Ram Fishman is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University and the director of the Nitsan lab for sustainable development which aims to introduce innovations in water, agriculture another fields to low income users through intensive field work.

Ram is a development and environment economist, whose research is focused on sustainable agriculture, water scarcity and climate change, with an emphasis on developing countries. His work employs a mix of field work, field experiments and the analysis of socio-economic and environmental data.