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2024 semester Center seminar talks and events program
Lectures will be givven according to current situation in Israel
Next event in Yellow
Spring semester, 2024 (under construction)
May 1st, 2024 - Sharon Yadin - Can Shaming Save the Planet?(with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
May 8 - Gabriel Weimann - Coping with Hamas’s Psychological Warfare during the Gaza War
May 15 - José Ignacio Hernandez: Restoring the Rule of Law in Fragile States and Conflict-effected Situation: The Venezuelan Case (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
May 22- Yossi Chen: The Civilian Management in the Gaza Envelope Right After October 7
May 29 - Alexandre (Sandy) Kedar: Exploring the territories of denial: A critical reading of the legal-academic discourse on “Israeli democracy” (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
June 5 -Orit Nuttman-Shwartz and Yael Hochman:Considerations in making decisions regarding evacuation from war zones among young families
June 19 - Gbeke Adenuga: Local Governments’ Peace Building Committees and Farmers-Pastoralists Conflicts in South-West Nigeria (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
June 26 - TBD
July 3 - Uri Ansenberg: Real Estate Valuation courts in East Jerusalem (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
July 10 - TBD
July 17 - Jaroslaw Kantorowicz -the micro-foundations of emergency constitutions (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
Past Events and Seminar Lectures
Fall 2024 program
January 3, 2024 - Limor Yehuda's book event: Collective Equality: Democracy and Human Rights in Ethno-National ConflictsDemocracy and Human Rights in Ethno-National Conflicts. With Alexandre (Sandy) Kedar and Prof. Itamar Mann as Commentators
January 17 - Limor Musayel, Israel Ministry of Welfare and Social Security - Community Social Work -Between Strengthening Community Resilience and community Readiness and Ability to Cope with Emergencis
January 24, 2024 - Rottem Rosenberg-Rubins: Only Sovereignty? Global emergencies between domestic and international law(with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
January 31, 2024 - Yosef Luchi - CEO of Shlomi local municipality and Hagai Dafna, expert for emergency readiness: The local authority in war
February 7, 2024 - Guy Lurie, Amir Fuchs and Daphne Benvenisty - Emergency Regulations: A Proposal for Constitutional ReformIdo (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
February 12, 2024 - Eran Feitelson: What can be learned from the ifluences of COVID-19 crisis on well-being in Israel? Research approach
February 14, 2024 - Nadav Dagan: Between War and Pandemia - Emergency situations and the Rule of Law in Israel (in Hebrew)
February 21, 2024 - Eli Salzberger: Democratic infrastructure in times of war (in Hebrew)
February 28, 2024 - Danielle Zaychik: Needs-based and differential national support of localities during crisis (in Hebrew)
March 6, 2024 - Ido Rosenzweig: Mexican Standoff – Competing Right to Life Obligations for Israel Following October 7th (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
March 13, 2024 - Moshe Farchi :Evacuated from home: aspects of dealing with the evacuation and rehabilitation processes
Spring 2023 program
March 8, 2023
Yosi Zamri: Crash anatomy: the fall of Boeing (Hebrew)
March 12, 2023
What can be learned from Center researchers about readiness for earthquakes
March 15, 2023
Inbal Blau: Compensation mechanisms in multi-casualties events in Israel (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions) (Hebrew)
March 22, 2023
Eran Vigoda-Gadot: The public virus: findings of a longitudinal study about civil behavior during the corona crisis (Hebrew)
April 19, 2023
Jona Van Laak: The effects of exceptional policies on innovation and economic resilience (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
May 10, 2023
Ayelet Ben-Yishai: Genres of Emergency: Forms of Crisis and Continuity in Indian Writing in English (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
May 17, 2023
Lea Shelef: Trust of IDF mental health officers in their ability to cope with and emergency during military action (Hebrew)
May 24, 2023
Panel on: Professionals and Intellectuals under Extreme Conditions: Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Palestine (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
May 31, 2023
Orli Oren-Kolbinger: The Role of Tax Courts During Economic Crises (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
June 7, 2023
Dror Shalev: Local authorities readiness for emergencies (Hebrew)
June 14, 2023
Hadeel Abu Hussein -The struggle for Land and Legitimacy of Palestinians Under Israeli law, Architecture of Exclusion (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
Fall 2022-2023 program
October 26, 2022: Marco Longobardo: The Prevention of Genocide (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
November 2, 2022: Angelina Stanojoska, Ice Ilijevski and Kire Babanoski: Exploring Individual Drivers of Violent Extremism in North Macedonia through Life-course Trajectories (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
November 9, 2022: Uri Yanay: Maintaining Public Resilience in the Wake of Wars andTerrorist Attacks: Caring for Victims, their Families and Survivors (in Hebrew)
November 23, 2022: Hendrik Bruins: Thinking the Unthinkable: A New Era – Implications for Emergency Preparedness Planning (in Hebrew)
November 30, 2022: Emanuel Gross: What is Manifestly illegal order - Giva'ti A trial (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions - in Hebrew)
December 7, 2022: Talia Levanon, Israel Trauma Coalition: Resilience Centers
December 14, 2022: Tehila Kalagi: Minority populations and health policies during the Corona crisis: research and insights into the future
December 21, 2022: Klaas Eller: Infrastructural perspectives on global commerce under Covid-19: Towards a resilient governance of supply chains (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
December 28, 2022: Shaul Chorev: Israel’s Maritime Domain Blindness
January 4, 2023: Omri Grinberg: Past Lessons for Present Times: Reflections on Contemporary Events in Dark History Museums’ Online Platforms. With Chaim Noy and Moran Avital (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
January 11, 2023: Itamar Mann : Law and Politics from the Sea (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
January 18, 2023 at 17:00: Book event: Talia Diskin – The Law and the Child: Legal and Social Discourse in Children’s Journalism in Israel’s First Decade (in person event with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, in Hebrew)
September 15, 2022: INTERED conference: International Emergency Mechanisms and Disaster Risk Reduction. School of Fire Service and the Government Centre for Security in Poland, (co-organizers)
Consortium on Youth/Children in Prolonged Crisis
Spring semester 2022
February 23, 2022: Chaim Refalowski: What Works in Regular Times - Will Work in an Emergency - Reflections on Two Years With COVID-19 (in Hebrew)
March 9, 2022: David Manheim: Avoiding the Next (Intentional) Pandemic: Israel and the Biological Weapons Convention (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
March 16, 2022: Hama Abu-Kishk and Yuval Gozanski: Jewish and Arab Children in Corona Times - Challanges, Knowledge and the Media
March 23, 2022: Assaf Mond: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Civil Rights: Thoughts on Urban History, Production of Space, and Law (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
March 30, 2022: Amots Agnon, Eran Feitelson and Eran Lederman: The Twilight Zone: Provisional Housing after Earthquakes. Planning Provisional Accommodation for Uprooted Communities
April 6, 2022: Gil Rothschild Elyassi: "Other than the projects, you stay professional": Between Institutional Racism and Routine Policing. (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
April 27, 2022: Yan Serdtse: Challenges for Humanitatian Aid in Ukraine
May 11, 2022: Avi Bachar: How to Prepare a City for Emergencies?
May 18, 2022: Israel Political Science Association annual conference: Government Crises. Challenges of DATA and Rights, Warfare, Terror, Cyber, Pandemics and Sustainability (in Hebrew) session B13 on Crises, Emergencies, Law and Governence, headed by Prof. Eli Salzberger
May 25, 2022: Talia Diskin: A Law of Our Own: Legal Consciousness and Moral Conscience in Children’s Weeklies During Israel’s First Decade (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
June 1st, 2022: Yagil Levi and Ofra Ben Ishai: Armed with Legitimacy (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
June 8, 2022: Ilan Noy: Social Inequalities in Climate Change-Attributed Impacts of Hurricane Harvey
June 15, 2022: Eli Salzberger and Robert Neufeld: Emergency Management in Israel: Why Israel has no Comprehensive Emergaency Management Doctorine?
Seminar talks are held on Wednesdays between 14:15-15:45 (Israel time). In normal times events take place at the Center, located at ground level of the Terrace building (Hamadrega - see map). During the Coronavirus outbreak we meet in Cyber Space via Zoom.Most talks are streamlined on Facebook, as well as recorded and available later on YouTube
Fall 2021
12.1.2022: Rawia Aburabia - Trapped Across Borders: Palestinian Women from the West Bank and Gaza in Polygamous Marriage in Israel (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
5.1.2022: Shimrit Maman - International Cooperation for the Advancement of Space Technologies in Disaster Management (in Hebrew)
29.12.2021: Joel Slawotsky - The Impacts of National Crisis on Contractual Obligations (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
22.12.2021: Yossi Zamri - National Risk Management of the Coronavirus Crisis in Israel - a Reality or a Dream? (in Hebrew)
15.12.2021: Haim Abraham - Tort Liability in War (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
8.12.2021: Romy Couriel - Urban Resilience - Means to Enhance it in Israeli Local Authorities (in Hebrew)
7.12.2021: Regional Collaboration in Disaster Prevention: the cases of Israel & Cyprus. Hybrid Workshop with CER!DES, European University in Cyprus.
1.12.2021: Ziv Bohrer - The Defense of Justification for Obeying an Illegal Order in the Israeli Law (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions - in Hebrew)
24.11.2021: Bernard S. Black - Coronavirus: Science, Uncertainty, and Policy (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
17.11.2021: Itzhak Brik - The Big Gaps in Israel Readiness for Emergencies (in Hebrew)
10.11.2021: Avichai Levit- Legislative Deliberative Democracy: Debating Acts Restricting Freedom of Speech during War (With The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
3.11.2021: Motti Zohar - Using Twitter for near real-time alerts and damage analysis of natural hazards in Israel and its close surrounding (in Hebrew)
27.11.2021: International webinar: COVID-19 Impacts and Takeaways for Policy and Planning. Last meeting in the series: "Israel in Corona Year"
13.10.2021: Human Enhancement and Advanced Technologies in Terrorism and Belligerencies - The Mineva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions Young Researchers Workshop
Summer 2021
July 7, July 14, July 28, August 4, August 11, August 18 and October 27, 2021: Israel in Corona Year, Insights from Social Science Research funded by the Israeli Ministry of Science (in Hebrew)
July 13, 2021: Perceptions and Public Behaviour regarding Earthquakes (With the Health and Risk Communication Research Center, Univ. of Haifa) (Hebrew)
June 23, 28 and 30: Mobilization, Interaction, Contention: Relations Between NGOs/Civil Society and States in Times of Covid-19 (With the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
June 9, 2021: Operation Guardian of the Walls: Preliminary Research (Hebrew)
Spring 2021
June 16, 2021: Amnon Alkalai, retired Chief of Staff, Operations and Policing Division, Israel police: Policing in Corona times
June 9, 2021: Dr. Liat Kulik: Volunteers in emergency
June 2, 2021: Ina Kubbe and Rosa da Costa: "The Role of Corruption and Human Rights Violations in Migratory Flows: Impact and Perceptions" (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
May 26, 2021: Dr. Alex Altshuler: "International view on challenges and successes coping with COVID-19"
May 19, 2021: Dr. Shelly Aviv-Yeini - "Promoting Peace in International Law: Bringing States to the Mediation Table"
May 5, 2021: Prof. Gad Barzilai and Dr. Rottem Rosenberg-Rubins: "The Intersection of International Law and Domestic Law in Counterterrorism: A Prologue" (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
April 28, 2021: Dr. Sharon Gordon: Democratic Deadlock and Leadership - Germany and Austria and the Rise of Nazism/Fascism (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
April 21, 2021: Valerie Brachia: "Sustainable Lifestyles after Covid 19"
April 7: Event for the publication of Dr. Dana Schmalz's book: "Refugees, Democracy and the Law: Political Rights at the Margins of the State" (with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions)
March 17, 2021: Prof. Shlomit Paz, Dr. Maya Negev, Dr. Hani Nouman, Dr. Motti Zohar and Prof. Hagai Levin:Local resilience: vulnerability assessment and adaptation to climate emergencies in Haifa (in Hebrew)
March 10: The ICC decision about its jurisdiction in the situation of Palestine - Open discussion (with the MinervaCenter for the Rule of Law under Extrerme Conditions)
March 3, 2021: Jonathan Yonni Schwartz, Minerals & Geology Program Manager and BAER Program Coordinator, Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest, California: "Protecting Natural and Cultural Resources during a wildfire"
Winter 2020-2021
January 20, 2021: Discussion on Prisoners Rights and Their Vaccination in Times of Pandemia. Joint event with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
January 13, 2021: Prof. Manfred Green: Gender and ethnic origin differences in attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines – results of a survey in Israel (in Hebrew)
January 6, 2021: Dr. Oren Shlomo: From Contested Sovereignty to Urban Politics: Palestinian Rights-Claiming and 'Accessing the State' in post-Oslo East Jerusalem. Joint lecture with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions:
December 30, 2020: Dr. Ran Kuttner and Dr. Anat Avrahami-Marom: Covid-19 as an opportunity for advancing social cohesion as part of social resilience construction in Israel: Research findings and recommendations for action (in Hebrew)
December 23, 2020: Dr. Antal Berkes: Compliance by tribunals of armed opposition groups with international law. Joint lecture with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
December 9, 2020: The Abraham Accords and Middle Eastern Crises: Legal and Political Aspects. Joint event with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
December 2, 2020: Prof. Michael Birenhak:Constitutional Engineering and Privacy Engineering. Joint lecture with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
November 25, 2020: Prof. Michael Halbertal: Hospital Readiness in Corona Times: Challenges and Solutions (In Hebrew)
November 18, 2020: Dr. Shay Ben Yosef: Capacity Oriented Emergency Management (In Hebrew)
November 17, 2020: Readiness for Tsunami in Israel (in Hebrew)
November 11, 2020: Dr. Robert Neufeld and Prof. Eli Salzberger: Management of Emergencies in Israel. Joint lecture with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions (In Hebrew)
November 4, 2020: Prof. Hendrik J. Bruins: Risks for Food Security in Global and Regional Perspective (In Hebrew)
October 28, 2020: Prof. Eli Salzberger: Introduction to the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions. Joint lecture with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions (In Hebrew. See here for recording on YouTube)
October 21, 2020: Prof. Orit Nuttman-Shwartz: Shared Traumatic Reality: Therapists in Remote (In Hebrew. See here recording on YouTube)
October 13, 2020: It's All About Governance. A special webinar for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (In Hebrew see here recording on YouTube)
September 9, 2020: Covid-19 Meets Politics: The Novel Coronavirus as a Novel Challenge for Legislatures. Seminar talk with Dr. Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov, Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law, co-hosted with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions (see here recording on YouTube).
July 20, 2020: Workshop with Yossi Zamri: Identifiction and prioterization of risks for managing the Coronavirus (in Hebrew. See here for more details, and here for recording on YouTube)
June 17, 2020: Prof. Rassem Khamaisi: The violence in the Arabic sector as an emergency situation (in Hebrew. See here for recording on YouTube)
June 24, 2020: Prof. Noam Greenbaum: Flood risks around the world and in Israel (in Hebrew. See here for recording on YouTube)
May 13, 2020: Mr. Yona Yahav, former mayor of Haifa municipality: Preparedness of local authorities to emergencies (in Hebrew. See here recording on YouTube)
April 20, 2020: Prof. Michal Shamai: Relationship under fire: Implications of exposure to extended security risk situations on couple relations (in Hebrew. See here recording on YouTube)
March 24, 2020: Nicki Cons, Risk management specialist: Case studies of risk management in extreme conditions
March 5, 2020: The Scientific Basis for Preparedness to COVID-19 and Other Pandemics. With the Haifa University School of Public Health (in Hebrew)
See here for recording on Facebook: Part A and Part B
Fall 2019-2020
January 21, 2020: Prof. Micha Klein: What happens out there? Is it really warming up?
See link to recording on YouTube here
January 7, 2020: Dr. Yaella Depietri: Forest fire risk reduction: towards an integrated fire management approach in Haifa (in English). See here for more details
See link for recording on YouTube here
December 29, 2019: Research on Preparedness to Emergencies and Disasters (in Hebrew)
Conference was held within the framework of the Israeli Geographic Associasion's annual conference, at the Port Campus - University of Haifa
December 3, 2019: Dr. Eyal Fruchter: Prevention of PTSD (in Hebrew) see here for more details
See link for recording on YouTube here
November 19,2019: Ilan Finkelstein, MPH: Preparedness to emergencies for people with disabilities, from their point of view (in Hebrew)
See link to recording on YouTube here
Spring 2019
Tuesday, June 4, 2019: Prof Yoram Shiftan: Modeling Peoples' Behavior in Emergencies and War Situations
See link to recording on YouTube here
Tuesday, May 28: Prof. Rivka Yahav and Dr. Adar Ben Eliyahu: Children in an Emergency
See link to recording on YouTube here
Monday, April 1st, 2019: Dr. Shay Ben-yosef, Sociologist, Navigating Complexity: When System Meets Eco-system in an Emergency: The Challenge of Emergency Management in a Complex Environment
See link to recording on YouTube here
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 :Dr. Amit Tubi: 'Deep' adaptation to drought: Lessons from Israel
See link to recording on YouTube here
Fall-2018-19
Tuesday, January 8, 2019: Einav Levi: Health and Social Issues in Dealing with Displaced People
See link to recording on YouTube here
Thursday, December 13, 2018: Dr. Motti Zohar: History of Earthqukes Damages in Israel in the last 3,500 years
See link to recording on YouTube here
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2018: Prof. Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Health Risk Communication in Epidemic Outbreaks
Thursday, November 1st, 2018: Prof. Yakov Ben-Haim, Technion (Risk Assessment and Risk Management group): Strategic Planning for Emergency Readiness: An Info-gap Approach
See link to recording on YouTube here
Tuesday, October 16, 2018: Colonel (reserves) Ori Nissim-Levi (Affiliate at the Center): Prepardness for a Nuclear Event
See link to recording on YouTube (in Hebrew) here
Tuesday, June 12, 2018: Dr. Moshe Farchi, Tel Hai Academic College (Welfare and Social Work group): A Model for Providing Initial Emotional Assistance in Distress and Emergency Situations
See link to recording on YouTube (in Hebrew) here
Tuesday, May 22, 2019: Prof. Timothy Sim, the Hong Kong Potytechnic University: Making Hong Kong a Resilient City
Lecture was co-sponsored by the School of Social Work, University of Haifa
See link to recording on YouTube here
November 28-29 2018: Cascading Disasters - an International researchers workshop (November 28) and conference (November 29)
May 8, 2018: Prof. Avigdor Gal, Technion (Engineering, Technology and Planning group): Big Data Challenges in Detecting Uncertain Events in Intelligence and Security Informatics
See link to recording on YouTube here, and presentation here (In Hebrew)
April 24, 2018: Prof. Shaul Kimhi, Tel Hai Academic College (Welfare and Social Work group): What is Resilience? How is it measured and why it is important?
See link to recording on YouTube here (In Hebrew)
March 27, 2018: Kevin Fleming: Scenario-based exercises for Disaster Risk Management information elicitation - insights from the SENSUM and ESPREssO European projects