Journal Articles
Fernandes, Jorge M., Alon Yakter, Yael Shomer, and Gert-Jan Put. Forthcoming. "The Electoral Implications of Legislative Candidate Selection Democratization", British Journal of Political Science.
Yakter, Alon and Liran Harsgor. 2025. "Disentangling the Relationship Between Prospective Expectations and Policy Preferences in Violent Conflicts", British Journal of Political Science 55: e98. [Paper][Supplementary Material].
Rivlin-Angert, Naama, Alon Yakter, and Lior Sheffer. 2025. “Do Personality Traits Predict Voter Attitudes When Politics Is Structured Around Conflict? Lessons from Israel", Public Opinion Quarterly 89(2): 389-414. [Paper][Supplementary Material].
Ben Sasson-Gordis, Avishay and Alon Yakter. 2024. “Is Terrorism Necessarily Violent? Public Perceptions of Nonviolence and Terrorism in Conflict Settings”, Political Science Research and Methods 12(3): 521-539. [Paper] [Supplementary Material]
Harsgor, Liran and Alon Yakter. 2024. “Do Shared External Threats Foster Greater Assistance Among Groups in Conflict? Evidence from Israel During COVID-19", Journal of Conflict Resolution 68(7-8): 1522-1551. [Paper] [Supplementary Material]
Yakter, Alon. 2023. “Attitudinal Ambivalence On Redistribution: Causes and Electoral Implications Across Europe“. Comparative Political Studies 56(11): 1631-1662. [Paper] [Ungated] [Supplementary Material]
Yakter, Alon and Liran Harsgor. 2023. “Long-term Change in Conflict Attitudes: A Dynamic Perspective”. British Journal of Political Science 53(2): 460 - 478. [Paper] [Supplementary Material]
Best Paper in Political Behavior Award, Midwest Political Science Association, 2022
Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov Best Paper Award, the Israel Association for International Studies (IAIS), 2021
Yakter, Alon and Mark Tessler. 2023. “The Long-Term Electoral Implications of Conflict Escalation: Doubtful Doves and the Breakdown of Israel’s Left-Right Dichotomy”, Journal of Peace Research 60(3): 504-520. [Paper] [Supplementary Material]
Yakter, Alon. 2019. “The Heterogeneous Effect of Diversity: Ascriptive Identities, Class, and Redistribution in Developed Democracies”, European Journal of Political Research 58(3): 820-844. [Paper] [Supplementary Material]
Yakter, Alon and Mark Tessler. 2018. “Understanding Multiple Perspectives: The Contribution of a Short Essay Assignment to Teaching About the Arab-Israeli Conflict”, PS: Political Science & Politics 51(2): 434-439. [Paper] [Supplementary Material]
Book Chapters
Shapira, Yaniv, Liran Harsgor and Alon Yakter. 2025. “Ideological Cleavages in Israeli Public Opinion in the 2022 Elections”. In The Elections in Israel 2022, eds. Michal Shamir, Gideon Rahat and Noam Gidron. New York: Routledge.
Mandelkern, Ronen and Alon Yakter. 2025. “Is the Popular Class in Israel Populist?” (Hebrew). In Populism and the Popular Classes in Israel (Hebrew), eds. Dani Filc, Eilon Schwartz, Ofer Sitbon and Netta Linzen. Tel Aviv: Resling.
The Israel National Election Studies (INES), Co-Investigator
The Peace Index project, Co-Investigator
Shikaki, Khalil, Nimrod Rosler, Dahlia Scheindlin and Alon Yakter. 2024. Palestinian-Israeli Pulse: A Joint Poll Summary Report. PCPSR and Tel Aviv University. [Report]
Shikaki, Khalil, Nimrod Rosler, Dahlia Scheindlin and Alon Yakter. 2023. Palestinian-Israeli Pulse: A Joint Poll Summary Report. PCPSR and Tel Aviv University. [Report]
Yakter, Alon. "Israel’s Judicial Politics: At the Brink of a Constitutional Crisis”, APSA Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Politics Newsletter 6(2): 32-28. [Link]
Yakter, Alon. "Those Who Are Afraid Do Not Believe" (Hebrew), Telem: Magazine for Israeli Left 9: 38-44 (Hebrew). [Link]
Analyses of recurring public opinion surveys on Israel's judicial reform, March-April 2023. TAU Impact Arena (Tel Aviv University's online initiative on the reform (Hebrew). Links: [First Survey] [Second Survey] [Third Survey]
Yakter, Alon and Yael Shomer. "Gantz and Saar: Tactical Step or Structural Change?" (Hebrew), Israel Hayom, July 12, 2022 (Hebrew) [Link]
Yakter, Alon. 2020. “The Voice of Israel" (Hebrew), Telem: Magazine for Israeli Left 3: 18-26 (Hebrew). [Link]
Yakter, Alon, and Mark Tessler. “Netanyahu’s New Rival Is Surging in Israel’s Polls: Here’s Why Benny Gantz’s Ambiguity on Palestinians Is a Winning Strategy.” Washington Post, February 26, 2019. [Link]
Robbins, Michael, and Alon Yakter. 2018. "What Drives Participation in Non-Formal Education in MENA? Evidence from a Survey Experiment." Policy Report, Arab Barometer. [Link]