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I joined °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ as the Rank-Manning Junior Research Fellow in Social Sciences in October 2022. Before coming to Oxford for my DPhil in Politics (specialising in political theory), I completed an MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE), an LL.B at Tel-Aviv University and a BA (Hons) at Tel Aviv University. As part of my research, I draw on ideas and observations from my prior experience in politics and civil service. Amongst other things, I was a campaign manager in the 2019 primaries for the Israeli Labour Party leadership; lead negotiator of the Green Party during the establishment of the Democratic union Party; political officer for the British Ambassador in Tel-Aviv and a parliamentary researcher for Jack Dromey MP. Finally, public writing is a big part of my life. I write for newspapers and magazines about politics and political theory. If you wish to follow my writing, you can find it all on my and my .

Research Interests

My research interests include institutional political philosophy, democratic theory, philosophy of competition, the normative limits of markets and legal philosophy. In my research I try to integrate abstract philosophical questions with empirical data produced in other fields from the social sciences such as law,  political science, economics and public policy. Additionally, I write on issues in contemporary Israeli politics – mostly focusing on the rise of Israeli right-wing populism and national security. At °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, I plan to develop my research on competition as a political concept. I will investigate its historical and philosophical origins, and examine its relations to central values in political liberalism such as equality, freedom, democracy, and meritocracy. 

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles

'Two Concepts of Competition’, Ethics (2022) 133(1): 5-37. 

‘Undercutting Justice – Why Legal Representation Should Not Be Allocated by the Market’ Politics, Philosophy & Economics (2021) 20(1): 99-123. 

‘Beyond Culture and Economy: Israel’s Security-Driven Populism’ (with Yonatan Levi), Contemporary Politics (2021) 27(3): 292-315.

‘Prioritarianism: A (Pluralist) Defence’ (with Matt Hitchens), Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (2019) 15(1): 19-42. 

‘Could Present Laws Legitimately Bind Future Generations? A Normative Analysis of the Jeffersonian Model’ Intergenerational Justice Review (2016) 9(2): 48-56.

Book Chapters

‘Justice and the Market’ (with Assaf Sharon), The Cambridge Handbook of Privatization (Cambridge University Press, 2021): 85-102.