Ayelet Harel is a Professor of Political Science in Ben-Gurion University’s Conflict Management and Resolution Program, and the Department of Politics and Government. She is also serving as the vice-dean of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; in this role she is dedicated to promote research in BGU and especially young scholars. Her current research further focuses on women and conflict; conflict and trauma; democracy in deeply divided societies; narratives of women in militaries worldwide; as well as agency among women in minority communities during intractable conflicts.