Conference: The Trump Phenomenon, Social and Policy Implications

The School for Social and Policy Studies, in association with the Boris Mints Institute , held a workshop in order to understand the social and political aspects of the recent presidential elections in the USA .

Keynote Lecture:

William T. Bianco, Department of Political Science, University of Indiana – Bloomington

Participants:

Prof. Itai Sened,  Founding Head, School of Social and Policy Studies

Mr. Ophir Pines Paz, Former Minister of Interior and Head of the Institute for Local Government, Department of Public Policy

Dr. Daniel Dor, Department of Communication, TAU

MK. Nachman Shai, Head of Knesset Lobby for Israel-U.S. relations

Ms. Allison Kaplan Sommer, Columnist, Haaretz newspaper

Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, Former Ambassador of Israel to USA and President Emeritus of Tel-Aviv University

Prof. Gil Troy, Presidential Historian, McGill University, 2015 fellow, Brookings Institute and political commentator

Dr. Eilon Schwartz, Director of Shaharit, Creating Common Cause

Mr. Steven Miller, Professional & Political consultant for the Presidential PAC, 2016

Ms. Karen Umansky, Ph.D. Student, TAU Department of Public Policy

Prof. Alon Tal, Chair of the Department of Public Policy