Current Doctoral Students
Arad Levin
B, after formal approval of the doctoral research proposal.
Research Area:
Free will and Punishment
Doctoral Stage:
Arad Levin is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Haifa, under the supervision of Prof. Saul Smilansky. He is a recipient of the Bloom Fellowship. His research focuses on the intersections of moral philosophy, concepts of punishment, and approaches to experiences of diversity, with a particular emphasis on Scandinavian perspectives.

David Doron Yaacov
B, after formal approval of the doctoral research proposal.
Research Area:
AI and Moral complexity
Doctoral Stage:
David studies artificial intelligence systems that operate according to moral considerations, focusing both on the normative frameworks that guide their operation and on the design of the guidance processes themselves. His research develops Normative Moral Pluralism to address moral complexity in realistic, high-stakes contexts. He is a recipient of the Rotenstreich Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students in the Humanities, awarded by the Israel Council for Higher Education, and a member of the Center for AI and Humanities of the Technion and the University of Haifa.
