We are delighted to announce that Dr. Shiran Taieb-Elmakayes, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Haifa School of Social Work under the supervision of Dr. Noam Tarshish, has won the Center’s postdoctoral fellowship for 2026\u201327. Congratulations, Shiran!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shiran’s research examines how welfare institutions shape democratic citizenship. She compares food assistance provided by the state with assistance provided by charitable organizations, in Israel and in the United States, and asks how recipients interpret the messages they encounter along the way: about dignity, about rights, and about who is “deserving” of support. The study will be based on about 40 in-depth interviews and on field observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The research broadens our understanding of inequality beyond the distribution of resources. Even when material assistance is provided, the experience of the encounter with the institution can strengthen or undermine a sense of legitimacy and belonging. In this way, through everyday experiences, economic inequality can turn into civic and political inequality. The comparison between the state and charitable organizations is especially relevant today, as charities increasingly complement, and sometimes replace, the welfare state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We wish Shiran every success in her research!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dr. Shiran Taieb-Elmakayes has won the Center’s postdoctoral fellowship for 2026\u201327, for research on how state and charitable food assistance shape citizenship and belonging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-grants","category-supported-by-the-center","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}