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CV July 2017 1 November, 2017 Curriculum Vitae Mimi Ajzenstadt Personal Details Date of birth: September 24, 1956 Country of birth: Israel Nationality: Israeli Family Status: Married No. of children: 2 Home phone: 972-2-6767540 Work phone: 972-2-5882600 E-mail: [email protected] Higher Education 1992-1994 Post-doctoral fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law, sociology of law, sociology of deviance. 1985-1992 Ph.D. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, Criminology. 1980-1984 M.A. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Criminology. 1981-1982: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Teaching Certificate, Arabic language 1977-1980 B.A. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Education, Arabic Language 1 2 Appointments at the Hebrew University 2012- present Full Professor, the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare. 2007– 2012 Associate Professor, the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare. 2002- 2007 Senior Lecturer, the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare. 1994-2002 Lecturer, the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work. Service in other Academic Institutions Summer, 2011 Visiting Professor, Cambridge University. Summer, 2010 Visiting Professor. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. 2005 -2006 Visiting Professor. University of Maryland, Maryland, USA. Winter, 2000 Visiting Scholar. Stockholm University, Sweden. Fall 1999 Visiting Scholar. Yale University, New-Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A., Law School. 1989-1991 Associate Lecturer. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, School of Criminology. 2 3 Tasks at the Hebrew University 2014- present Dean, The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work & Social Welfare, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2010- 2014 Provost, Rothberg International School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2013 – 2014 Member, Screening Committee, The department of International Relations. The Hebrew University. 2009-2013 Chair, Screening Committee, the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare. 2005-2014 Member, Advisory Committee, the Hebrew University President's Advisor on the Status of Women. 2011-2012 Member, the Committee for University Ranking. 2009-2010 Member, Screening Committee, the Federman School of Public Policy and Government, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2007 – 2010 Director, The Lafer Center for Gender Research and Women's Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2009-2010 Director, The Institute of Criminology, The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2006- 2009 Vice Director, The Institute of Criminology, The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Academic Committees 2009- present Member, Academic Committee, The Halbert Centre of Canadian Studies. 2009 Chair, Ethics Committee, Faculty of Law. 2005- 2009 Member, Advanced Studies, Faculty of Law. 3 4 2001- 2009 Academic Chair, The Schweitzer Fund for Legal and Social Work Community Advocacy, School of Social Work and Social Welfare. 2003-2005 Member, Post-doctoral Awards Committee, Ginsburg Fund, The Social Sciences Faculty. The Hebrew University. 2003-2009 Member, Academic Committee, Clinical Legal Aid Education, Faculty of Law. The Hebrew University. 2005-2010 Chair, Admissions Committee, Institute of Criminology. 1994-1997 Member, Academic Committee of the Lafer Center for Gender Research and Women's Studies. Other Academic Activity Editorial Board Positions 2014- present Editor of Megamot, behavioral sciences Journal (Hebrew) 2003- present Associate Editor, The Journal of Experimental Criminology. 2011- present Member, Editorial Board of the European Journal of Criminology. 2007- present Associate Editor, Israeli Criminology. 2011-present Member, Editorial Board, Meegdareem: Gender and Feminism. (Hebrew) 2003-2009 Member, Editorial Board, Israel Law Review. 2003- 2006 Book review editor, Israel Law Review. 4 5 Public Committees 2013- 2015 President, Israeli Law and Society Association. 2013- present Member, Israeli Science Foundation, Post-doctoral Committee for the Social Sciences. 2010-present Member, the Board of the Israeli Association of Criminology. 2009-present Member, the Prison Authority, Research Committee. 1998-1999 Member, the Sub Committee for Security and Safety, the Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel. 1999 –2000 Member, the Academic Steering Committee for Hostel of Delinquent Girls, Jerusalem. Organization of Academic Conference 2011 Member, the International Joint Workshop: Comparison of Welfare States between Korea and Israel. Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, October 6-7, 2011. 2009 Chair, Political Violence, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 4, 2009. 2009 Member, International Workshop: Gender and Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. June 2009 2008 Member, International Workshop, Gender, Children and Families in Mediterranean Welfare States, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 1 – 3, 2008 2007 Chair, The Legal Tender of Gender: International Perspectives on Welfare Law, State Policies and the Regulation of Women’s Poverty. Ontai, Spain. June 6 - 8, 2007, 2005 Chair, the organizing committee, Evidence-based Policy: International Perspectives. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2004 Chair the organizing committee, Juvenile Justice in a Changing Society. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 5 6 2003 Chair, the organizing committee, Social Workers, Lawyers and Social Change. School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2001 Member, the organizing committee, the Drapkin Symposium: Social Science and the Law. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2000 Chair, the organizing committee,Women in the Welfare State. School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1997 Member, the organizing committee, the Drapkin Symposium: Women: Victimization, Crime and Social Control. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Research Grants1 2012-2014 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) An Alternative Welfare Sphere and its Implications: Civil society organizations providing welfare services in Israel, with Michal Almog-Bar, $40,000. 2010-2011 The Public Safety Authority – Punishment of Traffic Offences , $40,000. 2009-2011 Van-Leer Institute, NGOization of Civil Spaces: Civil Society, Transformation of Welfare and Women's Organizations, with Michal Almog-Bar, Adriena Kemp, Nitza Berkovits and Amalya Saar, $150,000. 2009 Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Hebrew University, Internet and Access to justice: The case of women in the labor market, $2,000. 2008-2009 The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Child care and the labor market, with Asher Ben-Arieh and John Gal, $ 15,000. 2008-2009 The National Institute of Social Insurance, Take up in the social insurance system, with John Gal and Asher Ben-Arieh ,$ 40,000. 2008-2009 The Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism and the State of Israel, The development of NGOs providing welfare services to women in Israel, 1900-2008, with Michal Almog-Bar. $ 2,000. 1 A proposal – Criminalization of Immigration - submitted with an European group to the FP7- SSH-2011-2 was "rejected with a high score". 6 7 2008 Warburg Fund, The School of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Hebrew University and the JDC. Creating an alternative gendered- welfare space: The development of NGOs providing welfare services to women in Israel, 1900-2008, with Michal Almog-Bar. $10,000. 2007 The Davis Institute, The Hebrew University, A Discourse of Collective Dangerousness: An Analysis of the Limitation Policy on the Entry of Foreigners to Israel, $ 5,000. 2006 Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Hebrew University, Take- up in Israel, with John Gal. $ 4,000. 2005 Science Ministry, Israel, Access to justice in the labor market, with John Gal, $100,000. 2005 Warburg Fund, The School of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Hebrew University and the JDC. Evaluation of programs dealing with unemployment: A meta-analysis, with John Gal. $10,000 2004 Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Hebrew University, Civil legal aid to children, $4 ,000. 2003 The Eshkol Institute, The Hebrew University, Incarcerated mothers, $ 3,000. 2002-2003 The Research Authority of the Hebrew University, Imprisoned Motherhood, $ 6,500. 2001 Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Civil public defense in Israel and Canada, CAD $ 8,000. 2000-2001 The Ministry of Science, Israel, The impact of the public defender on the juvenile court, with Allan Borowski, $ 30,000. 2000-2001 Warburg Fund, The School of Social Work, the Hebrew University and the JDC., The public defense institution in Israel, $10,000. 1999-2000 Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Hebrew University, The public defender in the juvenile court, with Allan Borowski, $5,000 1988 The Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism and the State of Israel, Juvenile delinquency in Israel, 1948-1970, $3,000. 1997-1998 The Research Authority of the Hebrew University, The history of control in Israel, $9,000. 7 8 1997 Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Hebrew University, Human rights and the new Israeli Mental Health Law, with Uri Aviram, $5,000. 1996-1997 Warburg Fund, School of Social-Work, The Hebrew University and the JDC, The social discourse of juvenile delinquency, $6,000. 1996 The Halbert
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