Dr. Rina Kedem

Dr. Rina Kedem is an environmental peace entrepreneur. She co-directs the Jordan-Israel Center for Community, Environment, and Research at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Dr. Kedem holds a PhD from the Department of Geography and the Advanced School for Environmental Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she also teaches in the International Development MA program. Her research and field work focus on transboundary environmental cooperation, international community development and conflict, environmental policy, and transboundary natural research management. She has co-developed and directed organizations and projects with Palestinians, Jordanians, and Israelis for the past twenty years.