About
The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel was established in 1976 by the Knesset Law perpetuating David Ben-Gurion's memory, and by an agreement between the Ben-Gurion Foundation and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The institute's raison d'etre is to examine the Jewish People's renewal in its homeland. The institute, located in the Negev desert and adjacent to Ben-Gurion's gravesite, is part of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The staff includes fifteen resident scholars from various fields of the humanities and social sciences: political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, history, Middle-East studies, literature and philosophy. Many of the scholars engage in inter-disciplinary work.

     The staff teaches in a special Israel Studies program at the Ben-Gurion University's History Department. Beginning in 2005 an M.A. in Israel Studies was opened. In the near future we hope to inaugurate an English version of the program so that overseas students will be able to take part, and eventually earn an M.A. and Ph.D. degree in Israel Studies