Selected List
1990’s
2000’s
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Advisor (occasionally) to the Knesset (Parliament) committees. Among them:
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2010 – now | Technion Commisioner, Prevention of Sexual Harrassment and Handling Complaints |
2018 – now | Research Associate, National Knowledge Center for Disaster and Emergency Management |
2014 – now | Member of the Israeli steering committee of ESS – European Social Survey |
2008 – now | Member of The Public Adisory Council of Statistics, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |
2007 – 13 | Member of the Committee on Human and Social Sciences (MOST) of Israel National Committee for UNESCO |
2010 – 13 | Member (Public Representative) of the apponited-by-Israel’s-governemert committee THE ROTKOPF COMMITTEE on “Selecting appropriate policy for Israel’s agricuulture lands” (about one third of the total area of the State of Israel is defined as agricualture lands) |
2010 – 12 | Member of the team of experts advising the Long-Term Master Plan for the Water Sector in Israel, focusing on Stormwater Management Policy |
2009 – 10 | Member of the Research Evaluation Committee of Israel Science Foundation |
2007 – 09 | Member of the steering committee of Tel Aviv-Yaffo municipal project of updating the housing stock in the city (following the internationally-published Phoenix Strategy that I developed in the late 1990s) |
2007 – 08 | Member of civic-professional consulting committee for the future of Haifa, Headed by Architect and vice-mayor Shmuel Gelbhart |
2004 – 07 | Member of the Technion Committee for Research Awards and Technion Cmmittee for Post-Doctorat fellowships |
2002 – 05 | Member of the public-professional committee for supervising the renewal of Hadar HaCarmel, Haifa’s former CBD (Central Business District) |
2002 – 04 | Member of the apponited-by-Israel’s-governemert public-professional committee “On the future of the Kibbutzim and their legal status”’. This committee created the term “Kibbutz Mithadesh” and enabled a gradual process of differential salaries and semi-privatization of residentail apartments, simultaneously with continuing commitment to “mutual responsibility” and “joint safety net” |
1999 – 2003 | Director (public representative), Board of Directors of Haifa Economic Corporation Ltd. |
2000 – 01 | Member of the advisory committee on Water Issues, Life and Environment – Non-Governmental Umbrella Organization (60 affiliated organizations) promoting the quality of life and environment in Israel |
1997 | Member of the evaluation committee of the annual competition of plans, administered by the Israeli Association of Architects and Town Planners and the Israeli Association for Environmental Planning |
1997 | Advisor to the public committee (Ronen committee) on Reforming the Public Land Policy of Israel, reporting to the Minister of National Infrastructure |
1996 – 97 | Member of the public planning committee of the city of Haifa |
1995 – 96 | Advisor to the Municipality of Nathereth on issues of social development and housing |
1994 – 96 | Head and member of The Planning Committee of The Council for Beautiful Israel |
1994 – 95 | Member of the public steering committee for guiding a new master plan for Haifa |
1992 – 95 | Member of the secretariat of the Israeli Association for Human Rights |
1993 | Member of the advisory committee on community issues to the Mayor of Haifa |
1992 | Organizer of Bama LeOlim – a forum of lectures and discussions for new immigrants in Haifa |
1991 | Advisor to the Los Angeles chapter of the Mega Cities project for transfer of urban innovation among the big cities of the world |
1990 | Member of the advisory committee on rezoning the city of Haifa for tax purposes |
1988 – 90 | Regional editor of Notes, International Working Group on Housing and the Built Environment of the International Sociological Association |
1987 – 90 | Member of the organizing committee of the section on Social Policy of Israel Sociological Society |
1988 – 89 | Program head of a series of public symposiums under the auspices of The Center for Urban and Regional Studies at the Technion and the Israeli Association for Environmental Planning; among them: “Pollution in Haifa’s Sea Shore: Can We Prevent It?” (March 88); “Transportation in Haifa Metropolitan Area” (December 88); “Hadar HaCarmel: Alternatives for Revitalizing Haifa’s CBD” (December 89) |
1987 – 90 | Chairperson of The Planning Committee of The Council for Beautiful Israel |
1987 – 88 | Member of the Mayor of Haifa Committee for Non-Jewish Population in Haifa |
1987 – 88 | Advisor to the Golda Meir Mt. Carmel Training Center for Developing Countries |
1986 | Organizer and Program Head of an international symposium on Neighborhood Policy – The State of the Art, M.I.T, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Sponsored by the Technion S. Neaman Institute and MIT Laboratory of Architecture and Planning |
1985 | Lectures in the U.S.A. for the Union of Students for Israe |
1983 – 85 | Member of the President of Israel Committee for the Welfare of Children |
1982 – 83 | Member of the Mayor of Haifa Committee for the Advancement of Women |
1980 – 82 | Chair of the section on Evaluation of Social Programs of Israel Sociological Society |
1978 – 88 | Advisor to the Government of Israel, Inter-Ministerial Committee for Project Renewal – Israel’s national program for social and physical rehabilitation of distressed neighborhoods |
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