Yoav Raskin

Yoav Raskin is a Political Science doctoral student in the fast-track PhD program at Tel Aviv University, where he focuses on the democratic legitimacy of EU supranational governance against the backdrop of political radicalization. He is a lead researcher in a quantitative research group on the Sustainability of the Eurozone, in which he co-authors three papers on the decline of German hegemony and the technocratization of bureaucrats. Yoav is a policy advisor for the strategic department in the Ministry of Education, coordinating four national policy initiatives on 21st century competencies and turnaround of failing schools. As an undergraduate, he was first in his class and included twice on the Rector’s list and six times on the Deans’ lists in the School of Political Science and the Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities. During his IDF service, Yoav commanded the Sergeants’ Course and a company of 60 officers and combatants, for which he received the unit’s honors. He also interned in two not-for-profits as a resource developer in the field of metal disability rehabilitation and ethical urban development.