Elise S. Brezis is Professor of Economics at Bar-Ilan University. She is the head of the Azrieli Center for Economic Policy in Israel and the head of the Israel Macroeconomic Forum. She has served as President of the Israeli Association for European Studies and on the boards of private sector investment firms. She also consulted for the Israel Council of Higher Education, the Manufacturers Association of Israel, and the Ministry of Science. Prof. Brezis holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT (USA) specializing in the field of international economics and economic growth. Her research interests cover a range of topics related to macroeconomics, regulation, economic development, and the impact of R&D and higher education on economic growth. Prof. Brezis also works in the field of international economics and political economy. In the field of economic growth, she has developed a theory, coined 'leapfrogging' with Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman. In the field of institutions and governance, she has developed the notion of bureaucratic capital related to the practice of the revolving door. For this research, Prof. Brezis has been awarded the 2020 Elinor Ostrom prize. Prof. Brezis has been invited as a visiting professor to teach in many universities, including College de France, Rutgers University, Shanghai CEIBS, Nanjing University, and KNU in South Korea. She has also published articles in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and the European Economic Review.