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July 2024

The Academic Boycott Strategy That Can Significantly Impact Israel

Boaz Golany, Rivka Carmi

Professors Boaz Golany and Rivka Carmi emphasize that combating the academic boycott doesn’t demand substantial investments. Instead, it requires mobilizing the right entities within Israel, meticulous planning informed by knowledge and an understanding of essential actions. This includes proactively establishing and maintaining collaborations with relevant international parties, a dedicated foreign relations and lobbying system, and most importantly, a sustained commitment to the struggle over the years. All these efforts can be achieved with relatively modest budgets, given timely implementation.

July 2024

What’s happening in statistical practice since the “abandon statistical significance” call

Ron Kenett

Prof. Ron Kenett has published a new post offering a retrospective view on the application of statistical methods across a wide range of problems. This insightful piece, grounded in years of experience, highlights significant developments and methodologies in the field, with a particular emphasis on the past few years.

July 2024

Engineering and the Public Sector: Do They Go Hand in Hand? The Public Sector Needs Engineering Managers

Orit Hazzan

Prof. Orit Hazzan urges higher education institutions, especially universities that train engineers, to emphasize the potential for engineering students to integrate into the public sector. She highlights the importance of exposing students to employment opportunities in this field, discussing the significance of engineering thinking in state management, promoting social involvement, addressing public sector problems during their degree programs, and offering diverse professional development paths that bridge the business and public sectors