A group of researchers from the Department of Economics at Sapir College, led by Prof. Rafi Barel, were hosted in July 2023 in an academic conference at the Federal University of the State of Ceara in Brazil (Universidade Federal do Ceara -UFC).
The conference dealt with the promotion of innovation in non-high-tech activities and was attended by researchers from Ben Gurion, Reichman and the Rupin Academic Center, together with local government and industry officials.
The discussions at the conference focused on the difficulty of the periphery to integrate into innovation-based economic growth and were based on academic studies carried out by the researchers in peripheral areas in Israel and Brazil.
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Law and the Holocaust
Sapir Law School is proud to announce that the Honorable President (retired) Justice Esther Hayut will teach a unique workshop on "Law and the Holocaust" in the summer semester (2026) at Sapir Law School.
Honorable President Hayut began her judicial career in 1990 as a Magistrate's Court judge in Tel Aviv. In 1997, she was appointed to the District Court, and in 2004, she was appointed to the Supreme Court. Judge Hayut served as chairwoman of the Central Elections Committee and chairwoman of the Judges' Ethics Committee.
Sapir's international collaboration trend is growing stronger
Recently, we had the honor of hosting at the College the leadership of the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF), one of the most important and prominent foundations working to strengthen academic and scientific ties between Germany and Israel.
The special visit of Verena Shifferman, CEO of the GIF, and Mirit Liran, Director of Research, was dedicated to the Western Negev region and to the College in particular, and concluded successfully. As part of the visit, a moving tour was held at the “Ketav VaShem” memorial site near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, guided by Dr.