Ayelet Harel

About

Ayelet Harel is a Professor of Political Science in Ben-Gurion University?s Conflict Management and Resolution Program, and the Department of Politics and Government.
Her research is located at the intersection of Politics, Conflict Studies and Feminist International Relations. Her book - Breaking the Binaries in Security Studies, Oxford University press, (co-authored with Daphna-Tekoah), was awarded ERGOMAS Guiseppe Caforio Book Award 2021, and received numerous favorable reviews.
Her current research focuses on gender and the military; transitions of reserve soldiers; narratives of women in combat and combat-related roles in militaries worldwide, as well as agency among women in minority communities, during intractable conflicts. Recently, Harel was involved in extensive research about the failure of October 7, and the case of women in frontline war room in the Gaza front, and wrote several publications about this case.
She won several prizes of excellence in research and teaching including the Association of Israel Studies? young scholar award and the Roth prize for ?the inspiring professor?. Harel is a mother of three, a scholar and an activist.