Eran Feitelson is a Professor at the Department of Geography of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is past head of the Advanced School for Environmental Studies and previously headed the Federmann School for Public Policy and Government. He holds an MA in geography and economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D from the Johns Hopkins University. He has published over 100 articles in refereed journals and edited volumes. His research focuses on trans-boundary water, transport and environment policies, earthquake preparedness policies and land and planning policies and politics. In addition to his academic work, Eran Feitelson participated in several national planning teams and was a member of many national committees. He is serving on the National Parks and Nature Reserves Commission, which he is chairing for a second term. He was a Visiting Senior Researcher at Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, Indiana University, a non-resident Visiting Fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, a Visiting Professor in the School of Geography and Environment at the University of Oxford, and a Murray-Galinson Visiting Scholar at San Diego State University.