Maayan Davidovitz
I am a research fellow at The Center for Public Management and Policy
in the School of Political Sciences at the University of Haifa, Israel.
I received my Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from the University of Haifa in 2021. My research interests include public policy, public administration, policy implementation, street-level bureaucracy, trust in public administration, educational policy and social policy.
My latest works have been published in Public Management Review,
Regulation & Governance, Public Administration and Public Policy and Administration.
List of Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles in Scientific Journals
1. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (forthcoming). "Which Clients Inspire or Reduce the Trust of Street-Level Bureaucrats?" Administration & Society.
2. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2021). "Speaking truth to power—How political rhetoric leads to a counter response of LGBTQ street-level bureaucrats." International Public Management Journal, 1-13.
3. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2021). “I Have Learned My Lesson”: How clients’ trust betrayals shape the future ways in which street-level bureaucrats cope with their clients." Public Administration, 1-17.
4. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2021). "Frontline Social Service as a Battlefield: Insights from Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Interactions with Violent Clients." Social Policy & Administration, 1-14.
5. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2021). "Politicians’ Involvement in Street-Level Policy Implementation: Implications for Social Equity." Public Policy and Administration, 1-20.
6. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2021). “Alone in the campaign: Distrust in regulators and the coping of front-line workers." Regulation & Governance, 1-17.
7. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2020). "Playing defence: the impact of trust on the coping mechanisms of street-level bureaucrats." Public Management Review, 1-22.
8. Davidovitz, Maayan., Cohen Nissim & Gofen Anat (2021). "Governmental Response to Crises and Its Implications for Street-Level Implementation: Policy Ambiguity, Risk, and Discretion during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 23(1), 120-130.
9. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2021). “Violence against social service providers and coping mechanisms at the frontline - The case of teachers and social workers." Social Security, 115, 1-25.
Other Scientific Publications
1. Davidovitz, Maayan & Cohen, Nissim (2020). The Impact of Trust on The Coping Mechanisms of Street-Level Bureaucrats. Working Paper no. 10 of the Center for Public Management and Policy (CPMP), The University of Haifa.
Awards and Honors
2021 - Scholarship for Excellence in Doctoral Studies, School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2021 - Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2021 - Article Publication Grant, Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa, Israel.
2020 - American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) Founders’ Fellowship for Outstanding Students in the Field of Public Service and Public Administration.
2020 - Scholarship for Excellence for PhD Students, School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2020 - Scholarship for Articles in Ranked Journals for PhD Students, the Head of the School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2018 - Scholarship for Excellence for PhD Students, Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa, Israel.
Presentation in Scientific Conferences
October 2021 - "Street-Level Bureaucrats in Times of Change", University of Haifa, Israel (Virtual Workshop) - Organizer, Presenter and Chair.
July 2021 - The 26th International Political Science Association (IPSA) Virtual World Congress of Political Science – Presenter.
July 2021 - International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP5), Barcelona, Spain - Presenter (Virtual Panel - Gender public policies of the 21st century: advances and challenges).
July 2021 - International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP5), Barcelona, Spain – Presenter and Discussant (Virtual Panel - Street-level bureaucracy in weak institutions).
February 2021 - Israeli Sociology Society’s 52nd Annual Conference, Sapir Academic College, Israel – Presenter.
June 2020 - American Society of Public Administration’s (ASPA) 2020 Digital Annual Conference – Invited, Presenter.
February 2020 - Israeli Sociology Society’s 51st Annual Conference, Bar-Ilan University, Israel – Presenter.
February 2020 - ESPAnet Israel 11th Annual Conference, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel – Presenter.
June 2019 - International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP4), Montréal, Canada – Presenter.
January 2019 - International Public Policy Association (IPPA) Winter School on Public Policy, Autrans, France – Presenter.
Work Experience
2021- Research fellow at The Center for Public Management and Policy (CPMP), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel
2019-2021 Teaching assistant for the course “Setting Public Policy” (M.A.), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2018-2021 Teaching assistant for the course “Research Methods and Academic Writing in Political Sciences” (B.A.), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2018-2021 Teaching assistant for the course “Research Methods and Academic Writing in Political Sciences” (B.A. - Naval Officers Course), School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
2017-2021 Teaching assistant for the course “From Theory to Practice - Guided Project” (B.A.), Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel.
2017- Research assistant on the project “Street-Level Bureaucrats in A Choice-Based Social Services Environment: Comparing Germany and Israel”, the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF).
Peer Reviewer for Scientific Journals
Public Management Review (Q1; Public Administration)
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (Q1; Public Administration)
Public Performance & Management Review (Q3; Public Administration)
Administration & Society (Q3; Public Administration)
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (Q3; Public Administration)
Education
2018-2021 - Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy, School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
Dissertation topic: “Trust and the Coping Mechanisms of Street-Level Bureaucrats.”
Advisor: Prof. Nissim Cohen.
2013-2017 - M.A. in Government with Thesis (Cum Laude), the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel.
Thesis topic: “Policies Promoting Women in Sport in the United States, Britain & Israel: A Comparative Study Research of Public Policy Attributes.”
Advisor: Prof. Liza Ireni Saban.
2009-2013 - B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education) in Physical Education, the Zinman College for Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Wingate Institute, Israel.