Nir Rotem
Biographic Data
| ID | 181120 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nir Rotem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nir |
| FAMILY NAME | Rotem |
| SIGNATURE | ROTEM N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6889-2832 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mount Horribilis: Examining productivity gaps in American research universities
The publish-or-perish adage and the winner-takes-all grant making practices are widely regarded as central organizing principles of academic careers. Its underlying assumption is that competitive evaluation systems incentivize scholars to maintain continuous research productivity over time. Yet little is known about the extent to which academic careers conform to this expectation. Using the concept of the Annus Horribilis —a career year with zero…
From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018. Drawing on world society theory and related scholarship, I use panel regression models to examine how domestic conditions and state…
Cutting Across Disciplines: Co-Production and the Rise of a Computational Culture
Over the past few decades, the academic landscape has been shaped by two concurrent trends: growing specialization into multiple disciplines and subfields, alongside increasing calls for collaboration. Parallel to these developments is the growing integration of advanced computational methods into research. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how this computational turn reshapes researchers’ fundamental understanding of scientific inquiry.…
Unboxing the imaginary: Typology of future imagination techniques in high-tech development
When the future is connected to the term ‘imagination’, it is generally presented through the concept of the ‘imaginary’—that is, an image of the future that is related to a grand social image. In this article, we discuss the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries and argue that although this concept provides a needed perspective that allows scholars to unpack imaginaries associated with technological futures, it often features very broad concepts…
Multiple scripts, multiple institutions: Introducing complexity into the understanding of women’s empowerment
Partial enactment of women’s rights is at the crux of this analysis, which identifies factors associated with the adoption of some global women’s rights scripts but not others. Women who partially enact global principles are an important group, and focusing on them provides clues into when, where, and how institutionalized scripts are in competition. To explore this issue, Demographic and Health Survey data from 25 low- and middle-income countrie…
Cutting at the edge: Observations on Innovation Beyond the Urban
Innovation is generally associated with the creation of something new and with economic growth, and is often understood in relation to modernity and its prime social site, 'the city'. Accordingly, the coupling of innovation and rural areas may seem incongruent. Drawing on ethnographic research on Israel's high-tech scene, we analyse innovation centres located primarily in kibbutzim in the northern and southern regions of the country. This allows …
How to Use Simplified Reproductive Calendar Data from the Demographic and Health Survey
IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), through its intuitive website ( http://dhs.ipums.org/ ), eliminate barriers to overtime and cross‐national analyses with the DHS. IPUMS DHS recently released simplified reproductive calendar data. These calendar data are harmonized across samples, distinguish “not in universe” cases from “no” responses, and do not require destringing. Variable names are hot links to important documentation, such a…
Connecting the 'Others: White Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim Views in America
Drawing from recent work on “otherness” and social boundaries in America, we investigate anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish opinion among white Americans. After outlining the logic of the comparison, we use nationally representative data to analyze these forms of othering. Although anti-Muslim opinion is more extensive, the two track together empirically and share a cultural logic as connected forms of ethno-religious boundary-making. Latent class analy…
The three cultures in American science: Publication productivity in physics, history and economics
World society and field theory: The infiltration of development into humanitarianism
Differentiated modern society is commonly viewed as an aggregation of various fields, yet the question of their boundaries is often a silent one. This article builds on this lacuna to argue that cultural globalization should be acknowledged and added to the equation. Drawing from two distinct branches of the sociology of knowledge, Bourdieusian field theory and Meyer's world society, an integrative approach is presented here. It rests on three pr…
Dropping out of master’s degrees: Objective predictors and subjective reasons
While student attrition constitutes a major institutional concern at the undergraduate level, this topic is overlooked at the master's level. Dropout rates have been documented, but no solid predictive models are to be found. Likewise, little is known about students' decision to terminate their studies. With growing enrolment numbers in postgraduate programmes, this blind spot should be addressed. The multi-method research presented here, combini…
Open the gates wider: Affirmative action and dropping out
From Crisis to Emergency: The Shifting Logic of Preparedness
Following the Second Lebanon War (2006), Israeli preparedness exercises were designed in reference to that crisis event. Hold annually for more than a decade, 'Turning Point' exercises are now accompanied by a 'National Emergency Week'. After three years of fieldwork in the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and the Turning Point administration, we came to realise that the conceptualisation of preparedness for such events has morphed.…
From Crisis to Emergency: The Shifting Logic of Preparedness
Following the Second Lebanon War (2006), Israeli preparedness exercises were designed in reference to that crisis event. Hold annually for more than a decade, 'Turning Point' exercises are now accompanied by a 'National Emergency Week'. After three years of fieldwork in the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and the Turning Point administration, we came to realise that the conceptualisation of preparedness for such events has morphed.…
Connecting the 'Others: White Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim Views in America
Drawing from recent work on “otherness” and social boundaries in America, we investigate anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish opinion among white Americans. After outlining the logic of the comparison, we use nationally representative data to analyze these forms of othering. Although anti-Muslim opinion is more extensive, the two track together empirically and share a cultural logic as connected forms of ethno-religious boundary-making. Latent class analy…
World society and field theory: The infiltration of development into humanitarianism
Differentiated modern society is commonly viewed as an aggregation of various fields, yet the question of their boundaries is often a silent one. This article builds on this lacuna to argue that cultural globalization should be acknowledged and added to the equation. Drawing from two distinct branches of the sociology of knowledge, Bourdieusian field theory and Meyer's world society, an integrative approach is presented here. It rests on three pr…
Multiple scripts, multiple institutions: Introducing complexity into the understanding of women’s empowerment
Partial enactment of women’s rights is at the crux of this analysis, which identifies factors associated with the adoption of some global women’s rights scripts but not others. Women who partially enact global principles are an important group, and focusing on them provides clues into when, where, and how institutionalized scripts are in competition. To explore this issue, Demographic and Health Survey data from 25 low- and middle-income countrie…
Unboxing the imaginary: Typology of future imagination techniques in high-tech development
When the future is connected to the term ‘imagination’, it is generally presented through the concept of the ‘imaginary’—that is, an image of the future that is related to a grand social image. In this article, we discuss the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries and argue that although this concept provides a needed perspective that allows scholars to unpack imaginaries associated with technological futures, it often features very broad concepts…
From Crisis to Emergency: The Shifting Logic of Preparedness
Following the Second Lebanon War (2006), Israeli preparedness exercises were designed in reference to that crisis event. Hold annually for more than a decade, 'Turning Point' exercises are now accompanied by a 'National Emergency Week'. After three years of fieldwork in the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and the Turning Point administration, we came to realise that the conceptualisation of preparedness for such events has morphed.…
Dropping out of master’s degrees: Objective predictors and subjective reasons
While student attrition constitutes a major institutional concern at the undergraduate level, this topic is overlooked at the master's level. Dropout rates have been documented, but no solid predictive models are to be found. Likewise, little is known about students' decision to terminate their studies. With growing enrolment numbers in postgraduate programmes, this blind spot should be addressed. The multi-method research presented here, combini…
Open the gates wider: Affirmative action and dropping out
The three cultures in American science: Publication productivity in physics, history and economics
World society and field theory: The infiltration of development into humanitarianism
Differentiated modern society is commonly viewed as an aggregation of various fields, yet the question of their boundaries is often a silent one. This article builds on this lacuna to argue that cultural globalization should be acknowledged and added to the equation. Drawing from two distinct branches of the sociology of knowledge, Bourdieusian field theory and Meyer's world society, an integrative approach is presented here. It rests on three pr…
How to Use Simplified Reproductive Calendar Data from the Demographic and Health Survey
IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), through its intuitive website ( http://dhs.ipums.org/ ), eliminate barriers to overtime and cross‐national analyses with the DHS. IPUMS DHS recently released simplified reproductive calendar data. These calendar data are harmonized across samples, distinguish “not in universe” cases from “no” responses, and do not require destringing. Variable names are hot links to important documentation, such a…
Connecting the 'Others: White Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim Views in America
Drawing from recent work on “otherness” and social boundaries in America, we investigate anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish opinion among white Americans. After outlining the logic of the comparison, we use nationally representative data to analyze these forms of othering. Although anti-Muslim opinion is more extensive, the two track together empirically and share a cultural logic as connected forms of ethno-religious boundary-making. Latent class analy…
Unboxing the imaginary: Typology of future imagination techniques in high-tech development
When the future is connected to the term ‘imagination’, it is generally presented through the concept of the ‘imaginary’—that is, an image of the future that is related to a grand social image. In this article, we discuss the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries and argue that although this concept provides a needed perspective that allows scholars to unpack imaginaries associated with technological futures, it often features very broad concepts…
Multiple scripts, multiple institutions: Introducing complexity into the understanding of women’s empowerment
Partial enactment of women’s rights is at the crux of this analysis, which identifies factors associated with the adoption of some global women’s rights scripts but not others. Women who partially enact global principles are an important group, and focusing on them provides clues into when, where, and how institutionalized scripts are in competition. To explore this issue, Demographic and Health Survey data from 25 low- and middle-income countrie…
Cutting at the edge: Observations on Innovation Beyond the Urban
Innovation is generally associated with the creation of something new and with economic growth, and is often understood in relation to modernity and its prime social site, 'the city'. Accordingly, the coupling of innovation and rural areas may seem incongruent. Drawing on ethnographic research on Israel's high-tech scene, we analyse innovation centres located primarily in kibbutzim in the northern and southern regions of the country. This allows …
Cutting Across Disciplines: Co-Production and the Rise of a Computational Culture
Over the past few decades, the academic landscape has been shaped by two concurrent trends: growing specialization into multiple disciplines and subfields, alongside increasing calls for collaboration. Parallel to these developments is the growing integration of advanced computational methods into research. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how this computational turn reshapes researchers’ fundamental understanding of scientific inquiry.…
Mount Horribilis: Examining productivity gaps in American research universities
The publish-or-perish adage and the winner-takes-all grant making practices are widely regarded as central organizing principles of academic careers. Its underlying assumption is that competitive evaluation systems incentivize scholars to maintain continuous research productivity over time. Yet little is known about the extent to which academic careers conform to this expectation. Using the concept of the Annus Horribilis —a career year with zero…
From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018. Drawing on world society theory and related scholarship, I use panel regression models to examine how domestic conditions and state…
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