Sciences Po Lille is happy to welcome Professor Alon Tal, from February 5th until February 14th 2018, for the course “The Environment and Conflict Management”. 
Alon Tal is an environmental researcher and advocate. A faculty member at Ben Gurion University, his research involves environmental and water policy. 

He is a long-time proponent for stabilizing population in Israel and a co-founder of the new Israel forum for Demography, Society and Environment. 

Tal was the founding director of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, Israel’s preeminent environmental organization, where he initiated dozens of legal actions against polluters and the government for inadequate environmental commitment. 

He also founded the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a regional Middle Eastern training program for Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian and international students.  From 2010 to 2013 he chaired Israel’s Green Party.