{"id":4114,"date":"2026-02-03T20:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhglobal.haifa.ac.il\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:08:22","slug":"prof-shmulik-nili-northwestern-universityillinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhglobal.haifa.ac.il\/?p=4114","title":{"rendered":"Prof.\u00a0Shmulik\u00a0Nili,\u00a0Northwestern University Illinois, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4114\" class=\"elementor elementor-4114\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-274209b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"274209b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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He is Professor of <strong>Political Science<\/strong> and (by courtesy) of Philosophy at Northwestern University, where his research integrates fundamental moral theory with social science to illuminate themes such as democratic integrity, corruption, political violence, collective agency, and the normative foundations of modern governance. 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