Research & Innovation Authority
רשות המחקר והחדשנות
مكتب الأبحاث والابتكار
UNESCO - Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting, consultation workshop with States Parties, UNESCO Headquarters Paris, Dec. 2023
UNESCO - Third Cycle of the Periodic Reporting, preparation day Migdal Tsedek National Park, Jan. 2023
UNESCO - Third Cycle of the Periodic Reporting, preparation day Migdal Tsedek National Park, Jan. 2023
UNESCO - Third Cycle of the Periodic Reporting, summary day, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Aug. 2023
PUSH Seminar Jerusalem, 2008
PUSH Seminar Jerusalem, 2008
PUSH Seminar Jerusalem, 2008
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem takes an active part in the UNESCO Chair program which involves over 850 institutions in 120 countries. The program asks to promotes international inter-university cooperation and networking to enhance institutional capacities through knowledge sharing and collaborative work.
The purpose of the Chair is to lead and promote theoretical and applied research across the spectrum of art, architecture and design and their interaction with other fields while maintaining an ethical and socially responsible approach within the community. The UNESCO Chair initates and takes part in international conferences, researches and workshops while initating global and local research and activities.
UNESCO Chair in Urban Design and Conservation in Bezalel
Governance & Leadership
Prof. Arch. Els Verbakel is the Head of the School of Architecture, Head of the Undergraduate Program in Architecture and an UNESCO Chairholder in Urban Design and Conservation in Bezalel.
Prof. Arch. Mike Turner is an UNESCO Chairholder in Urban Design and Conservation in Bezalel and is special advisor to the World Heritage Centre Director.
Arch. Adi Sela Weiner, lecturer in the School of Architecture and in the department of Visual and Material Culture at Bezalel Academy. In charge of the 3rd annual report about World Heritage for UNESCO on behalf of the Israeli National Commission for UNESCO (National Focal Point).
Articles and Reports
Annual Reports of the UNESCO Chair for Urban Design Studies and Conservation submitted to UNESCO.
Articles and papers published by UNESCO Chair members.
Disaster, preparedness and the aftermath
2014
UNESCO in Jerusalem and a possible role in the search for peace
2010
The Cross-Cultural City cultural diversity in World Heritage Cities
2010
The perception of urban space as landscape from site to space and scape
2010
UNESCO Round Table - Protecting important views
2008
Prehistoric Sites in Regional Context
2007
The Tentative List - World Heritage Sites in Israel
2005
Places - Conflict of the Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalems
1992
Conservation in Jerusalem - The Heritage List
1984
Research and Studies
Research projects undertaken through national, European or international institutions.
PUSH
Promoting Understanding of Shared Heritage
Our Shared Heritage An Anthology of the Region’s Shared Natural and Cultural Heritage
EDICULA
Educational Digital Innovative Cultural heritage related Learning Alliance
Project Brief
Hands on experience event | 22.4.22
DESURBS
Designing Safer Urban Spaces
TEMPER
Activities and Events
Recent activities and events under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair for Urban Design and Conservation.
Networks
Urban Heritage Conservation in Higher Education Institutions International Network for Education, Research and Action (UHC-HEI Network) Framework.
