Senior lecturer at the School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research addresses children’s emotional and social development as well as socialization processes and cultural factors that affect children. Her work involves theoretical and empirical examination of distinct aspects of parent-child relationships and their contribution to various features of social competence among children. Dr. Davidov’s work also addresses theory and research of development of concern for others during the first years of life, and her laboratory specializes in studying the development of empathy and pro-social behavior among infants, toddlers and children.

She holds a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Toronto (Canada), received in 2003.