Education: PhD, University of Durham, UK 1981

Career: David Newman is founder of and Professor in the Department of Politics and Government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. A political geographer, David Newman has published widely on territorial dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict. His work has focused on issues relating to borders and settlements. In addition to his academic writing, Newman has published op-eds on related issues in a variety of newspapers, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian. Professor Newman has been co-editor of the international journal Geopolitics (see url below) since 1999.

Honours and awards: Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship in Geopolitics, University of Bristol, UK 2006–07

Publications include: The Impact of Gush Emunim 1985, Between Village and Suburb: New Settlement Types in Israel (in Hebrew; co-author) 1989, Geography Research Forum, Volumes 10–12 (co-author) 1990–93, The Regional Councils in Israel (co-author) 1990, The Private Sector Settlements in Israel: Developmental Process and Local Government Status (in Hebrew; co-author) 1991, Population, Settlement and Conflict: Israel and the West Bank. Update Series in Contemporary Geographical Issues 1991, The Regional Councils in Israel. Special issue of Ir V'Ezor (Town and Region) Vol. 22 (in Hebrew; co-author) 1992, Colonia in Suburbia: Reflections on 25 Years of Israeli Settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli-Palestinian Peace Research Project, Working Paper Series, No. 18 1992, Changing Rural Systems (special issue of Geography Research Forum, Vol. 13) (co-author) 1993, Boundaries in Flux: The Green Line Boundary between Israel and the West Bank – Past, Present and Future. Monograph Series, Boundary and Territory Briefings, No. 7 1995, Postmodernity and the Territorial Discourse of Peace. (special issue of Geojournal, Vol. 39 (4)) 1996, The Regional Councils in Rural Areas: Reform and Change in Local Government (in Hebrew) 1996, The Impact of Change on Rural Local Government: Dilemmas and Problems (in Hebrew; co-author) 1997, Changing Patterns of Rural Settlement in Israel, 1967–1985 (undergraduate course for the Open University; in Hebrew) 1997, Territory, Boundaries and Postmodernity 1999, Geopolitics at the End of the Twentieth Century: The Changing World Political Map (co-author) 2000, The Razors Edge: International Boundaries and Political Geograph: Festschrift in Honour of Gerald H. Blake (co-author) 2002, Israelis in Conflict: Hegemonies, Identities, Challenges (co-author) 2004, Israel-Palestine: Concepts (Book I): Issues (Book II): Middle East Peace and Security Series (co-editor) 2006; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Room 72-664, Department of Politics and Government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; Tel: +972 (0)8 6477595; Fax: +972 (0)8 6477242; Email: newman@bgu.ac.il ; Email: newman@bgumail.bgu.ac.il ; Email: geopol@bgumail.bgu.ac.il ; Website: http://web2.bgu.ac.il/Politics/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14650045.asp/ .