

Our Covid-19 policies were as impactful as the virus itself. Dr. Merav Cohen shows the focus was on economic and political fallout. The lesson: future responses must address broad, systemic effects. Full article: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S027...

A Man Attacked a March for Israeli Hostages in Colorado. Here’s What to Know.

When Jewish demonstrators are fire bombed in Boulder Colorado and there is nothing in my BlueSky feed about it, there is definitely a problem with my feed... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

When I'm not posting politics, history, angst about the end of the world, I do research... aca.pensoft.net/article/1482.... Come see my talk in Tampere, Finland next month! We can talk about the other stuff during the coffee break! @elter-ri.eu

Looking forward to measuring the shelf life of this theory.

The Blogs: Fragmented Truths: Israel, Gaza, and Responsibility From the blog of Daniel Orenstein at The Times of Israel

Stop the war. Bring our hostages home. Replace this lousy government. blogs.timesofisrael.com/fragmented-t...

The Social Ecology Lab at the Technion calls to stop this war and bring the hostages home.

The Blogs: Israel’s beautiful nature, in photographs From the anemone and blue butterflies, to the gazelles, the hoopoes, and the varied terrain, here are 77 reasons to love the land and those that dwell there

Still something to work for... blogs.timesofisrael.com/yom-haatzmau...

Next week! Open Day and Graduate Student Research Day at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. See our labs, meet our faculty and students, and see the diversity of student research projects happening across our four departments. 5/5/2025.

לקראת עונת השריפות: מומחים מציעים פתרונות חדשניים להגנה על יישובים | ישראל היום מדענים בטכניון חוקרים חומרים עמידי אש שיהוו חיץ בין היער לעיר • "שינוי האקלים יגביר את תדירות ועוצמת השריפות" • גם כבשים ועזים יכולות לעזור במשימה

We are developing novel ways to make urban areas better protected from fires. Graduate student Noam Spivak's work (mentored by Aaron Sprecher and me) on earth construction as a buffer between urban and wildlands area to reduce threats of wildfires featured today in Israel Hayom newspaper! #wildfire

5 May - Come investigate graduate student opportunities at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion in Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Architecture. Our graduate students are addressing and creating solutions to 21st century challenges.

Advancing Transformative Change through Place-Based Research Place-based social-ecological research holds significant promise for advancing transformative change toward sustainability. eLTER is committed to supporting such change by strengthening its network of...

Yes, we can!

Place-based social-ecological research is key to enabling sustainability transformations. At @elter-ri.eu, we're building platforms to support this change. Last week, platform managers from Austria and Israel met to explore how to strengthen our impact. Stay tuned for an upcoming manuscript!

‘Democracy isn’t in danger,’ Netanyahu tells Knesset in tirade against ‘deep state’ 'The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the pressure we will exert,' says PM, threatening to seize territory in Gaza

Is it fair to assess that he is officially in the mentally "unstable" category, as he grips on to conspiracy theories? He's been Israel's prime minister longer than anyone. Doesn't that make him the king of the deep state? www.timesofisrael.com/democracy-is...

Campuses Can Be Arks for Many Species How universities can protect biodiversity.

Very happy to have been able to make a small contribution to this wonderfully optimistic article on biodiversity conservation on university campuses www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...