Dr. Sivan Lerer is the executive managerof the Chair in Baha'i Studies. She has been teaching courses on the history of the Baha'i faith at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for over a decade. Her PhD. thesis was written under the supervision of Prof. Moshe Sharon and dealt with the "dialogue" between the Sheikhi leader Karim Khan Karmani and the Bab.

Her research focuses on the early history of the Babi-Baha'i faith; Baha'i interpretations of various scriptures; the Baha'i faith as an "Abrahamic Religion"; and Baha'i scriptures in contact with various religious traditions.

As part of the "Digital Humanities" movement and the effort to make  academic knowledge and research more accessible to the general public, Sivan's students have written more than 80 articles on the Hebrew Wikipedia (and several in other languages) dealing with Baha'i subjects.

Sivan is also the executive editor of the Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam international journal published by the Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation.