Nurit Alfast is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev where she has been in charge of the Urban Planning track since 2011. Her academic interests are planning theory, planning legitimacy, spatial dynamics and the context for complexity theory. Alfasi has published dozens of articles and is an editorial board member for international periodicals in the field of city planning. She lives in Tel Aviv, is married to Shmuel and mother to Dana and Rumi.