David Newman

David Newman is Professor of Political Geography in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is currently the chief editor of the international journal, Geopolitics, a quarterly journal published by Taylor Francis (Routledge), a position he has held since 1999. During 2006-2007, Newman is the Leverhulme Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Bristol.

In August 2007, Professor Newman was appointed the formal representative of Israel for all matters relating to a potential academic boycott. He was the only Israeli professor present at the University & Colleges Union (UCU) conference in Bournemouth and addressed a pro-Israel fringe meeting on the day of the vote. His main brief is to develop and strengthen academic and scientific links between Israel and the UK, working parallel to, and in coordination with, the Stop the Boycott campaign whose activities are aimed at overturning the vote in the union.

Newman was born and educated in the UK. His degrees are from the University of London (1978) and Durham (1981). From 1982-1987, he was a lecturer in the Department of Geography at Tel Aviv University, following which he was a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography at Ben Gurion University.  In 2003 he facilitated the founding of the Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society (CESPS) at the University.