Research

Highlights of Current Projects

CiCircularrcular bioeconomy: Supply chain economics, waste management, and protein innovation

 

Crop

- Small farmers' decision-making 
- Smallholder classification

 

sink

School-based WASH interventions and their broader social impacts

 

 

nexusJust and safe solutions under food–energy–water nexus in off-grid scenarios

 

 

PesticideRegulatory evolution of organophosphates and carbamates in Israel

 

 

perception

Public perception and regulation of emerging technologies

 

 

 

Peer Reviewed Publications

Ma, M., Bukchin-Peles, S., Tomberlin, J. K., & Zilberman, D. The Economics of Circular Bioeconomy Supply Chains: Theory and Case Studies. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Forthcoming.

 

Bukchin-Peles, S., Baker Lozneva, K., Tomberlin, J. K., & Zilberman, D. (2025). From waste management to protein innovation: Black Soldier Fly as an embodiment of the circular bioeconomy. Future Foods, 11.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2025.100592

 

Bukchin-Peles, S. (2024). Shaping attitudes toward sustainable insect-based diets: The role of hope. Future Foods, 10, 100493.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100493

 

Bukchin-Peles, S., & Ronen, T. (2022). Linking self-control, hope, positivity ratio, anxiety and handwashing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8859.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148859

 

Wuepper, D., Just, D., Bukchin-Peles, S., & Zilberman, D. (2023). Behavioral agricultural economics. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 1(1), 1–12. (Featured Article)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13343

 

Bukchin-Peles, S. (2022). Are positive farmers more productive? Investigating the relationship between positivity ratio and agricultural productivity. Outlook on Agriculture, 51(4), 470-481.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270221130087

 

Bukchin-Peles, S., & Kerret, D. (2021). Sustainable technology adoption by smallholder farmers and goal-oriented hope. Climate and Development, 1(1), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2021.1872477

 

Bukchin-Peles, S., & Fishman, R. (2021). Should long-term climate change adaptation be focused on smallholders? Environmental Research Letters, 16(11), 114011.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2699

 

Bukchin-Peles, S., & Ronen, T. (2021). The role of adolescents' personal and social resources in achieving desired emotional and behavioral outcomes during an anxiety-provoking pandemic outbreak. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6280.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126280

 

Kerret, D., Orkibi, H., Bukchin, S., & Ronen, T. (2020). Two for one: Achieving both pro-environmental behavior and subjective well-being by implementing environmental-hope-enhancing programs in schools. Journal of Environmental Education, 51(6), 434-448.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2020.1825907

 

Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2020). The role of self-control, hope, and information in technology adoption by smallholder farmers: A moderation model. Journal of Rural Studies, 74, 160-168.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.01.009

 

Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2020). Character strengths and sustainable technology adoption by smallholder farmers. Heliyon, 6(8), e04694.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04694

 

Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2019). Once you choose hope: Early adoption of green technology. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(32), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07251-y

 

Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2018). Food for hope: The role of personal resources in farmers' adoption of green technology. Sustainability, 10(5), 1615.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051615

 

 

 

Other Publications

Michael, K., Tal, A., Lindenstrauss, G., Bukchin-Peles, S., Khenin, D., & Weis, V. (Eds.). (2021). Climate change and national security (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv, Israel: INSS Press.

 

Tal, A., & Bukchin, S. (Eds.). (2017). Transforming desertification as a global policy orphan: Land degradation neutrality strategies through prevention and restoration. In BMI Conference Proceedings, Malta, March 29–31, 2017.

 

Bukchin, S. (2020). The role of personal resources in sustainable technology adoption by smallholder farmers. Advisor: Dr. Dorit Kerret. Tel Aviv University, Israel.

 

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