University of Hull, GB

About Raphael

Educator, researcher and human rights activist. He received his D. Phil. in political theory from Oxford University (1991). In 1992-1995 he lectured at the Hebrew University Law Faculty. He has served in various organizations, including as Chairperson of ‘The Second Generation to the Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Organization’ in Israel (1985-1987); Founder and Director of the Medical Ethics Thinktank at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (1995-1998); member of the Israel Press Council (1997-2000), Chairperson of Library and Information Studies at the University of Haifa (2000-2003), and Founder and Director of the Center for Democratic Studies at the University of Haifa (2003-2007). Cohen-Almagor was the Yitzhak Rabin - Fulbright Visiting Professor at UCLA School of Law and Dept. of Communication (1999-2000), Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University (2003-2004), and Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2007-2008). Presently he is Chair in Politics. To date, he has published fifteen books, including two poetry books.

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