Yosef Jabareen
2010
CURRICULUM VITAE
Yosef Jabareen
Tel: +972-48294043, +972-58655336
E-mail: jabareen@technion.ac.il
ACADEMIC DEGREES
2003
1997
1995
1990
Ph.D (Urban Planning), Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning,
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
MDeS (Masters in Design Studies), Graduate School of Design,
Harvard University; Cambridge, MA, USA
Received with distinction.
MSc (Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning), Faculty of
Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of
Technology.
BSc. (Mechanical Engineering), Faculty of Architecture and Town
Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Since 2007
2004-2006
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion
– Israel Institute of Technology.
Lecturer, the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
2004
2003
2002-2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
School of Architecture and Planning, MIT-Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Cambridge.
Postdoctoral Fellow, SPURS - Special Program for Urban and
Regional Studies, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge.
Krietman Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography and
Environmental Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
RESEARCH FELLOW
2006-2007
Senior Researcher, Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science
and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Yosef Jabareen
2001-2002
Head of Land & Planning Seminar at MADA – The Arab Center for
Applied Social Research, Haifa, Israel.
1998-2002
Head of Private Consultancy. Preparing Master Plans for the following
cities/towns/villages: Nazareth; Sajor; Kalansaweh; Jaljolya; Barta'a;
Salem; Moaya; Mosmos; Byada; Zalafeh; Sandalah; Mokebleh; Romet
el-Heb; Domeda; Ebtin; Sarkes; Basaten el-Ramel (village in Acre);
Elmahata (village in Ramlleh).
Director of the Strategic Planning Department at Nazareth
Municipality.
Director of the Strategic Planning Department at Umm al-Fahem
Municipality.
1994-1996
1992-1993
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Culture, urban community and social planning.
Climate change, sustainable development, planning, and society.
Planning, economic development, minorities and human rights
Planning in Arab cities.
Qualitative research methods.
Post-conflict reconstruction and planning.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion:
• Planning and Social Policy, Graduate course.
• Planning Sustainable Communities. Graduate course.
• Planning and Civil Society, Graduate course.
• Planning the Arab Cities in Israel, Graduate course.
• Studio 2 (Olpan 2): Neighborhood Planning, Graduate course.
Design and Supervision of New Courses at the Technion
• Planning and Social Policy.
• Planning Sustainable Communities.
• Planning and Civil Society.
Courses at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT:
• Post-Conflict Reconstruction-the Politics of Reconstructing Iraq. Graduate course
(A New Course).
TECHNION ACTIVITIES
Since 2007
Since 2007
Since 2008
Since 2008
Since 2008
Member of the Urban and Regional Planning Department Committee.
Director of the Colloquium, Department of Urban and Regional
Planning.
Faculty Council Secretary.
Member of the Library Committee.
Member of the Admission Committee, at Department of the Urban and
Regional Planning Department
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HONORS
2010
2007
2007
2007
2004
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2003
2002
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1995
1994
1993
Most Read Article (the most read between December 2007 and February
2010) of the Journal of Planning Education and Research. The title of
the article: Sustainable Urban Forms: Their Typologies, Models, and
Concepts.
The Best Paper of the journal Planning Theory and Practice for the year
2007. The paper was nominated for AESOP (The Association of
European Schools of Planning) best Published Paper over 2006. The
Article title: "Space of risk: The contribution of planning policies to
conflicts in cities, lessons from. Nazareth."
MA’OF Fellowship, The Council of Higher Education in Israel,
Kahanov Foundation.
Landau Fellow - Leader of Science and Technology. Award of Technion
– Israel Institute of Technology.
Post Doctoral MA’OF Fellowship, The Council of Higher Education in
Israel, Kahanov Foundation.
PARC Research Award – The Palestinian American Research Center.
Planning for Spaces of Trust.
Rothschild Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Dissertation Award of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace, Tel Aviv University: Research Award.
“The Territorial Conflict in the Negev: The Creation of Spaces of Trust
among Bedouin Citizens and the State of Israel.”
Krietman Fellowship, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer
Sheva.
Award of the Academic Association for Arab Students in Israel
Ministry of Science Award , Government of Israel.
Graduation with Distinction Graduate School of Design, Harvard
University. Cambridge, MA.
Urban and Regional Planning Thesis Award, Faculty of Architecture
and Town Planning, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Habais Fund Award for Social Sciences Research in Israel
Umm al-Fahem Municipality Award For excellence and contribution
to city planning.
The Urban and Regional Research Award
Awarded for “Halisa Rehabilitation - the Social Aspects." Faculty of
Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
The Urban and Regional Research Award. “Preferences of Young
Bedouins in the Negev on Issues of Dwelling and Settlement.” Faculty
of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Theses in Progress
1. Omri Zilberman. Sense of Community in Various Urban Residential Areas: The
Case of Beer Sheva.
2. Yair Mudrik. Neighborhood Planning Approaches in Israel: The Case of Tel-Aviv.
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3. Yair Yablovich. The Intensity of Gentrification and its Effect on Population
Displacement.
4. Zila Litbik. Planning and Culture: The Case of Bedouins in the Negev.
5. Nir Shahar. Examination of Luxury Skyscrapers as Gated communities: The Case
of Tel Aviv.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2009
2008
2008
2006
2003
2000
ISF: Israel Science Foundation. Principal Investigator. City in Conflict
and Spaces of Trust: The Case of Jerusalem. Grade of the proposal:
Very Good.
ISF: Israel Science Foundation. Principal Investigator. Spaces of Trust
and Risk of Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem. Grade of the proposal: Very
Good.
Yad Hanadiv. Conference on Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture of
Employment. Amount: 30,000$.
Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology,
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Principal Researcher.
Amount: 15,000$. Research Title: "Employment among Arab Women
in Israel."
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University.
Principal Researcher. Amount: 5000$. Research Title: “The Territorial
Conflict in the Negev: The Creation of Spaces of Trust among Bedouin
Citizens and the State of Israel.”
Shatil – New Israel Fund. Amount: 2000$. Principal Researcher.
Research Title: “Urban and Socio-Cultural Characters of the Arab
Communities in Mixed Town in Israel.”
Research Experience
2001
ISF: Israel Science Foundation. Principal Researchers: Oren
Yiftachel and Dr. Sandy Kedar. Research Director. Research Title:
“National and Regional Planning in Israel and the Status of the Arab
Citizens.”
PUBLICATIONS
Theses
1995
Master Thesis: “Evaluation of Policies of Land Allocation for Public
Purposes in the Arab Sector.”
1997
Master Thesis: “Planning Under Political Conflict -- Case Study:
Jerusalem.” Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.
2003
Dissertation: “Culturally Sustainable Housing: the Case of the City of
Gaza.” Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion.
Refereed papers in professional journals
Published papers
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Jabareen, Yosef (2004) “A Knowledge Map for Describing Variegated and
Conflict Domains of Sustainable Development,” Journal of Environmental
Planning and Management, vol. 47 (4): 623-642.
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Jabareen, Yosef (2005) “Culture and Housing Preferences in a Developing
City,” Environment and Behavior, vol. 37 (1): pp. 134-146
Jabareen, Yosef (2006) “Sustainable Urban Forms: Their Typologies, Models,
and Concepts.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 26 (1): 3852.
Jabareen, Yosef , (2006) ”Conceptualizing Space of Risk: The Contribution of
Planning Policies to Conflicts in Cities - Lessons from Nazareth.” Planning
Theory and Practice, Vol. 7(3): 305-323
Jabareen, Yosef (2008) “An Urban Leisure Site as an Ethno-Place of Trust for
an Ethnic Minority: The Case of the German Colony in Haifa". Journal of
Architectural and Planning Research, 25(3): 240-253.
Jabareen, Yosef, (2008) “A New Conceptual Framework for Sustainable
Development.” Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol 10 (2): 197192.
Jabareen, Yosef, (2009) "Ethnic Groups and the Meaning of Urban Place: The
German Colony and Palestinians and Jews in Haifa." Cities, Vo 26 (2): 93-102.
Jabareen, Yosef, (2009). “Building Conceptual Framework: Philosophy,
Definitions and Procedure”. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol
8(4): 49-62.
Jabareen, Yosef, (2010) “The Politics of State Planning to achieve Geopolitical
ends: the case of the recent Master Plan for Jerusalem”. International
Development Planning Review, Vol. 32 (1): 27-43.
Jabareen, Yosef, and Carmon, Naomi, (2010) Community of Trust: A SocioCultural Approach for Community Planning and the Case of Gaza. Habitat
International. Accepted (Published online first).
Jabareen, Yosef, (2010). Space of Trust: Risk Perceptions and Trust Feelings
Attributed to Place Meanings of Arabs and Jews: The Case of the German
Colony in Haifa. Horizons in Geography. 194-213 (In Hebrew).
Review papers
Jabareen, Yosef. "Human Rights Watch (2008). Off the Map: Land and Housing Rights
Violations in Israel’s Unrecognized Bedouin Villages. Volume 20, No. 5 (E). New York.
126 pages. Hajar. Forthcoming.
Jabareen, Yosef (2006). “A Civilian Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture”,
edited by Rafi Segal and and Eyal Weizman. Arab Study Journal Vol. XIV No. 2, 137142.
Jabareen, Yosef (2002). “Producing Places”, by Ray Hudson. Geographical Research
Forum, Vol. 22, 144-146.
Books
Jabareen, Yosef (2007) Eemployment Development Strategy for the Arabs in Israel: The
Vision for Expanding the Arab Middle Class. Haifa: Neaman Institute for Advanced
Studies in Science and Technology, Technion (in Hebrew).
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Jabareen, Yosef and Law-Yone, Hubert (1998). Planning the Arab Towns in Israel: The
Case of Land Allocation for Public Purposes. Haifa: Center for Urban and regional
Studies, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (in Hebrew).
Jabareen, Yosef and Hamdan, Hana (2002). Urban and Socio-Cultural Characters of the
Arab Communities in Mixed Town in Israel. Haifa: Shatil – New Israel Fund (Two
versions: in Hebrew and Arabic).
Chapters in Books
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Jabareen, Y. Ismail, Sh., R. Halabi, H. Kittani, A. Sahly, S. Saadi, Y. Awad, D.
Czamanski, N. (Kaliner) Kasir, I. Telhami, I. Tamir. (2010). The Employment of
Arabs in Israel: The Challenge of the Israel Economy. 18th Caesarea Economic
Policy Planning Forum 2010. Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute.
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Jabareen, Yosef (2008). "A New Theory for Sustainable Metropolitan Forms." In
Proceeding of 2008 International Forum on Metropolitan Regions Development.
pp. 138-148. Hunan Academy of Social Sciences, Research on Metropolitan
Regions of China; Hunan Provincial Finance Bureau. Changsha, China.
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Jabareen, Yosef “Industrialization.” In Rogers Cave (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the City.
Routledge (forthcoming).
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Jabareen, Yosef (2003). “Public Participation and Resistance among Bedouin in the
Negev.” In Arza Curchman and Alisheva. Sadan (Eds.). Participation: Your Way to
Make a Difference; pp. 230-246. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad (Hebrew).
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Jabareen, Yosef (2002) “New Enquiry to Minority Collective Action According to
‘Habitrust’ Approach.” In Barker, Colin and Tyldesley Mike (Eds.) Alternative
Futures, pp. 1-13. Manchester, UK: Manchester Metropolitan University.
Other publications
Papers in Professional Journals
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Jabareen, Yosef (2008) "Art and Spatial Disinheritance: The Uprooted Village of
Ein Chud". Block Vol. 6, pp. 82 – 90 (Hebrew).
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Jabareen, Yosef (2002) “The Right to City: The Case of Nazareth,” Adalah Review
(in English, Arabic, and Hebrew).
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Jabareen, Yosef (2002) “Evaluation of the National Plan of Israel – TAMA 35
according to Arab Minority Needs,” The Arab Center for Alternative Planning
(Hebrew).
CONFERENCES
Presentation in International Conferences
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2010
UN – UN Forum on Minority Issues; United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights. Geneva, Switzerland. Paper: “Conceptual Framework for
Understanding Minority Rights in Urban Planning and Economic Fields.”
2010
AESOP-The Association of European Schools of Planning. Helsinki, Finland.
Paper: “Theorizing Planning for Climate Change: Critical Reading for New
York City’s Recent Plan - PlaNYC 2030.”
2009
AESOP-The Association of European Schools of Planning. Liverpool, UK.
Paper: “Creating spaces of trust: the challenge of future planning theory in
Western cities.”
2008
The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies & Diplomacy. Ben Gurion
University: Urban Informality: Israel/Palestine and Global Trends. ; Lecture
Title: Informality as resistance: Modes of Spatial Production: Palestinian
Territories.
2008
Rethinking Theory, Space, and Production: Henri Lefebvre Today. Delft
University of Technology, Holland.
2008
Changsha, China: IFMRD-International Forum on Metropolitan Regions
Development. Paper: A New Theory for Sustainable Metropolitan Forms.
2008
Chicago, USA: ACSP-AESOP 4th Joint Congress-Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning and the Association of European Schools of Planning.
Paper: "Community of Trust: New Interpretation and the Case of Muslim
Communities in Gaza." Coauthor: Naomi Carmon.
2008
Chicago USA, 13th International Planning History Society Conference:
"Public Versus Private Planning: Themes, Trends and Tensions."
2008
The First International Conference on Urban Planning in Palestine: Current
Challenges & Future Prospects. Key Speaker; Lecture Title: National Planning
for Palestine. Nablus, Al-Najah University.
2005
The Centre for International Studies and the Department of Urban Studies and
Planning, MIT, Cambridge, MA. International conference: "Jerusalem 2050
Visionaries Conference". Chair of the Session: The Legal Aspects.
2004
SPURS - Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies; Department of
Urban Studies and Planning at MIT; Organizer of SPURS Forum on: Risks,
Trust, Plans. Paper: “Theoretical Introduction: Trust, Risk, and Planning.”
2004
ACSP-Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 45th Annual
Conference, Portland, Oregon. Paper: “Orientalism as a Concept for
Analyzing the Current Reconstruction of a New Iraq.”
2002
ACSP-Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland,
USA. Paper (with Naomi Carmon): “Culturally Sustainable Housing: the Case
of Gaza.”
2002
AESOP-The Association of European Schools of Planning
Volos,
Greece. Paper: “The Theoretical World of Sustainable Development
According to the Metaphor Analysis.”
Plenary or invited talks
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2010
2010
Bir Zeit University. West Bank. Lecture: “Planning and Geopolitics in Jerusalem.”
18th Caesarea Economic Policy Planning Forum 2010. Jerusalem: The Israel
Democracy Institute. Title of Lecture: “The Employment of Arabs in Israel: The
Challenge of the Israel Economy”.
2010 The Israel Democracy Institute. The State of Democracy in Israel. Title of
lecture: Citizenship and Democracy.
2010 The Jewish-Arab Center. Haifa University. The Status and Rights of Arab
Women in Israel. Title of lecture: Women’s Employment in the Arab World
and in Israel: A Comparative Research.
2010 International Conference on Nazareth. Nazareth. Chair of session on Tourism and
Planning in Old Cities.
2010 ALDA-Association of Local Democracy Agencies, Shatil, and the Center of City
and Regional Studies. From Mixed City to a Shared City. Title of lecture: "A
Shared Space in the German Colony”. Haifa.
2010
Employment Equity – Insights and Implementation – Learning from the
Canadian Experience. The Canadian Embassy and Sikkuy: The Association
for the Advancement of Civic Equality. Title of lecture: "Minorities,
Employment and Equity”. Haifa.
2010
The Israeli Design and Architecture Conference. Title of lecture: "Green Tel
Aviv”.
2010
KENES 40-: The Urban and Regional planning program and Center for urban
and regional studies. Haifa. A session co-chair: Challenges and Planning the
Arab City.
2009
Green Design: From Theory to Practice. International Conference: The
Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture. Jerusalem.
2008
Employment among Women. Consultant Forum of Yad Hanadiv: Title of lecture:
"Gender, Culture, and Ethnicity of Employment among Arab Women".
2008
Planning the Space of Israel: 1948-2008: The Influence of Planning, the Market,
and the Social Activities on the Map of Israel. The Hebrew University and Tel Aviv
University. Title of lecture: The influence of the Arab civil society on the planning
discourse in Israel.
2008
Challenging the National and Regional Plans for the Arabs of the Negev.
International Conference on the Bedouin of the Negev Campaign for their Homes
and their Land: The Israeli Reality Vs. International Law.
2008
International Workshop: Henry Lefebvre, Political Thinking and Space. Title of
Lecture: "Henry Lefebvre, Critique". The Department of Politics and Government,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2008
The Concept of the City: Conference on the Concept of the City. The Arab Cultural
Association. Nazareth.
2007
Critique: International Workshop on Memories and Places. The Van Leer Jerusalem
Institute, the Hebrew University.
2007
Environmental Justice. Life and Environment, Um-el-Fahem.
2005
CDD Forum, Securing Public Space; Department of Urban Studies and Planning,
MIT. Lecture: "Spaces of Risk: The Contribution of Planning and Design to Urban
Riots -- Lessons from Paris, Jerusalem, and Nazareth".
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2005
Boston Society for Architects and Boston Architectural Center. Lecture: Iraq's Built
Environment: Past Glory and Present Despair.
2005
Special Session on the Politics of Reconstructing Iraq with Professor Noam
Chomsky, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. Organizer and
Lecturer: The Arab Discourses on Iraq.
2005
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT. Lecture: “New Urbanism and the
Heritage of the Islamic City: The Case of Jerusalem.”
2005
“Big Plans” – Seminar of Professor John de Monchaux at the Department of Urban
Studies and Planning, MIT. Vision and Big Plans for Iraq.
2004
Seminar on Iraq, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Univ.
Discussant: Democracy, the Arab World, Islam, and Iraq.
2004
Forum for Justice, Law School, Harvard University. Lecture: Politics and the End of
Geography.
2004
Center for International Studies and the Department of Studies and Planning;
Seminar on "Cities against Nationalism: Urbanism as Visionary.
Politics", Speaker: David Harvey. Discussant: The Right to the City.
2003
Student Forum at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. Lecture:
Planning in Israel.
2003
Cities in Conflict Seminar Series, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT.
Lecture: "The Contribution of Planning and Architecture to Conflict in Cities: The
Case of Nazareth".
Presentation in Local Conferences
2009
Conference of the Association of Geographers in Israel. Haifa University.
Lecture Title: “Planning the Periphery in Israel.”
2009
Cities of Tomorrow and Sustainability. Tel-Aviv University. Lecture Title:
“Environmental Justice and the Case of Jaffa-Tel Aviv”.
2008
The Western Galilee College: Mixed Cities in Israel: Reality vs. Vision.
Lecture Title: Volatile Mixed Cities in Israel.
2008
The Civic Coalition for Defending the Palestinians' Rights in Jerusalem:
International Conference on Planning Jerusalem. Lecture Title: Planning
Jerusalem 1948-2030.
2008
The Galilee Conference 2008: The Galilee Development Authority. Lecture
Title: The Unfulfilled Economic Potential in the Galilee.
2008
Tel-Aviv University: Arab Towns in Israel: Transition from Rural to Urban,
Challenges and Issues. Title of Presentation: Democracy and Planning in
Israel.
2006
The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem. International conference: “One PlaceDifferent Memories: Rethinking the role of planning in the Production of
Urban Space”. Discussant of a session.
Participation in organizing conferences
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2009
Director of the conference: ‘Gender, Culture, and Ethnicity of Employment among
Arab Women’. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology,
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2005
Director of the Colloquium: ‘The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq’. The
Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the Center for International
Studies, MIT.
Available online at: MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/250/
Available also online at: http://web.mit.edu/cis/reconstructing_iraq.html
Reviewer in International Journals
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Journal of Planning Literature
Planning Theory and Practice
International Development Planning Review
Journal of Planning Education and Research
Journal of Environmental Psychology
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Sustainability
Reviewer of Research Foundation
ISF-Israel Science Foundation
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