Researcher and lecturer from Tel Aviv University, School of Education. He specializes in centralization and decentralization processes in education systems, education policy with emphasis on higher education, school leadership and school effectiveness. He is a former Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Education for Policy Planning and Assessment.

He has published several articles and monographs in the field of his expertise. His recent books are ACADEMIA IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT – HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY OF ISRAEL 1952-2004 (2005); THE PENDULUM SYNDROME – CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES (2003). He is also the co-editor of the SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT – AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (2003).