Professor Maya Benish-Weisman

Professor Benish-Weisman is a recipient of multiple research grants from competitive grant foundations, including the ERC consolidator grant, the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), the National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel, and the Jacobs Foundation. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in leading journals and currently serves as a counseling editor of European Journal of Personality and Developmental Psychology. Her research focuses on driving positive change by exploring how personal values influence prosocial and pro-environmental behaviors in youth and how various aspects of identity development affect adolescents' well-being.