Lab Members’ Talks at International Conferences
| February 14, 2008 | Nir Mualam, Urban Design Interventions in Israel– Discrediting the Discretion of a Local Planning Authority. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. 2d symposium, Warsaw, Poland. 2008. |
| February 13, 2009 | Nir Mualam, Beauty or social identity and stability? Rationales in debating historic preservation in Israeli courts. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference, 3d symposium. Aalborg, Denmark. 2009. |
| February 10, 2010 | Nir Mualam & Rachelle Alterman, Preserving absentee heritage: The case of Sarona. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. Dortmund Technical University, Germany. |
| February 10, 2012 | Nir Mualam & Rachelle Alterman Conflicts over Built Heritage: A Cross-National Analysis of Appeal Tribunals. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference: Rights, Responsibilities and Equity in Land Use Planning. Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
| February 13, 2013 | Nir Mualam, The Land Use Board of Appeals: A Comparative View. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference: Property Rights and A Changing Economy. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. |
| February 25, 2015 | Nir Mualam, Rent Control- A Comparative Analysis. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. Department of Planning, Thessaly University, Volos, Greece. |
| February 19, 2016 | Martin Sybblis & Nir Mualam, From Progressive Property to the Progressive City: How Legal Conceptions of Property Can Contribute Toward Just and Inclusive City. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference, Bern University, Switzerland. Rebecca Leshinsky, Nir Mualam, & Jane Simpson, Statutory instrumentality and property valuation for ageing multi-title heritage buildings. Reciprocal learning: Tel Aviv and Melbourne. Planning, Law & Property Rights Conference, Bern University, Switzerland. |
| February 23, 2017
October 17, 2017 |
Nir Mualam, Social Dilemmas in Built Heritage Policy. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. Hong Kong University, China.
Demetrio Munoz Gielen & Nir Mualam, Comparison of German, Spanish, and Israeli Land Readjustment Regulations from the Point of View of their Effectiveness in Capturing Land Value Increase. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference Hong Kong University, China. Nir Mualam, Geddes Resurrected. American Collegiate Schools of Planning annual conference: ‘Cities, Regions, and Growth’. Denver, USA. |
| February 21, 2018 | Nir Mualam, Rebecca Leshinsky, and Branislav Antonic, Maintenance of Multi-Title Residential Buildings: A Cross-national Analysis of Serbia, Israel and Victoria (Australia). Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. Novi Sad University, Serbia. |
| October 11, 2018 | Nir Mualam, Supertankers and Housing. Tenancy Law Conference (TENLAW). Valetta, Malta. |
| July 11, 2019 |
Talia Margalit & Nir Mualam, Selective Rescaling, Inequality, and Popular Growth Coalitions: The Israeli National Plan for Earthquake Preparedness. AESOP annual conference: ‘Planning for Transition’. Venice, Italy. |
| July 11, 2019 |
Eynat Mendelson-Shwartz* & Nir Mualam, Governing Murals: A Conceptual Framework for Comparing Mural Policies. AESOP annual conference: ‘Planning for Transition’. Venice, Italy. |
| February 20, 2020 | Nir Mualam. The Supertanker Model. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic. |
| January 21, 2021 | Eynat Mendelson Shwartz & Nir Mualam How Much Control Do Cities Want over their Public Spaces?. European Sociological Association, IV Midterm Conference.. Online Conference. |
| February 9, 2021 | Talia Margalit & Nir Mualam, Selective Rescaling, Inequality and Popular Growth Coalitions: The Case of the Israeli National Plan for Earthquake Preparedness. PLPR Online Series. |
| September 8, 2021 | Nir Mualam, How COVID Affects Decision Making in Planning? The Use of ICT in Planning Boards’ Hearings. REAL CORP Conference, BOKU Vienna university, Austria, September 8, 2021 (oral presentation). |
| December 6, 2021 | Nir Mualam, Historic Preservation in Tel Aviv: Macro Effects on the City and its Economy. Liebling Haus Webinar as part of the ‘Layer 2.0 building competition’, Online, December 6, 2021 (oral presentation). |
| April 12, 2022 | Emil Israel & Nir Mualam, How COVID Affects Decision-Making in Planning? 6th International Conference Urban E-Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal, and Online, April 12, 2022 (oral presentation). |
| June 24, 2022 | Nir Mualam. High-Density and Mixed Use Urbanism: Innovative Tools for Financing Public Amenities. COST PuVaCa Working Group meeting, (online), June 24, 2022 (oral presentation). |
| July 5, 2022 | Nir Mualam. Zooming Our Way into Planning: ICT Usage, Virtual Hearings, and the Pandemic. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. KU Leuven, Belgium, July 5, 2022 (oral presentation). |
| December 14, 2022 | Nir Mualam. Mixed use/ public-private ventures: the provision of community accessible floorspace in Tel Aviv Metro area. Experts Symposium on High Density and Mixed Use Urbanism: Innovative Tools for Financing Public Amenities. Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa Israel, December 14, 2022. |
| December 14, 2022 | Gilat Lovinger & Nir Mualam. Elevated urban blindspots. Experts Symposium on High Density and Mixed Use Urbanism: Innovative Tools for Financing Public Amenities. Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa Israel, December 14, 2022. |
| March 28, 2023 | Eynat Mendelson-Shwartz & Nir Mualam, Protecting street-art rights using NFT-based system.. 7th International Conference on Urban E-Planning. Online Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. March 28, 2023 (oral presentation). |
| May 5, 2023 | Nir Mualam, Mixed Use/ Public-Private Agreements: Vertical Allocations of Public Floorspaces in High Density Environment. Planning, Law & Property Rights Conference, Michigan State University, USA. May 5, 2023 (oral presentation). |
| June 14, 2023 | Gilat Lovinger & Nir Mualam, Accessible Rooftops in Dense Cities-A Comprehensive Review of Elevated Public and Semi-Public Rooftops in Israel. AMPS Livable Cities Conference, New York City College of Technology, USA. June 14, 2023 (oral presentation). |
| July 13, 2023 | Eynat Mendelson-Shwartz & Nir Mualam, Compensation as a Planning Compass. AESOP annual conference. Lodz, Poland. July 13, 2023 (oral presentation). |
Presentations in conferences (in Israel)
| February 14, 2014 | Nir Mualam, Historic Preservation, Economic Incentives, and Politics- The Israeli Prism. Planning, Law & Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Conference. Technion Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning. Haifa, Israel. |
| Dec. 22, 2016 |
Nir Mualam, The Relationship Between Antiquities Law, and the Planning & Building Act. The Third Israeli Conference on Heritage Preservation, The Technion: Haifa. |
| June 19, 2017 |
Nir Mualam, Heritage Protection and Conflict: Discovering the Complexity of Historic Preservation Through Appeal Decisions. Gazit-Globe Real Estate International Conference: ‘Measuring the Effectiveness of Real Estate Regulation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’. Hertzliya Israel. |
| July 29, 2021 | Nir Mualam & Emil Israel. Virtual meetings and working online during the pandemic: How Zoom affects the Israeli planning system? Center for Urban and Regional Studies Conference, The Technion: Haifa. July 29, 2021 (oral presentation). |
| November 21, 2021 | Nir Mualam & Nir Barak Urban Autonomy: Examination of Changes in City-State Relations. Heth Center, College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel, November 21, 2021 (oral presentation). |
| October 27, 2022 | Eynat Mendelson Shwartz & Nir Mualam. Formalism and Institutional Configurtion: A Behind the Scene Look on Municipal Policy Pertaining to Mural Art. The Second Conference of Israeli Urbanism. Raanana, Israel, October 27, 2022 (oral presentation). |
Invited international talks
| April 20, 2021 | Nir Mualam, “The Impact of Covid-19 on decision making in planning”. Rethinking urban geography and planning through Covid-19, international seminar, Utrecht University and the Technion [online webinar format]. April 20, 2021. |
| March 18, 2021 | Nir Mualam, “Law, Planning, and Development: Progressive Property and the Progressive City”. Law, Institutions and Growth Seminar, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia [Online]. March 18, 2021. |
| October 24, 2022 | Nir Mualam, “Getting Published: Selecting a Journal”. PhD Webinar Lecture Series, Planning, Law, and Property Rights Association [Online]. October 24, 2022. |
| November 28, 2023 | Nir Mualam,’The Road to Density in Urbanizing Environments: Mixed Use Public-Private Buildings and How they Come to Be? Dortmund University, Spatial Planning Department (PLPR Visiting Talks Series). Dortmund, Germany. November 28, 2023. |
Invited Talks / Excursions (International forums)
| May 26, 2014. |
By invitation of the Heinrich Boll Foundation: Study Tour on Conservation, Urban Renewal, and Participatory Urban Development. Berlin, May 26-29, 2014. The study tour’s objective was to exchange information and experiences between the Israeli and German experts. |
| September 24, 2019 | Legal Aspects of Heritage Protection in Tel Aviv. Liebling Haus, Gerda Henkel Stiftung & Zeit Stiftung workshop and Summer School, “History Takes Place-Dynamics of Urban Change”. Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| October 29, 2020 | [Keynote] Nir Mualam Maintenance and management of residential buildings: Technology and its impact on condominium living. 7th International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, Belgrade, Serbia [Online]. |
Invited public talks given to policymakers and practitioners
| April 2008 |
The link between environmental law and planning law. Israel Bar training course. Tel Aviv, April 2008. |
| June 30, 2009 |
Developer agreements and obligations. Israeli Bar Association. Bar Ilan University, June 2009. |
| December 6, 2011 | Design Review and Design Annexes. Institute of Urban & Regional Studies. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December 2011. |
| February 20, 2014 | Participation in Experts’ panel on Rent Control. Israel’s Planners Association Conference, Hebrew University. Jerusalem, February 2014 |
| April 1, 2014 |
The Rental Market: Time for Reevaluation? the Association of Legal Counsels to Municipal Authorities. The Dead Sea, April 2014. |
| April 9, 2014 |
Rent Control in Local Government- A New Agenda. Tel Aviv’s City Department of Construction and Finance. Tel Aviv, April 2014. |
| May 13, 2014 |
The new comprehensive plan for the City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa (Plan 5000); Invited talk and panel member. The third Planning and Building conference. Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| June 22, 2015 |
Affordable Housing: A Global View. the Municipality of Petach Tikva. Petach Tikva, Israel. |
| July 8, 2015 |
Recent statutory reforms in the field of land use planning in Israel. The Society of Protection of Nature in Israel, and Israel’s Planning Association conference on “Amendment 101”. Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| August 11, 2015 |
Statutory tools for dealing with the housing crisis. Center for Urban and Regional Studies and the Ministry of Finance. Technion, Haifa. [Roundtable workshop with the Ministry of Finance representatives in which I gave a short presentation to the Minister of Finance and his colleagues]. |
| November 12, 2015 | Affordable Housing in Israel and Abroad: A comparative View. the Forum of Israeli City Planners (פורום מהנדסי ערים). Ramat Gan, November 2015. |
| November 18, 2015 | Urban regeneration tools in Berlin and Tel Aviv, Invited Talk and panel member. The Akko Convention on Urbanism, Akko, Israel. |
| March 20, 2016 |
The proposed 2016 amendments in Israeli legislation pertaining to urban regeneration. District (Regional) Planning Commission of Haifa, March 2016. |
| December 7, 2016 | The Impact of Regulation on Public Spaces. The Institute of Urban & Regional Studies. Hebrew University, Jerusalem Dec. 2016. |
| November 1, 2017 | Recent Changes in Israeli Planning and Building Legislation. Tel Aviv’s City Planning Department, Tel Aviv; November 2017. |
| February 15, 2018. | Forever Young? The challenges of maintaining high-rise multi-title buildings. By invitation of Israel’s chief planner (head of the planning administration). Tel Aviv, Israel. 2018. |
| March 15, 2018 |
High Rise Planning in Israel. Plenary/Chair. Israel Planners Association. Jerusalem, 2018. |
| October 23, 2018 | Moot Court: Examining Anonymous Land Use Plans. Israel’s Planners Association. Tel Aviv, Helena Rubinstein Museum, Israel. October 2018. |
| November 20, 2018 | High Rise Buildings in Israel: Proposals for new Policies. Invited to participate in an experts’ panel on high rise construction. By invitation of the Elrov institute of Real Estate, Tel Aviv University. 2018. |
| January 15, 2019 | High Rise Construction and new Challenges of Maintaining Residential Towers: Invited to participate in a Ministry of Housing panel on high rise construction. Doron House, Ramat Gan. 2019. |
| January 29, 2019 | The Maintenance of High Rise Condominiums in Israel. By invitation of Israel’s Local Government Federation. Ha’arbaa St. Tel Aviv. 2019. |
| February 27, 2019 | Muni-Expo Panel of Experts on High Rise living. By invitation of Israel’s ‘FORUM 15’- The Forum of independent local governments in Israel. Tel Aviv. 2019. |
| May 28, 2019 |
Living Vertically in Israel: Future Visions, High Rise Living, and Urban Renewal. By invitation of Hebrew University: Annual conference of Alumni in the fields of Philosophy, Economics, and Political Science. Jerusalem. 2019. |
| June 6, 2019 |
Vertical Allocations: Legal and Economic Aspects. Technion workshop for the Israeli Planning Administration senior officials. Haifa, 2019. |
| September 24, 2019 | Legal Aspects of Heritage Protection in Tel Aviv. Liebling Haus, Gerda Henkel Stiftung & Zeit Stiftung workshop and Summer School, “History Takes Place-Dynamics of Urban Change”. Tel Aviv, 2019. |
| December 11, 2019 | The future of the Israeli City. By invitation of the Israeli Chief Ombudsman. Tel Aviv, 2019. |
| January 14, 2020 | Vertical Allocations. By invitation of the Israeli United Architects Association. Ramat Gan, 2020. |
| June 6, 2020 |
Legal Aspects of mixing together public amenities and residential functions. By invitation of the Israeli United Architects Association. Zoom Conference, 2020. |
| March 22, 2022 | The Impact of Zoom on Decision-Making in Planning. By invitation of the Israel Bar. Eilat, March 22, 2022. |
| March 12, 2023 | The Verticalization of Public Services: An Israeli Outlook. By invitation of Offer Toister Law Offices, March 12, 2023. |
| September 19, 2023 | Accelerated Housing: From Crisis to Challenge. By Invitation of Maoz NGO Training Program. Zichron Ya’acov, September 19, 2023. |