Gershon Ben-Shakhar

Gershon Ben-Shakhar (Hebrew: גרשון בן שחר; born May 25, 1942) is an Israeli psychologist. He served as president of the Open University of Israel.^[1][2][3] He received the Israel Prize in 2024.

Gershon Ben-Shakhar
גרשון בן שחר
Born	(1942-05-25) May 25, 1942 (age 83)
Alma mater	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.A. in Psychology and Statistics (1966), M.A. in Psychology (1970), Ph.D. in Psychology (1975) Northwestern University (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1975-1976)
Known for	President of the Open University of Israel
Awards	EMET Prize Israel Prize

Academic career

Gershon Ben-Shakhar earned a B.A. in Psychology and Statistics (1966), an M.A. in Psychology (1970), and a Ph.D. in Psychology (1975) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[1][4] He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from 1975 to 1976.^[1]

Ben-Shakhar taught in the Department of Psychology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1981 on, ultimately as a Professor and for a time as the Chair of the Department and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.^[1][5][4]

In 2003 he became president of the Open University of Israel, succeeding Eliahu Nissim.^[1][4]

Published works

Along with John J. Furedy he wrote the book Theories and Applications in the Detection of Deception: A psychophysiological and international perspective (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990).^[1][6]

Awards and recognition

In 2011 he was an EMET Prize Laureate.^[4]

In 2024, he was received the Israel Prize for research in psychology for his significant contribution to the field.^[7]