Maya Benish Weisman

Professor of Social Work

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Maya Benish Weisman

  • 2026
  • Attendee

Maya Benish Weisman is a full professor at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research focuses on how personal values shape prosocial and pro-environmental behaviours in youth, and on the psychological dimensions of identity development and immigration among adolescents. She holds an ERC Consolidator Grant and has received funding from the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, the Israel Science Foundation, and the Jacobs Foundation.