Ravit Hananel holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the Technion and previous degrees in Political Science and Sociology from Tel-Aviv University. Her professional interests are land policy, political, social and environmental aspects of planning, allocation of public goods, and the process of decision-making in planning institutions. She has a research and teaching appointment at the Katzman Gazit Globe Real Estate Institute, Faculty of Management, and at the Department of Public Policy in Tel-Aviv University.