Research Areas
Professor Lahat's research areas are social policy, time, well-beind & policy, public sector employees, collaborative governance, and government digitalization.
Latest Publications
Lahat, L. Sharoni, C. Van-Dam, G and Sharon, N. (2025) The Relationship Between Perceptions of Social Service Quality and Well-being. Social Policy & Administration
Lahat, L. Keynan, O. & Scala, F. (2024). Capitalising on Twitter for Policy Learning during Crises: The Case of the Covid-19 Pandemic, International Journal of Public Administration, 47(10), 680-689.
Lahat, L. & Nathansohn, R. (2023). Challenges and Opportunities for Equity in Public Management: The Case of Digital Applications in Multicultural Cities. Public Management Review
Lahat, L., Sharony, C., Abraham, V, Lev, O., & Avigur-Eshel, A. (2025). Effect of Values, Institutional Trust, and Risk Perceptions on Support for Policy Tools in Immunisation against Covid-19: A Comparative Study, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
Lahat, L. Klenk, T. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2023).
Street-Level Bureaucrats as Policy Entrepreneurs and Collaborators: Findings from Israel and Germany, European Policy Analysis, 9(4), 397-417.
Nathansohn, R., & Lahat., L. (2022). From urban vitality to urban vitalisation: Trust, distrust, and citizenship regimes in a Smart City initiative. Cities, 131, 103969.
Lahat, L & Sened, I. (2024). Behavioral knowledge for policy design: The connection between time use Behaviours and (or) desires and support for policy alternatives, Social Policy & Administration, 58(3). 385-403.
Lahat, L., & Sened, I. (2023). The politics and policies of sleep? Empirical findings and the policy context, Policy Studies, Policy Studies, 44(3), 408-430.
Sher Hadar, N., Lahat, L & Galnoor, I. (Eds.) (2021). Collaborative Governance. Theory and Lessons from Israel (Palgrave -Macmillan). And in Hebrew (2022).Van Leer Institute Press and Hakibutz Hameuhad Press.
Latest Research Projects
2025
PI With Dr. Chen Sharony and Dr. Liran Mimony.
'The Effects of October 7 on the Residents of the Gaza Envelope: Motivation for Employment, Entrepreneurship, Time Sharing, and Well-Being. Funding': Leumit Group
2017 - 2019
Co-PI, with Prof. Itai Sened, ‘Time and policy: reality and aspirations’. Funding: The National Insurance Institute of Israel.
2024
PI with Dr. Chen Sharony, Professor Nir Sharon, and Guy Van -Dam – Perceptions of the Quality of Social Services and Subjective Well-being.
Funding: Archimedes Center.
2021
Co-investigator, with Dr. Regev Nathansohn, ‘Mixed and Smart Cities: Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Applications’. Funding: Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University.
2020 - 2021
Co-investigator, with Prof. Francesca Scala and Dr. Omer Keynan, ‘Covid-19: Perceptions of Time and Well-Being during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Social Media Sites in Canada and Israel’. Funding: Partnership Engage Grants Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).