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Overview

Itay Fischhendler is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Social Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, General Energy, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The primary topics covered in Itay Fischhendler's work include:

  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Global Energy Security and Policy
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact

Itay Fischhendler has published several papers, including:

  • Light at the End of the Panel: The Gaza Strip and the Interplay Between Geopolitical Conflict and Renewable Energy Transition, 2021, New Political Economy
  • The impact of community split on the acceptance of wind turbines, 2021, Solar Energy

The researcher has frequently collaborated with coauthors such as Lior Herman, Gillad Rosen, Avri Eitan, Josef van Wijk, and Elai Rettig.

Publications by Itay Fischhendler are often found in venues including:

  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • Solar Energy
  • New Political Economy
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Best Publications

  • Morphometry and distribution of isolated caves as a guide for phreatic and confined paleohydrological conditions

    Amos Frumkin;Itay Fischhendler

  • Ambiguity in Transboundary Environmental Dispute Resolution: The Israeli—Jordanian Water Agreement*:

    Itay Fischhendler

  • Legal and Institutional Adaptation to Climate Uncertainty: A Study of International Rivers

    Itay Fischhendler

  • Governance mechanisms to address flow variability in water treaties

    Alena Drieschova;Mark Giordano;Itay Fischhendler

  • Environmental peacebuilding: Towards a theoretical framework:

    Anaïs Dresse;Itay Fischhendler;Jonas Østergaard Nielsen;Dimitrios Zikos

  • Spaces of Water Governance: The Case of Israel and Its Neighbors

    Eran Feitelson;Itay Fischhendler

  • The securitization of water discourse: theoretical foundations, research gaps and objectives of the special issue

    Itay Fischhendler

  • When Ambiguity in Treaty Design Becomes Destructive: A Study of Transboundary Water

    Itay Fischhendler

  • In the name of energy security: the struggle over the exportation of Israeli natural gas

    Itay Fischhendler;Daniel Nathan

  • Spatial adjustment as a mechanism for resolving river basin conflicts: the US–Mexico case

    Itay Fischhendler;Eran Feitelson

  • Institutional Conditions for IWRM: The Israeli Case

    Itay Fischhendler

  • Does Integrated Water Resources Management Support Institutional Change? The Case of Water Policy Reform in Israel

    Itay Fischhendler;Tanya Heikkila

  • The Politics of Unilateral Environmentalism: Cooperation and Conflict over Water Management along the Israeli-Palestinian Border

    Itay Fischhendler;Shlomi Dinar;David Katz

  • Community–private sector partnerships in renewable energy

    Avri Eitan;Lior Herman;Itay Fischhendler;Gillad Rosen

  • The geopolitics of cross-border electricity grids: The Israeli-Arab case

    Itay Fischhendler;Lior Herman;Jaya Anderman

  • Light at the End of the Panel: The Gaza Strip and the Interplay Between Geopolitical Conflict and Renewable Energy Transition

    Itay Fischhendler;Lior Herman;Lioz David

  • The use of “security” jargon in sustainable development discourse: evidence from UN Commission on Sustainable Development

    Itay Fischhendler;David Katz

  • The political economy of energy sanctions: Insights from a global outlook 1938–2017

    Itay Fischhendler;Lior Herman;Nir Maoz

  • The short-term and long-term ramifications of linkages involving natural resources: the US^Mexico transboundary water case

    Itay Fischhendler;Eran Feitelson;David J Eaton

  • The demarcation of arbitrary boundaries for coastal zone management: the Israeli case.

    Eliraz Sas;Itay Fischhendler;Michelle E. Portman

  • The effect of vulnerability on climate change mitigation policies

    Amit Tubi;Itay Fischhendler;Eran Feitelson

  • Penny wise or pound foolish? Compensation schemes and the attainment of community acceptance in renewable energy

    Josef van Wijk;Itay Fischhendler;Gillad Rosen;Lior Herman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano Georgetown University
Aaron T. Wolf
Aaron T. Wolf Oregon State University
Amos Frumkin
Amos Frumkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yehouda Enzel
Yehouda Enzel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
David Zilberman
David Zilberman University of California, Berkeley
Tanya Heikkila
Tanya Heikkila University of Colorado Denver
Tobias Ide
Tobias Ide Technical University of Darmstadt

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