Dr. Zehavi has a joint appointment at the departments of political science and public policy at Tel Aviv University and was visiting professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy from August 2016 to July 2017. His main areas of interest are innovation policy, comparative social policy, the political implications of privatization, and mechanisms of institutional change. He has recently published in Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Administration & Society, Research Policy, Regulation & Governance, and Social Policy and Administration.