Roni Holler is an associate professor at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2020 to 2023, he served as the Chair of the School's Center for Disability Studies. Additionally, during 2022-2023, he was a member of the Dotan Committee, a public committee appointed by the Israeli Welfare Minister to investigate living conditions in residential settings for people with disabilities. In 2022 he has been honored with the Michael Milken Prize for Excellence in Teaching in recognition of his teaching contributions. 

Roni Holler's primary research interest centers around the rights of people with disabilities and the extent to which the welfare state and its key agents – social workers – protect their rights and promote disability justice. Another strand of research focuses on the Israeli welfare state, with a recent particular focus on examining aspects of take-up and administrative burden. Through his work, Holler applies a sociopolitical understanding of social problems and employs a variety of research techniques. 

E-mail: roni.holler@mail.huji.ac.il

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Current leading projects

 

1. Solidarity and Disability: Between the Local and the Global 

2. Understanding Role Perception of Supporters in Supported Decision-Making Scheme 

3. Administrative Burden in Disability-Related Benefits 

4.  Information on Social Rights: A case study of Kol Zhut

 

On the media

1. “Increasing selectivity in social security benefits will increase inequality” ( 

https://www.davar1.co.il/33991/) 

2. “I think I was angry, but I’m not sure” (https://www.ha-makom.co.il/post/dana-dimant-fear) 

3. "Policy paper on social security benefit during the Corona crisis" (https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001328417 , https://www.themarker.com/opinion/2020-05-17/ty-article/.premium/0000017f-ed52-d4a6-af7f-ffd6401f0000) 

 

 

Online lectures

1. Disability studies and the Israeli Society (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnsNiwcr0lo) 

2. The Dotan Committee and its recommendation on deinstitutionalization (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWW6reikeQ0) 

3. Choice for people with intellectual disabilities in the Israeli welfare state (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lllYTZH62B4&t=3025s&pp=ygUR16jXldeg15kg15TXldec16g%3D)