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Publications

First Author

Leshem, O. A., & Halperin, E. (2024). Introducing the Bidimensional Model of Hope and its conceptual and methodological utilities. Frontiers in Psychology.

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Leshem (2023), “Hope Amidst Conflict,” Oxford University Press

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Leshem & Halperin (2022) “Societal Beliefs, Collective Emotions and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” in “The Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” A. Siniver (Ed.), Routledge.

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Leshem & Halperin, E. (2021), "Threatened by the worst and hoping for the best: Unraveling the relationship between threat, hope, and public opinion during conflict." Political Behavior.

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Leshem (2021) "Threats of Escalation and Prospects for Peace” in "Conflict Resolution after the Pandemic, Building Peace Pursuing Justice" R. Rubenstein & S. Simons (Eds.), Routledge.

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Leshem & Halperin, E. (2020). "Lay theories of peace and their influence on policy preference during violent conflict." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Leshem & Halperin, E. (2020). "Hope during Conflict". In S. C. van den Heuvel (Ed.), "Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope" (pp. 179–196). Springer International Publishing.

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Leshem & Halperin, E. (2020). "Hoping for peace during protracted conflict: Citizens’ hope is based on inaccurate appraisals of their adversary’s hope for peace.", Journal of Conflict Resolution. 64(1), 3-225.

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Leshem (2019), “The Pivotal Role of the Enemy in Inducing Hope for Peace,” Political Studies.

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Leshem, Nooraddini, & Witte (2019), “Surveying Societies Mired in Conflict: Evidence of Social Desirability Bias among Palestinians” International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

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Leshem (2017), “What You Wish for is Not What You Expect: Measuring Hope for Peace during Intractable Conflicts.” International Journal of Intercultural Relations.

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Leshem, Klar, & Flores (2016), “Instilling Hope for Peace during Intractable Conflicts” Social Psychological and Personality Science.

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Collaborating Author

Konya, Thorburn, Almasri, Leshem, Procaccia, Schirch & Bakker (2025). Using collective dialogues and AI to find common ground between Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders. Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 312–333.

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Adler, Leshem, Levy, Kabaz, & Halperin (2025). One step forward, two steps back: The dark side of helping initiatives in protracted conflicts. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.

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Ushomirsky, Hasson, Atia, Attias, Balmas, Endevelt, Gur, Hameiri, Hebel-Sela, Leshem, Malovicki-Yaffe, Manekin, Perry, Porat, Saguy, Shuman, E., & Halperin, (2025). Increasing perceived outgroup heterogeneity following exposure to extreme violence: An intervention tournament in times of war. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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Shani, Kunst, Anjum, Obaidi, Leshem, Antonovsky & Halperin." (2024) Between Victory and Peace: Unraveling the Paradox of Hope in Intractable Conflicts

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Hasler, Leshem, Hasson, Landau, Krayem, Blatansky… Halperin (2023). "Young Generations' Hopelessness Perpetuates Intractable Conflicts," Scientific Reports.

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Ushomirski, Leshem & Halperin (2023). “Ethos of Conflict in the International Arena: Power Predicts Expression of Threat for Security and Hope for Peace in Speeches of Leaders of Nations in Conflict.

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Fink, Leshem, & Halperin (2022). Oppression and resistance – Relations between anger, humiliation and violent action in asymmetric intergroup conflict. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflicts.

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Adler, Hebel, Leshem, Levi & Halperin (2022), "A social virus: Intergroup dehumanization and unwillingness to aid amidst COVID-19 − Who are the main targets?", International Journal of Intercultural Relations.

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Reviews

Menkel-Meadow, C. (2024). Can we keep hope alive? Review of Leshem’s book “Hope Amidst Conflict”. Political Psychology

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Hope Amidst Conflict

Hope Amidst Conflict

Winner of the 2025 David O. Sears Best Book Award
A book from Oxford University Press

“The question of hope lies at the center of one of the biggest dilemmas of human survival. What should we accept, and what should we hope to transform?” ​These are the first sentences of my book that fuses philosophical and psychological insights on hope and how it functions when it is most challenged.

This persuasive book offers an invaluable contribution to our understanding of what constitutes hope and how it can transform conflict." 

Prof. Oded Haklai, Queen’s University

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Hope for Life on Our Planet

Inspiration for Seven Generations

In this special compilation, I join more than 60 inspiring people, including Pope Francis, Nick Cave, Jane Goodall, and others who ponder and contemplate the role of hope in our lives. My own contribution exploring how we can effectively use hope to transform the bitter reality of war.

"HOPE FOR LIFE ON OUR PLANET offers an illuminated pathway forward to a brighter perspective-and out of the collective failure of imagination and courage that currently plagues global society and the planet."

Lyndsay Howard, Senior Advisor for Foreign Policy to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

תקווה לחיים על פני כדור הארץ

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באוסף מהודר זה, אני מצטרף ליותר מ־60 כותבים מעוררי השראה, ובהם האפיפיור פרנסיסקוס, ניק קייב, ג’יין גודול, ואחרים המתבוננים בתפקיד התקווה בעיצוב עתיד האנושות. הפרק שלי עוסק במאבק על התקווה בזמני מלחמה, ודרך שבה אפשר להשתמש בה באופן יעיל לשינוי המציאות. 

תקווה בצל הסכסוך

בהוצאת אוניברסיטת אוקספורד,
זוכה פרס סירס לספר הטוב ביותר ISPP 2025

Hope Amidst Conflict

מהי תקווה וכיצד היא מתפקדת כשהיא מאותגרת על ידי המציאות הקשה של סכסוכים ומלחמה? הספר מתיך תובנות פילוסופיות, תיאולוגיות והיסטוריות אודות תקווה עם מחקרים אימפירים כדי לעמוד על טיבו של המושג החמקמק שכל-כך מרכזי בחיינו.

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