| Home | Academic Activities | Publications | Supervision of Graduate Students Teaching Positions Department of Geography, University of Haifa, 1969 – 2004. Full Professor (Since 1988). Senior Teaching Associate, Urban & Regional Planning Program, The Technion, 1970 - 2003. Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, The Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore, MD, USA. 1983 -1984; 1992 – 1993. Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, Ben-Gurion University, 1984 – 1991. Visiting Professor, Israel's National Defense Academy, 1987 – 1990. Visiting professor, Witzo College, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, 2003 to date Public and Professional Offices Member, National committee for the Establishment of a Science City – Region in the Galilee, (Katzir Committee) appointed by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, 1976 - 1978 President, Israel's Planners Association 1982-6. Vice President, Israel's Geographical Association 1984-6. President, Israel's Geographical Association 1986-8. Social Science Research Review Committee, National Academy of Science - Member 1982-3 and 2003 – 2004; Chairman, 2004-6. Member, Settlements Classification Committee, National Statistical Council, 1992 - 2010. Chairman, Land Use Classification Committee, National Statistical Council, 1998 – 1999. Chairman and member, Public Investigation Committees on Municipal Affairs, appointed by the Minister of the Interior and by the mayor of Haifa, 1984-2008. Chairman, Steering Committee, General Plan for the Quishon River Valley, appointed by the Quishon River Authority, 1998 - 2001. Member, The Academic Council, Gordon College for Education. 2002 to date. Member, the Academic Council, the Jordan Valley Regional Academic College 2005 – 2006. Member, The Mayor’s Planning Advisory Committee, The City of Haifa. 2003 Member, the city of Haifa local planning commission, appointed by the Minister of the Interior 2005 - 2007. Member, The Haifa District Planning Commission, appointed by the Minister of the Interior 2007 to date. Dean for special Tasks, Academic Center Carmel, Haifa, Israel 2008-2011. Chairman, Appointment and Promotion Committee, Academic Center Carmel, Haifa Israel, 2009 – 2011. Academic Positions at the University of Haifa Member of the University Senate (selected years), 1973 – 2000. Head, The University Pre-Academic Program, 1979 - 1980. Chairman, Department of Geography, 1980 - 1983. Chairman, Graduate Program, Department of Geography, 1979 – 80; 1984 – 6; 1995 -1997 Chairman of the Committee for the Development of a Ph.D. Program in Geography, 1986 – 1990. The University Planning Committee, 1986-2011. Member, The University Board of Governors, 1987 - 2000 Founder and Head, Haifa and Galilee Research Institute, 1986 - 1992. The University Promotion committee, 1997 - 2000. Chairman, The University Political/Public Activities committee, 1998 - 2000. Member, The University Board of Governors’ Control Committee, 1998 - 2000. Director of the Haifa University Library, 1999 - 2000. Member, the University Advanced Teaching Techniques Committee, 2000 - 2004 Member, the steering committee, the University of Haifa Master Plan, 2003 -2004. International Activities A Cultural Mission, at the Jewish Community Mexico City, Mexico, 1964 - 1966. Planner, Utica-Rome Metropolitan Region, Utica, N.Y., USA, 1968 - 1969. Consultant, UNDP team, Northern Thailand's Development Plan, 1970 - 1971. Visiting Scientist, Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, (IBGE), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 - 1979 Senior Fellow, Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1983 - 1984. Visiting Scientist at the State University of Gent, Belgium - a Grant from the Belgian Academy of Science. (12 months, two months each year) 1985- 1990. Visiting Scientist, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA, 1992 - 1993 Visiting Scientist, Institute for Policy Studies, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA, 2006. Invited Speaker, Shanghai EXPO 2010 Urban Forums, 2010 Memberships in Academic and Professional Associations Israel Geographical Association. Israel Planners Association. Israel Regional Science Association. Member, the JHU Commission on Large Metropolitan Regions. Corresponding Member, The IGU Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces. Corresponding Member, The IGU Urban Commission. Member, the JHU Urban Fellows Association Scientific and Professional Awards The Arthur Rupin Award in Social Science , awarded for Atlas of Haifa and Mount Carmel (with A Soffer)(1983). Member for life the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars , awarded for distinguished contribution in my field of scholarship. (1993) The Jubilee Award of Israel's Association of Geographers for a significant and extended contribution to the development and the promotion of applied Geography and Planning in Israel. 2009. Israel's Planners Association award - - ' a 'Notable Person of Planning'. 2011. Scientific Editorial Boards The ITCC Review 1976-1984. The Geography Research Forum 1981-to date. Horizons, Studies in Geography 1985-to 1998 City and Region 1990 – 1992 Horizons, Studies in Geography 1995 -1997 (Editor) Tichnun (Planning), The Journal of Israel’s Planners Association. 2002-to date Guest Editor – The Geography Research Forum, Special Issue on lifestyle studies, December 2004. | Department of Geography | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Haifa |