CV

Education and Academic Degrees

2013    ‌ PhD in the Urban and Regional Planning Program, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2006    M.A. Geography with specialization in Urban and Regional Planning, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (with honours).
2001    B.A. Geography and Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (with honours).

Academic Appointments

2018-present  Assistant professor, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2017-2018 Post-Doc in the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, the Faculty of Law and Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa.
2017-2018 Adjacent Lecturer, Urban and Regional Planning Program, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2016-2017 Post-Doc and Visiting Scholar in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and in the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Cambridge MA.
2014-2016 Researcher in the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, Technion.
2013-2014 Adjacent Lecturer, Urban and Regional Planning Program, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2012-2013 Research Assistant in the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2009-2013 Research Associate, Center of Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2007-2013 Assistant Teacher, Urban and Regional Planning Program, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2007 Research Assistant in the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2006-2007 Researcher for the Karev Fund at the “Rehabilitation of Jerusalem” Project, Project Managers: Prof. Gur Ofer.
2006 Research Assistant of Gideon Hashimshoni, Transportation Researcher: Updating the Policy Plan for the Transportation Development of the State of Israel.
2004 Research Assistant of Prof. Arie Shachar in Writing a Professional Opinion for the Supreme Court of Israel: “Influence of Residence and Employment Suburbanization Trends on Cities and Regions”.
2003-2006 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2003-2005 Researcher, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2002-2003 Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Professional Experience

2005  Co-Author of the Professional Team Report for the Metropolitan Mass Transit System in Gush-Dan (NTA): “Influences of Mass Public Transportation on Urban Development”.
2001-2002 Research Coordinator of the Brookdale Institute at the JDC Israel, Jerusalem.

Research Interests

  • Spatiality, Social Justice, Inequality and Poverty
  • Suburbanization, Counter-Urbanization and Social Distinction
  • Immigration and Globalization
  • Innovation and Regional Development

Teaching Experience

2018-present  Studio 4: Metropolitan and Regional Planning. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. Graduate compulsory studio course, 60 students.
2017-present Urban Geography. Under-Graduate and Graduate, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, 50 students.

Land-Use Planning – Principles and Quantifying. Graduate compulsory course, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, 60 students.
2013-2014 Urban Geography. Under-Graduate and Graduate, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, Adjacent Lecturer.
2007-2013 Urban Geography. Under-Graduate and Graduate, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, Teaching Assistant of Prof. Amnon Frenkel.
2007-2013 Land-Use Planning – Principles and Quantifying. Graduate compulsory course, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, Graduate, Teaching Assistant of Prof. Amnon Frenkel.

Membership in Academic, Professional and Public Associations

  • The Israeli Geographical Association (IGA)
  • The Israeli Regional Science Association.
  • The European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
  • Israel Planners Association. Registered in the Planners’ Register.

Fellowships, Awards and Honors

2016 The MIT-Technion Post-Doc Fellowship Program 2016-2017.
2014 The Gerhard and Gertrud Karplus Award for Excellency, For Outstanding PhD Dissertation, in the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2014 Excellence Award at the Outstanding PhD Thesis Competition of the Israel Planners Association.
2011 The Professor Stan Czamanski Prize, for an Outstanding Paper in Regional Science Written by a Young Scholar. Awarded by the Regional Science Association International, the Israeli Section.
 2010  Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Young Academics Organization – Full Participation Scholarship for the AESOP PhD Workshop 2010 held on Seili Island, Finland.
 2005  Sapir Award for Thesis Papers dealing with the research of Local Government in Israel, the Pais Institute, Israel, 15,000 NIS, Emil Israel.
 2005  Thesis Excellence Award 2005, awarded by the Israeli Association of Transportation Research (EILAT).
2005 Commendation at the Papers Competition in Memory of Meira Gloskinus, Israel Planners Association.
2004 Shaine Center for Research in Social Science Scholarship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 4000 NIS.
2003 Rector’s Outstanding Student Award from among Students who won the Rector’s Scholarship for Master’s Students, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2003 Inter-University List of National Excellent Students, named by the Knesset’s Education and Culture Committee and the Committee of Heads of Universities.
2003 Excellent Student Prize, the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2002-2003 Rector’s Scholarship for Master’s Degree Students, 64,000 NIS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2001 Herzl HaLevi Prize, Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1998-2000 Dean’s Prize for Excellent Students, Social Science Faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Professional Projects

2020- TIE – “Mapping the City’s Transportation Innovation Ecosystem.” Co-Principal Investigator (with Professor Emeritus Amnon Frenkel). An initiative supported and funded by The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
2017-2020 Tools and Mechanisms for Public Engagement in Local Authorities with Regard to Earthquake Preparedness, Response and Recovery. Head: Prof. Deborah Shmueli. A project conducted at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, the Faculty of Law and Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa.
2016-2017 Declining Cities and the Suburbanization of the Middle Class – Elective Belonging amongst Latino-Hispanic Immigrants. Head: Emil Israel and Brent D. Ryan. A project conducted at Department of Urban Studies and Planning and in the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Cambridge MA. One of the Project’s Heads.
2015-2017 It Takes Two to Tango? Spatial and Social Implications of Joint Civil-Military Development. Head: Dr. Reuven Gal. A project conducted at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research. Senior Researcher.
2016 Examining the Feasibility of Establishing a Metropolitan Area in Northern Israel. Heads: Prof. Arnon Bentur, Prof. Daniel Chemansky and Prof. Amnon Frenkel. A project being conducted at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research. Senior Researcher.
2014-2016 Promoting R&D and Innovation in the Israeli Periphery. Head: Dr. Daphna Getz. A project being conducted at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research. Submitted to the Israel National Council for Research and Development (MOLMOP) at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space. Senior Researcher.
2014-2015 The Establishing of a Technion Academic Center in Ramat Negev – Feasibility and Regional Impacts. Head: Prof. Arnon Bentur. A project being conducted at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research. Submitted to the Settlement Division at the World Zionist Organization. Senior Researcher.
2012-2013 Strategic Planning for Beit She’an Municipality – Tourism Development Goal based on Culture, History and Nature. Head: Prof. Amnon Frenkel. A project being conducted at the Spatial Capital Lab, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. Submitted to ‘Bridge to the Future’ Association. Senior Researcher.
2012-2013 Strategic Regional Planning for Valley of Springs Regional Council. Head: Prof. Amnon Frenkel. A project being conducted at the Spatial Capital Lab, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. Submitted to ‘Bridge to the Future’ Association. Senior Researcher.
2006-2007 A Vision for Jerusalem: Plan for Revitalizing Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel. Head: Prof. Gur Ofer. A project being conducted at the Jerusalem Institute for Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel Studies. Planner.
2005 Influences of Mass Public Transportation on Urban Development. Heads: Prof. Eran Feitelson and Ilan Salomon. A project being conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Submitted to the Metropolitan Mass Transit System in Gush-Dan (NTA). Researcher.
2004 Influence of Residence and Employment Suburbanization Trends on Cities and Regions. Head: Prof. Arie Shachar. A project being conducted at the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Submitted to the Supreme Court of Israel as a professional opinion. Assistant Researcher.
2003 The Local and Regional Influence of the New Industrial Park in Kiryat-Gat. Head: Prof. Arie Shachar. A project being conducted at the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Submitted to Intel and the New Industrial Park in Kiryat-Gat Management. Assistant Researcher.

Publications

Thesis

M.A. Thesis
‘The Railway as an Accelerator of Land-Use Changes and Suburbanization Processes–A Housing Location Choices Analysis on the Fringes of the Tel Aviv Metropolis‘. Master Thesis, Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2006). Supervisors: Prof. Ilan Salomon and Prof. Eran Feitelson

PhD Thesis
‘Social Justice and Equal Opportunities in an Era of Suburbanization‘. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel (2013). Supervisor: Prof. Amnon Frenkel.

Refereed Papers in Professional Journals:

  1. Israel Emil and Cohen-Blankshtain Galit, Testing the Decentralization Effects of Rail Systems: Empirical Findings from Israel. Transportation Research Part A, 44(7): 523–536, 2010.
  2. Israel Emil and Frenkel Amnon, The Distribution of Capital Forms between Cities and Suburbs and Their Impact on Social Justice in Space. Urban Geography, 36(4): 578-607, 2015.
  3. Frenkel Amnon, Israel Emil and Maital Shlomo, The Evolution of Innovation Network and Spin off Entrepreneurship – the Case of RAD. European Planning Studies, 23(8): 1646-1670, 2015.
  4. Frenkel Amnon, Maital Shlomo, Leck Eran and Israel Emil, Demand-Driven Innovation: An Integrative Systems-Based Review of the Literature. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 12(2): 1-31, 2015.
  5. Israel Emil and Frenkel Amnon, Social Justice and Spatial Inequality—Toward a Conceptual Framework. Progress in Human Geography, 42(5): 647–665, 2018.
  6. Frenkel Amnon and Israel Emil, Spatial Inequality in the Context of City-Suburb Cleavages–Enlarging the Framework of Well-Being and Social Inequality. Landscape and Urban Planning, 177: 328–339, 2018.
  7. Israel Emil, Cohen Nir and Czamanski Daniel, Return on capital? Determinants of Counter-migration among Early Career Israeli STEM Researchers. PLoS ONE, 14(8): e0220609, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220609
  8. Israel Emil and Frenkel Amnon, Justice and Inequality in Space —A Socio-Normative Analysis. Geoforum, 2019 (forthcoming).

Other Publications:

Chapters in books published in Israel

  1. Israel Emil and Feitelson Eran, To What Degree Do Transportation Systems Influence Urban Development? The Strange Case of Tulkarm. In Bar-Gal Yoram, Kliot Nurit and Peled Amazia, (eds.), Studies in Eretz-Israel – The Aviel Ron Book, Haifa: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 182-204, 2004.
  2. Shachar Arie and Israel Emil, The Process of Decision-Making in the Location of Intel and the Establishment of the New Industrial Park in Kiryat-Gat. In Krakover Shaul (ed.), Global Development in a Local City – The Local and Regional Influences of the New Industrial Park in Kiryat-Gat, Jerusalem and Beer-Sheva: the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies in Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Negev Center for Regional Development in the Ben-Gurion University, pp. 73-108, 2005.
  3. Razin Eran and Israel Emil, The Governing Framework of Jerusalem. In Ofer Gur (ed.), A Vision for Jerusalem: Plan for Revitalizing Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 295-358, 2009.
  4. Razin Eran and Israel Emil, Jerusalem as a Capital City: The Government Sector and the Economy. In Ofer Gur (ed.), A Vision for Jerusalem: Plan for Revitalizing Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 123-164, 2009.

Research Reports (All in Hebrew Unless Noted Otherwise)

  1. Israel Emil, The Development of the New Industrial Park and the Location Choices of the Industrial Plants. In The Local and Regional Influence of the New Industrial Park in Kiryat-Gat – Final Report, Jerusalem and Beer-Sheva: the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University, Ch.9, November 2003.
  2. Feitelson Eran, Cohen-Blankstein Galit, Salomon Ilan, Israel Emil and Rotem Orit, The Influences of Mass Public Transportation on Urban Development – Final Report. Submitted to the Metropolitan Mass Transit System in Gush-Dan Israel (NTA), December 2005.
  3. Frenkel Amnon and Israel Emil, The Contribution of Universities to Local Development. Haifa: Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, November 2007.
  4. Shachar Arie and Israel Emil, Non-Agriculture Activity In and Outside of Urban Employment Centers. In The Village in Israel – A Sustainable Space. Appelbaum Levia and Cohen (Kadmon) Mordechai (eds.), Research Papers Regarding the Village and the Agriculture, conducted under the auspice of the Village in Israel Project of the Pais Institute Foundation, in the Memory of Pinhas Sapir, 2007.
  5. Amnon Frenkel, Shlomo Maital with Eran Leck and Emil Israel, Critical Integrative Review of the Literature on Demand-Side and Supply-Side Innovation with Emphasis on the Role of Markets & Demand (Work Package 2). PICK-ME Policy Incentives for the Creation of Knowledge: Methods and Evidence (Demand Driven Innovation), Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, the EU 7th Framework Program, May 2012. (in English)
  6. Amnon Frenkel, Idan Porat and Emil Israel, Report No. 3: Capital Resources Benchmark Analysis for Valley of Springs Regional Council. Submitted to ‘Bridge to the Future’ Association. Haifa: the Spatial Capital Lab, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, January 2013.
  7. Amnon Frenkel, Idan Porat and Emil Israel, Report No. 4: Strategic Regional Planning for Valley of Springs Regional Council. Submitted to ‘Bridge to the Future’ Association. Haifa: the Spatial Capital Lab, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, March 2013.
  8. Amnon Frenkel, Idan Porat and Emil Israel, Report No. 5: Inter-Authority Benchmarking for Beit She’an. Submitted to ‘Bridge to the Future’ Association. Haifa: the Spatial Capital Lab, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, May 2013.
  9. Amnon Frenkel, Idan Porat and Emil Israel, Report No. 6 Strategic Planning for Beit She’an Municipality – Tourism Development Goal based on Culture, History and Nature. Submitted to ‘Bridge to the Future’ Association. Haifa: the Spatial Capital Lab, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, June 2013.
  10. Arnon Bentur, Daphne Getz, Emil Israel, Daniel Czamanski and Omri Rand, The Establishing of a Technion Academic Center in Ramat Negev – Feasibility and Regional Impacts. Submitted to the Settlement Division (Ha’Hativa Le’Ityashvout) at the World Zionist Organization. Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, December, 2014.
  11. Emil Israel, RISIS 1st Reporting Period Progress Report (January 2014 – June 2015), RISIS – Working Package 9 18 Months Report. Submitted to the Governing Board of RISIS Research Infrastructure for Research and Innovation Policy Studies Project, Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, the EU 7th Framework Program, July 2015. (in English)
  12. Emil Israel, Report on Depicting and Selecting Preferable Approach(es) to Knowledge Clustering, RISIS – Report on Task 1, Work package 9. Submitted to the Governing Board of RISIS Research Infrastructure for Research and Innovation Policy Studies Project, Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, the EU 7th Framework Program, February 2016. (in English)
  13. Daphna Getz, Emil Israel, Eyal Salinger, Tzamert Rubin and Tsipy Buchnick, Promoting R&D and Innovation in the Israeli Periphery. Submitted to the Israel National Council for Research and Development (MOLMOP) at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space. Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, September 2016.
  14. Arnon Bentur, Amnon Frenkel, Daniel Chemansky, Emil Israel, Eran Leck, Marina Toger and Maria Marinov. Aspects in Formulating a Metropolitan Plan for Israel’s North. A project being conducted at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research. Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, September 2016.
  15. Emil Israel, Report on Operationalizing and Testing the Selected Approach(es) in RISIS Datasets – Report on Task 2, Work package 9. Submitted to the Governing Board of RISIS Research Infrastructure for Research and Innovation Policy Studies Project, Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, the EU 7th Framework Program, November 2016. (in English)
  16. Reuven Gal, Miki Malul, Emil Israel, Eran Leck, Ophir Rubin, Shaul Hartal, It Takes Two to Tango? Spatial and Social Implications of Joint Civil–Military Development – Final Report. Submitted to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space. Haifa: The Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, December 2016.

Conferences

Plenary, keynote or invited talks

In Israel

2018    “For the Need to Link Between Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Social Sciences, and Presenting Possible Topics to Guide Students for their Thesis or Dissertation”, Annual Young Researchers Conference, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, The Technion, Haifa, Israel, Monday 26th March, 2018.

Academic Presentations in Workshops as Part of Funded Research

Abroad

2016 “Why Geography? – Setting the Spatial Agenda of RISIS WP9”, (with Daphne Getz), RISIS Annual Week 2016, Amsterdam – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA), Wednesday 26th January, 2016.
2016 “The Metropolis Concepts and Definitions (with Special Emphasis on the OECD’s FUA)”, (with Daphne Getz), RISIS Geo Summer School Geocoding and Clustering of Large ST&I Corpuses, Paris – Universite Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee (UPEMLV), Wednesday 6th July, 2016.
2015 “Redefining Urban – Presenting the OECD’s New Way to Measure Metropolitan Areas”, (with Daphne Getz and Vered Segal), RISIS Annual Week 2015, Rome – Centro Congressi Frentani, Wednesday 28th January, 2015.
2015 “Taking Space Seriously – Setting the Spatial Agenda of RISIS”, (with Daphne Getz and Eran Leck), RISIS – Working Package 9 Workshop, Vienna – Austrian Institution of Technology, Thursday 10th September, 2015.

In Israel

2018    “Tools and Mechanisms for Public Engagement in Local Authorities with regard to Earthquake Preparedness, Response, and Recovery”, International Workshop and Board Meeting on Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions Annual Activity, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, June 8th Friday, 2018. (in English)
2018    “The IDF’s New Military Bases in the Negev: The Potential Migration of the Standing Army Personnel and the Evolution of the Beer-Sheva Metropolitan Region”, A Round Table that Discusses the findings of ‘It Takes Two to Tango? Spatial and Social Implications of Joint Civil-Military Development’ Research, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Tuesday 20th March 2018.
2016   “Promoting R&D and Innovation in Israel’s Periphery”, (with Daphne Getz and Eyal Salinger), Promoting R&D and Innovation in Israel’s Periphery Project- Presenting Final Report Meeting with the National Commission for Promoting the Periphery and Technological Innovation (MOLMOP), Tel Aviv – Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, Thursday 6th September 2016.
2015    “Promoting R&D and Innovation in Israel’s Periphery”, (with Daphne Getz and Tsameret Rubin), Promoting R&D and Innovation in Israel’s Periphery Project- Progress Review Meeting with the National Commission for Promoting the Periphery and Technological Innovation (MOLMOP), Tel Aviv – Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, Monday 18th May 2015.

Presentations (giving papers)

Abroad

August 2019
 “Regional Location and the Question of Technological and Non-Technological Innovation”, (with Eyal Salinger), The European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Annual International Conference 2019, 27-30 August 2019, Lyon, France.
November 2018  “Return on Capital? Determinants of Counter-migration Among Highly Educated Israelis”, (with Nir Cohen and Daniel Czamanski), Transmobilities-Development Conference 2018, 29-30 November, 2018, Utrecht, Netherlands.
August 2018 “Return on Capital? Determinants of Counter-migration Among Highly Educated Israelis”, (with Nir Cohen and Daniel Czamanski), Royal Geographical Society, with Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG),  Annual International Conference 2018, 28-31 August, 2018, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
July 2010 “Social Justice and Urban Sprawl—Toward an Empirical Measurement of Socio-Spatial Complexity”, (with Amnon Frenkel), the 24th Annual Conference of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), 7-10 July, 2010, Espoo, Finland.
July 2010 “Spatial Justice: Planning and Distributing the Luxury of Space”, AESOP PhD Workshop 2010, 3-6 July, 2010, Seili Island, Finland.

In Israel

Dec. 2019 “Urbanism and the Military – Would they Integrate?”, Israel Geographical Society Annual Conference, 29 December 2019, Haifa University, Haifa.
March 2019 “Urbanism and the Military – Would they Integrate?”, Israel Planners Association Annual Conference, 7 March 2019, Old city, Beer-Sheva.
Feb. 2019 “Urbanism and the Military – Would they Integrate?”, the Israeli Section of the Regional Science Association Annual Conference, 4 February 2019, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.
Dec. 2018 “Return on Capital? Determinants of Counter-migration Among Highly Educated Israelis”, (with Nir Cohen and Daniel Czamanski), Israel Geographical Society Annual Conference, 10 December 2018, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.
Jan. 2013 “Developing an Integrative Model for a Strategic Regional Planning based on Spatial Capital Indices”, (with Amnon Frenkel and Idan Porat), The Israeli Section of the Regional Science Association Annual Conference, 30 January 2013, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva.
Feb. 2012 “The Social Space under Urban Sprawl: Measuring the Meaning of Spatial Justice in the Context of a City and Its Suburbs”, (with Amnon Frenkel), Israel Planners Association Annual Conference, 23 February 2012, Technion, Haifa.
Feb. 2012 “The Social Space under Urban Sprawl: Measuring the Meaning of Spatial Justice in the Context of a City and Its Suburbs”, (with Amnon Frenkel), the Israeli Section of the Regional Science Association Annual Conference, 7 February 2012, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot.
Jan. 2010 “The Measurement of Social Justice and Equal Opportunities in an Era of Urban Sprawl – Can Bourdieu Help?”, (with Amnon Frenkel) The Israeli Section of the Regional Science Association Annual Conference, 10 January 2010, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv.
June 2010 “Social Justice: Between City and Suburbs”, (with Amnon Frenkel), PLiC – Public Life in the In-Between City, International Conference, 6-10 June 2010, Technion, Haifa.
Dec. 2007 (1) “Governmental Alternatives for Jerusalem and its Metropolis”, (with Eran Razin),
(2) “Jerusalem as a Capital City–The Public Sector and the Economy of the City”, (with Eran Razin).
Israel Geographical Society Annual Conference, 10 December 2007, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva.
March 2007 (1) “The Influences of Mass Public Transportation on Urban Development – Literature Review and Implication for the Metropolis of Tel-Aviv”, (with Feitelson Eran, Cohen-Blankstein Galit, Salomon Ilan and Rotem Orit).

(2) “The Rail Train as an Accelerator of Land-Uses Changes and Suburbanization Processes–A Housing Location Choices Analysis in the Fringes of Tel Aviv Metropolis” Israel Planners Association Annual Conference, 8 March 2007, Technion, Haifa.
Dec. 2006 “The Rail Train as an Accelerator of Land-Uses Changes and Suburbanization Processes–A Housing Location Choices Analysis in the Fringes of Tel Aviv Metropolis”, Israel Geographical Society Annual Conference, 17 December 2006, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.
May 2006 “The Rail Train as an Accelerator of Land-Uses Changes and Suburbanization Processes–A Housing Location Choices Analysis in the Fringes of Tel Aviv Metropolis”, The Israeli Section of the Regional Science Association Annual Conference, 28 May 2006, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan.
Jan. 2005 “The Policy toward Retail Planning in the Israeli Urban Space – Downtown vs. City Fringes”, Israel Planners Association Annual Conference, 27 January 2005, Herzliya.
Dec. 2003 “To What Degree do Transportation Systems Influence Urban Development? The Strange Case of Tulkarm”, (with Eran Feitelson), Israel Geographical Society Annual Conference, 21-23 December 2003, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.

Participation in organizing conferences/workshops

Abroad

2016 RISIS Research Infrastructure for Research and Innovation Policy Studies, RISIS Geo Summer School – Geocoding and Clustering of Large ST&I Corpuses, Paris, France. July 4-8 2016, Associate Organizer.
2016 RISIS Research Infrastructure for Research and Innovation Policy Studies, RISIS Annual Week 2016 ‘Geography’ Session. Amsterdam, Netherlands. January 26 2016. Chair and the Organizer.
2015 RISIS Research Infrastructure for Research and Innovation Policy Studies, Working Package 9 Workshop: “Developing RISIS Spatial Aspects”, Vienna, Austria. September 10-11 2015, Chair and the Organizer.