CV
EDUCATION
1971-1973 | Tel-Aviv University | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | B.A. 1974 (with honors) |
1974-1977 | Tel-Aviv University | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | M.A. 1977 (magna cum laude) |
1978-1982 | University of Chicago | Department of Sociology | Ph.D. 1982 |
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2014- | Israel Science Foundation (ISF) | Academic Board | Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Section |
2012- | Tel Aviv University | International MA Program in Migration Studies | Academic Director |
2012-2017 | Tel Aviv University | B.I. Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research | Director |
2011 – 2014 | Israel Foundation Trustees for the Social Sciences | Chairperson | |
2006 – 2012 | Tel-Aviv University | Faculty of Social Sciences | Dean |
2000 – 2003 | Israel Sociological Society | President | |
1998 – | Tel-Aviv University | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Full Professor |
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1. | National Social Security Agency (co- principal Investigator) Raising the retirement age – The employers’ perspective |
2020-2021 | 140,000IS |
2. | Israel Science Foundation (principal investigator) The native-immigrant wealth gap and the dynamics of wealth among immigrants in late life (3618/19) |
2019-2023 | 732,000IS |
3 | Israel Science Foundation (principal investigator) Stability and change in intergenerational financial assistance to the elderly |
2016-2020 | 657,600IS |
4. | United States-Israel Bi-National Science Foundation (co-principal investigator) Modes of labor market incorporation |
2015-2019 | $180,000 |
5. | Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (co-principal investigator) Equality at work: Modes of incorporation and the advancement of skilled Israeli-Palestinian women |
2015-2018 | 390,671IS |
6. | Israel Science Foundation (principal investigator) “Living in Debt in Old Age” Grant # 289/13 |
2013-2016 | 390,000IS |
7. | The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (principal investigator) “The European Social Survey” |
2012-2013 | 1,500,000IS |
8. | The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research (principal investigator) “Health inequality and public trust in the health care system” |
2011-2012 | 120,000IS |
9. | The Germany – Israel Bi-national Science Foundation – GIF (co-principal investigator) “Household Wealth Inequality – International Comparison” |
2010 – 2012 | €168,525 |
10. | The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (principal investigator) “The European Social Survey” | 2010-2011 | 1,400,000IS |
11. | Tel Aviv University President’s award for Excellence in Research | 2008 | |
12. | The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (principal investigator) “The European Social Survey” |
2008-2009 | 1,400,000IS |
13. | German Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF) “Immigrant Biographical Transitions in Germany and Israel” |
2006-2009 | ~ €300,000 |
14. | Israel Science Foundation (co-principal investigator) “Household Wealth Inequality in Israel and Ethnic Disparities in Life chances” |
2006-2009 | $122,000 |