Ruth Ben-Artzi

Associate Professor

Contact Information:

rbenartz@providence.edu

401.865.2840

Howley Hall 306

Education:

Ph.D. - Columbia University

Brief Biography:

Ruth Ben-Artzi is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, Rhode Island. Professor Ben-Artzi has been a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Browne Center for International Politics and a visiting fellow at Sciences-Po, Paris. She has worked as a researcher at the OECD Development Centre, and she holds a PhD from Columbia University, New York and an AB from the University of Haifa, Israel.

Area(s) of Expertise:

International Relations, International Political Economy, Development and Aid, Middle East

Selected Publications:

Ben-Artzi, R. (2016) Regional Development Banks in Comparison: Banking Strategies versus Development Goals. Cambridge University Press

Ben-Artzi, R. Cristal, M. Kopelman, S. (2015) Conceptualizing Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution as Distinct Negotiation Processes in the Context of the Enduring Israeli–Palestinian Conflict. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research.(8),

Selected Presentations:

Ben-Artzi, R. Pardee School, Global Policy Program. Boston University, - "Regional Development Banks in Comparison: Banking Strategies versus Development Goals" February, 2017

Ben-Artzi, R. Political Economy of International Organizations (PEIO). , Bern, Switzerland - "IOs and Peer Pressure: An Examination of the Development Assistance Committee" January, 2017

Ben-Artzi, R. Workshop on Institutionalized Inequalities. European Workshops in International Studies, Tübingen, Germany - "Peer Pressure as Soft Power: The Case of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)" April, 2016

Ben-Artzi, R. International Studies Association. , San Francisco, CA - "IOs and Peer Pressure: An Examination of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)" April, 2013

Ben-Artzi, R. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/ The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) . , London, United Kingdom - "Cooperation or Competition: the EU, the DAC, and the Global Agenda on Development" December, 2012

Ben-Artzi, R. American Political Science Association. , Seattle, WA - "Paper: Bilateral Aid Revisited: The Peer Review Mechanisms of the Development Assistance " August, 2011

Ben-Artzi, R. International Studies Association. , New Orleans, LA - "Aid or Hype: Are Philanthropic and Non‐Governmental" February, 2010

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