Yael Litmanovitz

Israel

Social Intervention (DPhil), 2013
Green Templeton College, Oxford

Funding: Roland Berger

Yael is currently a Researcher at Arab Society Research Group, Myer-JDC Brookdale Institute and a Teaching Fellow at Centre for Criminology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prior to her studies at Oxford, she worked as a project officer at Amnesty International- Israel Section, heading an education program to combat human trafficking.

This is where her interest in the police began. She read for an MSc and DPhil in Social Intervention. Her doctoral thesis developed the evidence-base of police training in democratic societies. She worked with Israeli Police to develop and trial a training intervention on procedurally just policing of protests. Since completing her studies she has held several post-doctoral appointments at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) where she worked with some of the most influential criminologists in Israel and beyond.

Yael is currently leading a comprehensive evaluation study examining the contribution of the five-year socio-economic development plan for the Bedouin population, and a process evaluation of a multi-partner intervention to mitigate gun violence in Arab communities. She also continues to teach undergraduate courses as part of the Israel Police academicization program.

Yael is based in Israel.

“The Weidenfeld leadership program impressed upon me the meaningful role academics can play in policy making. I have built lasting working relations with police leaders that enable me to conduct research in areas that impact democratic life. The findings of my DPhil contributed to an overhaul of recruit training and I continue to provide consultation to the Training and Strategy divisions. I also teach police officers -from recruits up to the most senior levels - as part of organizational development and in HUJI’s police programs. I am currently volunteering in a project to address serious gun violence in Arab communities.”