Orit Gazit
Skyler Inman
I am a Ph.D. student in Anthropology at Brandeis University, where I am a Schusterman Fellow in Israel Studies. My research interests include migration, ethnicity, nationalism and selfhood, family, identity, belonging, and the political and ideological formation of young people. My master's thesis, supervised by Orit Gazit, explored how Eritrean women in South Tel Aviv make meaning out of motherhood, in the context of their lives as asylum-seekers in Israel. I received my B.A. in English from Yale University, with a concentration in Nonfiction Creative Writing, and my M.A. in International Development at Hebrew University.
Natalia Ram
Natalia Ram is a graduate of the program in international development (GLOCAL) in the faculty of social sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests include global health and migration in the context of international development. More specifically, she is interested in global health equity, migration as a social determinant of health, health inequities faced by migrant and mobile groups in relation to the host population, as well as its implications for migrants' integration and development. During August – December 2022, she will be interning in the Migration Health Division of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Quito, Ecuador. This role will allow her to first-hand experience and gain in-depth knowledge of the various aspects of migration health. During her internship, she will be conducting research for her thesis, supervised by Dr. Orit Gazit, which focuses on the impact of migration on health decision-making processes of Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador. She holds a bachelor degree in international economics from the Warsaw School of Economics and have completed postgraduate studies in humanitarian aid at the University of Warsaw. She is fluent in English, Polish, Arabic & Hebrew with advanced Spanish, and has 10 years of professional experience in the financial sector, working for international corporations in project and program management, monitoring and evaluating project implementations and strategic development.
Charlotte Storer
Charlotte Storer is a graduate of the glocal program in International Development at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she was awarded The Dean's Prize by the Faculty of Social Sciences. She is currently writing her thesis supervised by Dr. Orit Gazit. Her research explores the notion of ‘music communities’ and development. More broadly, it explores the meeting points of music and community, gender and women’s voices, mixed cities and sites of conflict. Her fieldwork takes place in Jaffa. Originally from Cyprus, she holds a Bachelors of Music degree from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and is a professional Jazz vocalist. Her main fields of interest are music/arts for social change, mobilizing cultural heritage and cultural diplomacy.
Nir Rotem
Nir Rotem is a post-doctoral fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for 2022/23 (post-doc advisor: Orit Gazit). Before joining the Leonard Davis Institute, he received his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Minnesota. With experty in transnational sociology and social theory, his current project focuses on the rising set of illiberal global norms. Using sociological world society theory, the project intends to determine if illiberalism is fed from local conditions, or rather, if it is an enactment of global culture diffused through the same global institutional environment that fuels liberalism. You can read more about his work on his personal website.
Gilan Miller-Gertz
Gilan Miller-Gertz completed her master's degree in International Development (glocal) at the Hebrew University in June 2022. Her thesis, titled "Between Western Values and Local Commitments: Bedouin Development Workers' Perceptions of their Own Community" was supervised by Dr. Orit Gazit. For her fieldwork practice, she developed mental health materials for the Bedouin community in southern Israel. She holds an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) license in the state of New Jersey, U.S.A. Currently living in Israel, she works as International Editor-in-Chief at a Fintech company in Tel Aviv.
Solomon Mbubi
Solomon Mbubi is a graduate of the Hebrew University's program in international development studies (glocal). His thesis, submitted in 2019 and supervised by Dr. Orit Gazit, explored the identity of South Sudan refugees living in the Parolinya refugee resettlement camp in Uganda. Drawing on fieldwork in this camp, he analyzed how their identity is shaped by their social encounters with the Madi host community. The thesis also addressed the role of refugee-led community-based organizations (CBOs) in shaping their identity. He earned his Bachelor degree in Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University, Uganda. He is currently the Director of Programs in East Africa at HORIZONT3000, an Austrian NGO working in the area of development cooperation. He is also an advocate of gender equality, human rights and environmental and child protection, with special interest in refugees and development.
Carolin Müller
Carolin Müller, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the Martin Buber Society of fellows (post-doctoral mentor: Dr. Orit Gazit). She studies the relationship of art, performance, and politics in migration contexts. She received her Ph.D. in German Studies from The Ohio State University and has a background in art education, film, media, and performance studies. Her doctoral work examined amateur music ensembles in activist spaces and discourses on belonging, integration, and citizenship. Other research has explored antiracism and diversity discourses in which independent art scenes and projects partake, and the ways in which art and culture function as soft governance of difference.
Erez Geva
My name is Erez Geva. I have a Bachlor’s degree in the department’s program of excellence (Cum Laude) from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, majoring in Anthropology-Sociology and African Studies. During my bachelors degree, I worked in Aharai as a Regional Coordinator of the boarding school project at Jerusalem & the Southern region promoting youth leadership and social involvement in Israeli society. Currently, I am working as a Program Coordinator at Jeremy’s Circle, an NGO dedicated to community building within cancer patients’ families. One of my main goals in the organization is the creation of a new youth program and widening our circle of families to different Israeli groups. During my M.A at the Glocal program I had the chance to be part of SEED Senegal, an organization that promotes education and social responsibility through the highest level of sports coaching in different regions of Senegal. Currently, I am embarking on a research journey with Dr. Orit Gazit, writing my M.A. thesis on the topic of the rehabilitation of Israeli southern border communities after the October 7th atrocities.