Dr. Alisa Rubin Peled

Alisa Rubin Peled, a professor at the IDC, specializes in international political economy (with a focus on the Middle East), business-government relations, and globalization. She completed a PhD in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University and a M.A. in International Economics and Finance at Brandeis University. She has held teaching and research positions at Harvard University, Brandeis University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has also worked as an equity investment analyst in Israel and in Boston.

Her first book, Debating Islam in the Jewish State (SUNY Press, 2001). examines the development of Israeli policy towards the religious institutions of the Muslim minority in the state. She is currently working on a study titled "Where are the Managers: Higher Education Reform and Private Secotr Development in Egypt, Morocco, and Kuwait."