2025 Lan, D., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dalyot, K., & Dalyot, S. (2025, 15–17 September). Teachers Leading Citizen Science in Schools – Teachers’ Voice in “Landmarks for Accessible Environment” Project [Conference presentation]. Israeli Conference on Educational Research, Akko, Israel.
2025 Yacobson, E., Baram-Tsabari, A., & Amir, O. (2025). Improving Research Students’ Communication Skills Through LLMs. Presented at Master-AI Competition & Conference, July 2025, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
This competition was organized by the IUCC (Inter-University Computation Center) with the support of AWS. It focused on the use of AI tools in higher education to advance research, enhance teaching, and improve services for students. Our proposal was selected as one of only 9 finalists from dozens of submissions.
2025 Yacobson, E. (2025). Breaking the Wall of Social Polarization. Presented at the Falling Walls Lab Israel Academy, July 2025, Jerusalem, Israel.
This competition is organized by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) in collaboration with the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Its goal is to provide a platform for young researchers to showcase innovative, groundbreaking ideas with the potential to positively impact science, society, and the environment. Our proposal was selected as one of 15 finalists from nearly 100 submissions.
Video
2025 Panel moderator, “Citizen Science for Nature Conservation”, The Steinhardt
Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University.
2023 – Panel member at the “Reducing toxic and violent discourse on social networks”
conference, INSS – the Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv
University.
2023 A panel member, a joint initiative from the Berlin Scholl of Public
Engagement, EUSEA, and INTERSECTIONS (a virtual, international science
festival format). ‘Researcher training for public engagement and science
communication: What makes effective training?’ (Online, May)
2022 – Panel moderator, “The public: evolution, science communications and
culture”, at the Science Education in Diverse Cultural and Religious Contexts
conference, Technion
2022 – Panel moderator, “Science Communication”. The Israeli Young academy:
Decade of Activity, Jerusalem
2021 -present
A member of the S&T Education committee, National Council of R&D, Ministry of Science & Technology
2020 Committee member of Israel’s Presidential Scholarship for Excellence and Scientific Innovation
2020 Co-organizing the “Krav Mada: Scientists reporting from the Corona front” online lecture series in collaboration with Little Big Science Facebook page, Galey Zahal radio station and the Israel Young Academy
2020 Member of the ROSES research project advisory board – Relevance in Science Education
2018 present- Member of the public committee of the Academy of the Hebrew Language
2018 Board member, The Seventh Eye – independent, investigative and free journalism
2017-2021 A member of the Advisory Board for the US National Academy of Sciences’ new Koshland public engagement program – LabX
2017-2019 Chairperson of the Communication Committee of the Israel Young Academy of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Projects include: co-editing a weekly science column on Ynet, social media presence, facilitating the use of academic expertise in decision making, online popularization of multidisciplinary academic research, science communication training for early career researchers
2016-2022 Member of the Academic Committee on Digital Learning in Israeli Academia, Council for Higher Education, Planning and Budgeting Committee
2016-2021 Elected member of the PCST (Global Network for Science Communication) scientific committee
2016-2017 Chairperson of the Research Committee, the Second Authority for Television and Radio Council
2015-present A member of the Science Communication Steering Committee of Davidson Institute of Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science
2015-2016 Advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space on developing Public Understanding of Science surveys
2014-2017 A Member of the Second Authority for Television and Radio Council
2014-2016 Co-chair and co-founder of the Israeli forum for the advancement of science communication in the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities