Amir Segal

Amir Akiva Segal is a Post-Doc Fellow of the Minerva Stiftung at the Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Sociology – researching diaspora relations and transnational migration. His general areas of research interest include transnational migration, Jewish migration, civil society philanthropy, and political poetry. Completed his Doctoral studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the topic of transnational migrant employment in Israel, focusing on North American Jewish migrants employed in the fields of fundraising, politics, and baseball. Worked for several years as a Fundraiser for non-profits in Israel and prior to that as an employment officer and a political and parliamentary advisor. Published three Poetry books and a novel, and a book about Israeli political poetry.