Yagil Levy

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Yagil Levy is an Israeli military sociologist and political scientist who studies the theoretical and empirical aspects of relations between society and the military. Levy is a professor of political sociology and public policy at the Open University of Israel and the Head of the Open University Institute for the Study of Civil-Military Relations. Levy was born in Tel Aviv. From 1976 to 1988, he served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a policymaking capacity, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During his time in the IDF, he earned his B.A. in Political Science, and in 1993, after his release, his Ph.D. in Political Science, both from Tel Aviv University. His dissertation, “The Role of the Military Sphere in the Construction of the Social‑Political Order in Israel”, examined how military institutions influenced the development of Israeli statehood and political dynamics. Levy began his academic career as an Adjunct faculty member at Tel Aviv University and later served as a visiting scholar at the New School for Social Research in New York. In 2008, he joined the Open University of Israel as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 2013. While at the Open University of Israel, Levy founded the MA program in Government and Public Policy and the Local Government School. Over the course of his career, he authored nine books (four in English), one co-authored book, one textbook, and ten edited volumes and special issues, and published over 100 academic articles and chapters in journals, including Armed Forces & Society, European Journal of International Relations, Gender & Society, Public Administration Review, International Studies Quarterly, Security Dialogue, Security Studies and Theory & Society.