Dr. Elise Machline
Director of the Center for Climate Change Policy and Research
Dr. Elise Machline is the head of the Center for Climate Change Policy and Research. The Center integrates the Arava Institute’s research to face the challenges posed by climate change, in order to ensure a system-wide treatment of ‘society-economy-environment’, which will deepen our understanding of processes and make it possible to find the necessary solutions.
Dr. Machline is a member of the Ecourbanism Research Network, dedicated to sharing knowledge and experience about eco-urban neighborhoods in different parts of the world.
Dr. Machline has published and presented widely on the topic of sustainable urbanism policies to mitigate climate change, and is the co-author of the ‘Green-neighborhoods and Eco-gentrification’ book.
Education and earlier career
Dr. Elise Machline holds a Master’s Degree in Desert Studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. In 2018, she completed her PhD in Environmental Studies and Geography at the Sorbonne University in cooperation with Ben-Gurion University, with a focus on the socio-economic impacts of green building policies through a comparative analysis between France and Israel.
Following a post-doctoral position at Ben-Gurion University researching “green building” policies and practices, Dr. Machline joined the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research in 2019 as an Associate Researcher. She contributed to a national project on social housing policies and joined the Habitat Observatory of the Luxembourg Ministry of Housing, overseeing research projects, workshops and conferences that focus on sustainable urbanism policies to mitigate climate change.
Participation in conferences
Climate Crisis in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, Larnaca, 2024
Climate and Environmental justice in the Middle east and North Africa, Larnaca, 2024
6th Jeffrey Cook Workshop in Desert Architecture ZeroPlus Energy Settlements, Desert Architecture & Urban Planning Unit Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 2019
National Environmental Justice Conference, USA, 2018
13th Conference of the European Sociological Association (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities, Greece, 2017
Eura Conference, City lights: Cities and Citizens Within/Beyond/Notwithstanding the Crisis, Italy, 2016
ISCAUD: 17th International conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, Spain, 2015
Eurogeo Conference, Malta, 2014
Publications
Machline, E., Pearlmutter, & Schwartz, M. (2016). Parisian eco-districts: low energy and affordable housing? Building Research & Information, In Press 1-17.
Machline, E., Schwartz, M. (2017) Demographic decline in a rural periphery-The Eshkol region in Israel. International Journal of Rural Management 13(2). pp. 115–139.
Machline, E., Pearlmutter, D., & Schwartz, M. (2018) ‘Green’ value in Israel: Measuring the effects of environmental certification on apartment prices. Journal of Sustainable Development 11(5) Online
Machline, E., Pearlmutter, D., & Schwartz, M., Pech, P. (2020) Social mix Policies in the French Eco-districts: Discourses, Policies and Social effects. Energy and Environment research, 6(1).
Machline, E., Pearlmutter, D., & Schwartz, M., (2020) ‘Green’ Building as an Urban Branding Tool.
Gorczynska, M., Machline, E. (2022) Public versus private discourse about the mismatch between housing demand and supply. International Journal of Housing Policy.
