Informing
Policy
for Progress

Advanced Manufacturing

Development of national policy for promoting advanced engineering in the Israeli industry, by several activities, like: A survey of the status of advanced manufacturing in the world and in Israel, study of the status of advanced manufacturing in Israeli companies and its improvement potential, Mapping & studying Israeli companies with solutions & technologies for advanced […]

Issues in developing a metropolin plan for the north of Israel

The report is intended to provide tools for combining in regional planning considerations of economic development and employment in a more intensive way, based on new models for regional development and data which is relevant to the north of Israel. The data is partly based on previous study carried out in Neaman Institute for economic […]

Is there a Shortage of Academic Degree Holders in Science and Technology?

This research extends previous work by the authors, “The Role of Research Universities in the Israeli R&D System”, by investigating the possible shortage of graduates with academic degrees in S&T. Contrary to common views, we conclude that there currently is no overall shortage in the number of S&T degree recipients. Some 10,000 receive a first […]

R&D Outputs in Israel: International Comparison of Scientific Publications, 2000-2014

This is the third in a series of studies financed by the Samuel Neaman Institution and the National Council for R&D (NCRD). The study’s findings are as follows: International comparison indicates that Israel’s ranking continues a downward trend in various quantitative indices: number of publications, number of publications per capita, its share in global and […]

National Environmental Priorities, Position Paper X: Innovative agricultural technology industry in Israel, 2016

This National Priorities document, the tenth to be published, summarizes updated knowledge and brings the subject of Agricultural Technologies (Agrotech) to the public agenda. The world is currently facing complex environmental challenges, partly as a result of growing population along with the outcomes of climate change and include water and air pollution challenges, soil degradation […]

Energy Forum 37: Energy security in Israel

In Israel, as in many western countries, there is an understanding that national security largely depends on the proper functioning of the national infrastructure, including a stable supply of various forms of energy. Among those the electric power supply is particularly sensitive, for an event of non-supply due to malfunction, sabotage, or any other reason, […]