Education

1971-1974 BA Economics & Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1977-1983 PhD Social Anthropology, Cambridge University.

1985-1987 Research Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge University.

Academic Positions

1987-1995 Lecturer, Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University.

1996-2008 Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa.

2008-2017 Professor (Haver), Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa.

2017-2019 Full Professor of Anthropology, University of Haifa.

2019- Full Professor Emerita, University of Haifa.

Visiting and Professional Positions

1986  Visiting Research Fellow, Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University.

1991  Visiting Research Fellow, Smuts Institute, Cambridge University.

2008  Visiting Scholar, Harvard University.

2010-2012 President, Israeli Anthropological Association.

2015-2019 Head of the PhD Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Haifa.

2016-  Member, Advisory Board, World Council of Anthropological Associations.

2017-  Visiting Professor, University College London.

2018-2019 Member of the Advanced Studies Council, University of Haifa.

Grants

1994-1997 Netherlands-Israel Research Program: Impact of Agricultural Development in Machakos District, Kenya.

2009-2011 Israel Science Foundation: Ethnographic Exploration of Home-Production in Middle-Class Israeli Consumer Culture.

2012-2015 Israel Science Foundation: Anthropological Study of Household Shelters (Mamads) in Neoliberal Israeli Consumer Society.

2017-2020 Israel Science Foundation: Strangers at Home:Intercultural Encounters in the Global “Sharing Economy,” The Airbnb case.

Awards and Mentions