CurriculumVitae LaviMelman lavi.melman@sant.ox.ac.uk https://www.linkedin.com/in/lavi-melman

WorkExperience08/2013-09/2017 LauderSchoolofGovernment,IDCHerzliya,Israel Manager,MarketingandExternalRelations,CenterforEuropeanStudies TeachingandResearchAssistant

- CoursesonArabic,IntroductiontotheEuropeanUnion,EuropeanExternalRelations,EuropeanEconomy

- Themes:Israeli-PalestinianConflicts,Israeli-EuropeanRelations,GenderandMinorities,PoliticalCampaignsandLegislation

01/2017-07/2017 Adkit,MarketResearch&GlobalInformation,Tel-Aviv,Israel Manager,MarketingandStrategicAlliances

- Specializinginthepublicsector,ministries,municipalitiesandNGOs- Politicalconsulting,contentandspeechwriting- Preparingandsubmittingbidsforgovernmentaltenders- Leadingsocialmediacampaigns,developingthecompany’sbrand

03/2016-07/2016 NationalParliamentofGermany,Bundestag,Berlin,Germany ParliamentaryAssistant,OfficeofMichaelaEngelmeier,MdB

- Preparingmemosfordiscussions,contentandspeechwriting- Participatinginparliamentaryhearingsandpartydiscussions,- Assistingincreatingworkplans,andeditingnewspapers

02/2015-02/2016 AlumniportalDeutschland(DAAD),Tel-Aviv,Israel Manager,IsraeliBranchoftheGermanAlumniNetwork

- Managingmarketingefforts,socialnetworksgroupsandcampaigns- CooperatingwithNGO’s,companiesandinternationaltradechambers- Presentingandpartakinginacademicandprofessionalconferences

09/2014-02/2015 DeloitteStrategyIsrael(Trigger-Foresight),Tel-Aviv,Israel Intern(Practicum),PublicSectordepartment

- Creatingandmanagingadatabaseongovernmentalbudgets

08/2009-08/2012 IntelligenceCorps,IsraeliDefenseForces,Jerusalem,Israel NoncommissionedOfficer,achievedtherankofStaffSergeant

Languages Hebrew, nativespeaker (C2level) Arabic, proficientwritten English, fluent (C1level) French,proficient (B2level) German, fluent (C1level) Czech, basic (A1level)

Education09/2017-Present DPIR/DepartmentofEducation,UniversityofOxford,UK MPhilinPolitics:ComparativeGovernment PostgraduateCertificateinComparativeandInternationalEducation

- Dissertation:PoliticalEducationinAllied-OccupiedGermany-ExogenousReformforDemocraticConsolidation

10/2012-06/2015 LauderSchoolofGovernment,IDCHerzliya,Israel PostgraduateCertificateinEuropeanStudies BAinGovernment,HonorsTrackinDecisionMakingandStrategy

AcademicTraining07/2018-08/2018 SchoolofJewishTheology,UniversityofPotsdam,Germany CertificateinJewishActivism

08/2016-09/2016 InstituteofCzechStudies,CharlesUniversityofPrague,Czechia CertificateinSlavonicStudies

04/2016-07/2016 LanguageCenter,HumboldtUniversityofBerlin,Germany CoursesonGermanasaForeignLanguage

VolunteerExperience2017-Present UniversityofOxford,UK

- Secretary,St.Antony’sCollegeGraduateCommittee- President,OxfordIsraelForum(organizingevents,tripsinIsraeland

Poland,internships,andsummersemesterstudiesinIsrael)- CAMERAFellow,memberofStandWithUsUKLeadershipProgram

2012-2015 LauderSchoolofGovernment,IDCHerzliya,Israel- Member,FutureAcademyThinkingGroup(creatingastrategicplanto

improvethequalityofteaching)- Consultant,registration,administration,eventsandacademicpanels

(EuropeDay,ConferenceoftheInstituteforCounter-Terrorism,HerzliyaConference,DemocracyWeek)

2009-2012 SchustermanEmergencyCenterforChildren,Jerusalem,Israel- Supportingchildrenuptoage14,whowereexposedtomental/

physical/sexualabuseandseriousneglect

2006-2009 WIZOCenterfortheAbsorptionofImmigrants,PardesKatz,Israel- SupportingAfricanimmigrantchildrenwithhomeworkandplay

2006-2008 NationalCouncilofStudentsandYouth,Petah-Tikva,Israel- Member(representingtheIsraeliyouthintheIsraeliParliament)- Secretary,TelAvivDistrictCouncil(supervisingmunicipalcouncils)

Publications- Golan,G.,&Melman,L.(inpress).Whatdotheydowhentheygetthere:Womenofthe18th

Knesset or Descriptive vs. Substantive Representation. In M. Shamir (Ed.), Gender Gaps inPolitics:Elections,VotersandRepresentatives(Hebrew).

- Melman,L.(29Nov.,2015).AddresstoherExcellencytheChancelloroftheFederalRepublicofGermany in regard to the Future Relations with the State of Israel. Konrad AdenauerFoundation:Berlin.

ResearchAssistant- Golan, G. (2015). Israeli Peacemaking Since 1967: Factors Behind the Breakthroughs and

Failures.Routledge:NewYork.

Presentations- Melman,L.(22March2018).TheConflictanditsResolution:PoliticalEducationinIsraeland

thePalestinianAuthority.PresentedattheUniversityofSussex,UK.- Melman,L. (05Sep.,2016).ElectionCampaignofUTJParty in2015.Presentedat theEAIS

Conference,SOAS,UniversityofLondon,UK.- Melman,L.(19June,2016).FromthePastintotheFuture:German-IsraeliYouthExchanges.

PresentedattheGermanIsraelCongress,Frankfurt,Germany.- Melman, L, (26May, 2016). Election Campaign 2015: The Religious Vote. Presented at the

ISPSAConference,HadassahCollege,Israel.- Golan,G.,&Melman,L. (23Oct., 2014).Descriptive vs. SubstantiveRepresentation?Women

Members of Knesset Between 1993-2013. Presented at the Gender Gap in Voting and itsImplicationsonPolicyDesignConference,VanLeerJerusalemInstitute,Israel.

- Melman,L.(31Dec.,2012).EducationforDemocraticandJewishValuesintheStateofIsrael.PresentedattheDemocracyConvention,IDCHerzliya,Israel.

ColloquiaandConferencesforResearchStudents- Melman,L.(23Feb.,2018).TheInfluenceofPoliticalEducationonDemocratizationinWest

GermanyafterWWII.PresentedattheOxfordMasterColloquium,UniversityofOxford,UK.- Melman,L.(10Dec.,2015).ElectionCampaignofUTJPartyin2015.PresentedattheRabin

Conference,HebrewUniversityofJerusalem,Israel.- Melman, L. (14 March, 2014). The Influence of Intelligence over Decision Making Process.

PresentedattheIDCMasterColloquium,IDCHerzliya,Israel.

ScholarshipsandFunding- Belgium,2018(1,000€);EuropeanJewishFund,EuropeanUnionofJewishStudents- CzechRepublic,2016(1,500€);MinistryofEducation- Germany,2014-2018(15,000€);DAAD,GermanBundestag,GoetheInstitute,Konrad

AdenauerFoundation,UniversityofPotsdam- Israel,2013-2015(10,000€);IDCHerzliya,KramerFellowship,RagonisFoundation- UK,2017-2018(1,500€);CAMERAonCampus,StandWithUsUK