Sofer Michael, Dept. of Geography

Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):

Studies

B.A. 1977 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem
M.A. 1980 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ph.D. 1987 - University of Melbourne

Major publications (books and major articles):

A. BOOKS

1. I. Schnell, M. Sofer, I. Drori
Arab Industrialization in Israel: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Periphery
Greenwood, Praeger, N.Y. (203 pp.) 1995.

2. M. Sofer, I. Schnell, I. Drori, A. Atrash
Entrepreneurship and Industrialization in the Israeli Arab Society
The Institute for Israeli Arab Studies, Beit Berl, (199 pp.) 1995 (in Hebrew).

B. ARTICLES

1. M. Sofer, R. Gal
Environmental Implications of the Entrance of Non-Agricultural Businesses into the
Moshavim
Horizons, Vol. 42-43, pp. 39-50, 1995 (in Hebrew)

2. M. Sofer, R. Gal
Enterprises in Village Israel and Their Environmental Impacts
Geography, Vol. 81(3), pp. 235-245, 1996

3. M. Sofer, I. Schnell
Arab Industry in the Israeli Economy
The Economic Quarterly, Vol. 43(3), pp.482-499, 1996 (Hebrew)

4. M. Sofer, I. Schnell, I. Drori
Industrial Zones and Arab Industrialization in Israel
Human Organization Vol. 55(4), pp. 465-474, 1996

C. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1. I. Benenson, I. Schnell, M. Sofer
Interactive Expansion of Economic Network into Components: Arab Industry in Israel as
an Example
in: M. Rumor, R. McMillan, and H.F.L. Ottens (eds.)
Geographical Information: From Research to Application Through Cooperation
IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1996, pp.708-711

2. M. Sofer
Pluriactivity on the Rural-Urban Fringe of Tel-Aviv
in: Y. Gradus and G. Lipshitz (eds.)
The Mosaic of Israeli Geography
The Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press,
1996, pp.139-144

3. I. Schnell, M. Sofer
Arab Industrial Entrepreneurship in Israel
in: Y. Gradus and G. Lipshitz (eds.)
The Mosaic of Israeli Geography
The Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press,
1996, pp.227-233

Teaches in the following subject areas:

Economic Geography, Third World Geography, Regional Geography of Israel, Regional
Geography of Australia and Oceania, Transformations in the Rural Space, The Geography of
Core-Periphery Relationships

Teaches the following courses in the current academic year:

Third World Geography, Regional Geography of the Galilee, Workshop for graduate students
in Transformations in the Rural Space

Areas of current research interest:

Rural transformation in the Third World, Transformation in the Moshav in Israel, Arab
industrialization in Israel, Rural changes in the Subcarpath in Romania

Additional points of contact (office/home telephone,fax,etc.):

Tel. office: 972-3-6409179
Fax office: 972-3-6402643