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We research. We teach. We help people recognise information influence.

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Sovereignty
triad

Spirit, arms and resources: three foundations of sovereignty. Examine their relationships and a state’s external dependencies.

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State 4C

Subsidiarity, self-government, self-organisation and solidarity.

Human development

Opportunities and conditions for everyone to develop.

Ontological bubbles

How we construct our pictures of reality.

Competing solidarities

Social ties in a changing world.

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Clean City

The urban environment as a space for shared responsibility.

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Latest publications Musk’s Empty Cradles: A Visionary of Global Extinction “There Is No Government”: Why Israel’s Deadlock Works for Netanyahu The End of History versus the Rejection of Borders

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The centre’s team

The team at Dor Moriah

The members’ professional backgrounds span social policy, sociology, law, financial institutions and project management. This page presents their areas of expertise and collaborative research.

Meet the peopleAbout the centre

Social policy and sociology

Social institutions, social policy and empirical studies of civic participation.

Igor Kaminnik

Igor Kaminnik

Chairman of the Board

Social policy and institutional research

Igor’s professional background connects social policy, civil society and human development. His experience includes social commissioning and social investment, civil-society development consultancy and service as a national social-policy expert with UNICEF Ukraine in 2014–2017.

This background links research to a practical question: which rules, resources and forms of participation can improve people’s lives? At Dor Moriah, his work addresses solidarity, social recognition and the relationship between society and the state.

Biography and workResearch at the centre
Lola Kolpina

Lola Kolpina

Director of the Think Tank · sociologist

Sociology and civic participation

Lola holds a Candidate of Sciences degree in sociology and the academic rank of associate professor. Her research addresses social health, regional social ties and civic participation. Her 2018 study examines older people’s involvement in local government and neighbourhood life, and its relationship with neighbourly ties.

This perspective approaches human development through people’s actual opportunities to participate: who is included, what holds others back and which relationships help people act together. At the centre, Lola leads analytical work on human development.

Biography and researchStudy of civic participation

Methodology

Research questions, evidence and analysis

  1. Research question

    Define the subject, the central question and the format of the resulting work.

  2. Sources and method

    Compare survey data, primary documents and context; distinguish observations from interpretations.

  3. Findings and discussion

    Formulate reasoned findings and questions for further research.

Alexey Vilents

Alexey Vilents

Rights protection and public education

Legal expertise and rights protection

For Alexey, legal questions begin with a particular person and their circumstances. His background combines legal practice, municipal work and public education. He served as a municipal deputy in Moscow’s Cheryomushki district in 2017–2022; his professional experience also includes arbitration and free legal consultations. He graduated from Moscow State Industrial University in 2002 with a diploma in law.

In Israel, this work continues through rights protection, public lectures and support for people seeking safety away from home, including refugees affected by the Russian–Ukrainian war. Alexey also works with Igor Kaminnik on the analysis of social institutions and the individual’s position within them.

Experience and public workA joint publication with Igor

Co-authorship

Joint work

Examples of collaborative research and analysis by members of the centre.

Centre publication

Igor Kaminnik · Alexey Vilents

Musk’s Empty Cradles

A joint publication on demography, technological futures and the social conditions in which people make life decisions.

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Research paper

Igor Kaminnik · Alexey Vilents · Dan Fayutkin

Norms and the architecture of the economy

Abrahamic Norm and the Architecture of Interest-Based Capitalism explores the intersection of social norms, law and financial institutions.

A working paper in APSA Preprints; not peer-reviewed.

Working paper · APSA

Financial expertise and project management

International projects, financial institutions, production coordination and team management.

Dan Fayutkin

Dan Fayutkin

Financial expert

Financial institutions and international projects

Finance and institutions shape which projects can exist in practice. Dan is a co-founder and financial director of FORMA. His professional experience spans international project management, work across cultural environments and Israel’s military judiciary.

His research publications examine information conflicts, officers’ education and reconstruction after military conflict. In shared work with Igor Kaminnik and Alexey Vilents, his financial perspective meets analysis of law, norms and social institutions.

Professional background and publicationsProfessional biography at FORMA
Ilya Maryakhin

Ilya Maryakhin

Project management and production

International projects and team coordination

Ilya is a project manager and producer with extensive experience organising teams and production processes. He has worked in film and commercial production since 1998 and is the founder and general producer of Jetwood. He has organised projects in Israel, Europe, South Africa and other countries.

His expertise includes defining project requirements, assembling teams and coordinating work across project stages. His portfolio includes complete production cycles, from concept and preparation to filming and post-production. At Dor Moriah, this experience contributes to project organisation and management, including cultural programmes.

Professional background and projectsJetwood portfolio

Research framework

Human development and social institutions

Dor Moriah approaches development through participation in political, economic, social and cultural life. Data, law, resources and culture belong together because they are different dimensions of the same public question.

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Research questions, expert discussions and joint projects.

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