My name is Avishai Benish. My research stands at the intersection of law, regulation, and social policy, combining legal and social science theories and methodologies. One area of focus is the public accountability and justice implications of these trends. A second area of focus is the conceptualization of the “regulatory welfare state” and the and the effect of marketization and privatization of social services on the concept of social citizenship. And a third area of focus is social rights and the ways to understand and prevail over the non-take-up of these rights by disadvantaged groups and individuals.
Within the larger professional community, I have served as the chairman of ESPAnet Israel, the Israeli national association of the European Network for Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet). I also served as the chairman and member of several public committees and my work has been cited in judicial decisions of the Israeli Supreme Court and the Israeli National Labor Court.