Dr. Noga[Noga Keidar] Keidar

I am an urban sociologist studying cities, ideas and their dialectic relations. In my research, I examine what it means for a messy and complex entity like a city to adopt a new idea, and how the circulation of policy creates a global space of ideas. My previous work has concentrated on the Creative City and Placemaking—policy frameworks often addressing the political and economic upheavals post-industrialization brings. My current research examines how ordinary cities develop climate adaptation plans that address their specific needs within a highly normative and hierarchical global space dominated by leading cities and philanthropic organizations.

WORK

Now     Senior Lecturer, the Sociology and Anthropology Department and the M.A Program 'Social and Policy Aspects of Climate Change,’ Tel Aviv University

2023-24 Post-doctoral Fellow and Lecturer,

 University of Toronto – Hebrew University of Jerusalem Research & Training Alliance

 School of Cities (U of T) and the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (HUJI)                                             

2020-22 Azrieli Post-doctoral Fellow and Lecturer,

 Institute of Urban and Regional Studies and the Sociology and Anthropology Department,

 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2017 - 2023 Head of Research, The Urban Clinic, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

EDUCATION

2021    PhD in Sociology, University of Toronto

2013    M.A. in Sociology, Hebrew University (summa cum laude)

2010      B.A. in Sociology, Anthropology and Comparative Literature, Hebrew University

Keidar, N. & Silver, D. (2024). “Mapping Policy Pathways: Urban Referencing Networks in Public Art Policies.” Urban Studies.

Keidar, N. & Silver, D. (2024). “The Space of Ideas: Public Art Policy and the Concept of Urban Model Spaces.”. Journal of Urban Affairs: 1-24.     

Keidar, N. (2023). “Cities and their Gurus: The role of Super-Star Consultants in Post-Political Urban Governance.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

Keidar, N. & Silver, D. (2023) “Urban Policy as an Assembly Process and Assemblage Outcome.” Cities.

Keidar, N. Fox, M. Friedman, O. Grinberger, Y. Kirresh, T. Li, Y. Manor-Rosner, Y. Rotman, D. Silverman, E. & Brail, S. (2023). “Progress in Placemaking.” Planning Theory & Practice.

Braier, M. Rosner-Manor, Y. Keidar, N. Abu-Arafeh, Y. Haddad, Z. & Dais, I. (2023). “Conflicting Rationalities in East Jerusalem: Spaces of Sharedness in A-Turi Neighborhood.” Politika 33: 81-106 (Hebrew).

Keidar, N. (2019). "Residential Segregation in Israel, 1961–2008: The Spatial Assimilation of Immigrants." Israel Studies Review 34(1): 131-153

Keidar, N. (2018). “Making Jerusalem Cooler: Creative Scripts, Youth Flight, Diversity.” City & Community 17(4):1209-1230.