Dr. Ori Goldberg's research focuses on the interaction between religious faith

and political behavior. His specialty is Shi'a Islam and Iran. His doctoral dissertation,

published by Routledge in 2011 (Shi'i Theology in Iran: The Challenge of Religious

Experience), dealt with the role of religious experience in the creation of revolutionary

Shi'i discourse in Iran. 

Dr. Goldberg is the author of Lachshov Shi'it (Thinking Shi'a), published as part of

IDF Radio's "Broadcast University" series. He is the co-author (with Shaul Mishal) of 

Understanding Shiite Leadership: The Art of the Middle Ground in Iran and Lebanon

 (Cambridge University Press, 2013). 

Dr. Goldberg is the recipient of many academic prizes, including the Dan David

Prize and the Wolff scholarship. He has served as a research fellow in several

prominent institutions and foundations abroad, including Yale University, the Mellon

Foundation, the Volkswagen Stiftung and others.

He has served as a senior research fellow at the Dado Center for Interdisciplinary

Military Though (IDF) and is a faculty member of the Israeli National Defense

College. Dr. Goldberg teaches and has taught at the IDC, Tel Aviv University, and other institutions.