Rami Benbenishty

Rami Benbenishty is professor emeritus at Luis and Gaby Wiesfeld School of Social Work at Bar-Ilan University, Israel and the head of research and evaluation at The Haruv Institute in Jerusalem. His past research includes numerous published studies on school violence and children, youth at risk, and the implementation of a large-scale school violence prevention model in Israel. He is also an advocate of children’s rights and serves on numerous public committees addressing children’s needs and rights. For his contributions to the field of social work, he has been honored with the Society for Social Work Research Distinguished Career Achievement Award in the United States and the EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture in Israel; he is recognized as a Chevalier Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Knight in the Order of Academic Palms) in France. He is also a member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW). Dr. Benbenishty holds a PhD in social work and psychology from the University of Michigan along with an MSW and BSW from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

updated 2024