Shani, M. (2026). The normalization of anti-Jewish discrimination through antisemitism accommodation and anti-Zionist litmus test: Results from psychological experiments. Contemporary Antisemitism Conference, Haifa, Israel, 7–9 July.
Conferences and invited talks
Presentations on antisemitism, intergroup relations, political psychology, and health.

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Archive transcribed from the academic CV dated 10 September 2026: 26 conference presentations and four invited lectures. Dates and event names follow that record and have not all been checked against organizer programs. No upcoming appearance is implied.
Shani, M. (2025). “Unfortunately, Given the Current Climate…”: Antisemitism accommodation as indirect discrimination post-October 7. Early Career Speaker Series, Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Indiana University Bloomington, USA, 10 September.
Shani, M. (2025). Workshop: Antisemitism in Germany. OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Poland, 2 February.
Shani, M., van Zalk, M., & ter Horst, J. (2025). Promoting inclusivity and intergroup tolerance in diverse German schools through a social referent network intervention. The 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic, 3–6 July.
Shani, M. & van Zalk, M. (2025). Promoting inclusivity and intergroup tolerance in diverse German schools. Symposium on Developmental Research in Radicalization and Political Socialization, Jena, Germany, 29 June–1 July.
Shani, M., Goldberg, D., Gerber, J., & Herb, M. (2025). Antisemitic experiences, psychosocial outcomes, and adaptive coping among Jews in Germany before and after Oct 7. Symposium on Antisemitism, Brock University, Canada, 4–6 May.
Shani, M. (2024). ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute for Curriculum Development in Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies. St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK, 29 July–10 August. Dr. Maor Shani CV September 2026 14
Shani, M. & Berns, M. (2024). Developing and validating a measure of affective polarization among adolescents in Germany: A longitudinal study. The 24th Scientific Meeting of the German Political Psychology Network, Vienna, Austria, 19–20 September.
Shani, M. (2024). Israeli Jews’ resilience, well-being, and war attitudes after the Oct 7 massacre: Unveiling the complex role of hope. The 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Israel Studies, Prague, Czech Republic, 1–3 July.
Shani, M. (2023). Together for Tolerance: A social network intervention to improve adolescents’ intergroup tolerance via inclusivity norms. Fachtag Jugendliche und Europa: Zwischen Zusammenhalt und Polarisierung, Jena, Germany, 13–14 November.
Shani, M. & Lobenhofer, D. (2023). The impact of collective action’s tactics on support for concessions for protesters: A conceptual replication. The 4th Scientific Meeting of the German Political Psychology Network, University of Bielefeld, Germany, 9–10 March.
Shani, M. (2022). Webinar: Verbessern Zölikids-Lager die Lebensqualität? (Do Celiac Kids Camps Improve Quality of Life?). IG Zöliakie (Switzerland), 11 October.
Shani, M. (2022). The contribution of recreational camps for children and youth with celiac disease to health-related quality of life. The 19th International Celiac Disease Symposium, Sorrento, Italy, 19–22 October. Dr. Maor Shani CV September 2026 15
Shani, M. & Goldberg, D. (2022). “If you prick us, do we not bleed?” ISGAP–Woolf Institute International Conference, Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity Revisited, Cambridge, UK, 31 July–2 August.
Shani, M. (2022). Engaging Master students in psychology’s contribution to the UN SDGs. Preconference at the Annual Conference of SPSP, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 February.
Shani, M., Horn, D., & Boehnke, K. (2021). Political orientation and engagement from adolescence to adulthood. The 32nd International Congress of Psychology, Virtual, 18–23 July.
Shani, M. (2021). The potential positive impact of camps for children and adolescents with celiac disease. The Annual Conference of SPSP, Virtual, 9–13 February.
Shani, M. (2018). How group-based hope may both facilitate and inhibit radicalization in the context of intractable ethno-national conflicts. Small Group Meeting on Trajectories of Radicalisation and De-radicalisation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4–5 August.
Shani, M. (2017). The relationship between social support, sociopolitical beliefs and willingness of young Palestinians to commit stabbing attacks against Israeli Jews. The 15th Symposium of the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, Florence and Rome, Italy, 21–27 May.
Shani, M. (2016). Israeli–German relations in a post-reconciliation era: Explaining the prevalence of secondary and new antisemitism. The 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies (AIS), Jerusalem, Israel, 20–22 June.
Shani, M. & Boehnke, K. (2015). The contribution of Jewish–Palestinian encounters to coexistence orientation: Assessment of longitudinal effects. The 9th Biennial Congress of the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), University of Bergen, Norway, 28 June–2 July.
Shani, M., Boehnke, K., & Schreier, M. (2015). Are we ready to coexist? Conceptualizing and measuring Jewish–Palestinian coexistence orientation in Israel. The 9th Biennial Congress of the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), University of Bergen, Norway, 28 June–2 July.
Shani, M. (2013). Do public diplomacy interventions improve attitudes toward Israel? An evaluation of the “Israeltag” project in Germany. The 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies (AIS), Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA, 24–26 July. Dr. Maor Shani CV September 2026 16
Shani, M. (2013). Reconciliation through the heart or mind? Affective and cognitive effects of planned Jewish–Palestinian encounters. Regional Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA, 20–22 July.
Shani, M. (2011). The long-term effects of dialogue encounters on the orientation toward intergroup coexistence. The Israeli–German Summer Course 2011: Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion in Divided Societies, Tel Aviv, Israel, 6–15 September.
Shani, M. (2011). The impact of intergroup contact and dialogue amidst intractable conflict on the orientation toward intergroup coexistence: Results from the Jewish–Arab case in Israel. The 12th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace Research, Nicosia, Cyprus, 6–11 June.
Shani, M. (2011). The puzzle of Hebrew–Arabic discrepancies in psychometric properties of intergroup attitude and personality measures. Cross-Cultural Psychology Symposium, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 8 April.
Shani, M. (2010). Towards internal coexistence: The long-term effects of Jewish–Arab dialogue encounters in Israel. The 23rd Annual Conference of the German Peace Psychology Association (Forum Friedenspsychologie e.V.), Bielefeld, Germany, 16–18 June.
Shani, M. (2008). Liberal Islamophobia: Xenophobic discourse and cultural fundamentalism in Dutch politics and society. The 38th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Budapest, Hungary, 26–30 June.
Ludes, P. & Shani, M. (2007). Civilized or rational media: PeaceMaker? The 8th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Glasgow, UK, 3–6 September.
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