Ron Levi is a PhD candidate in the Program in Cultural Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he is writing his dissertation under the supervision of Professor Edwin Seroussi. 

He holds an MA degree in Sociology and Political Science from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His dissertation discusses the politics of contemporary Israeli Indie music in relation to network society. His research interests focus on music and contemporary culture through the construction of sounds and their interrelations with musical diplomacy and cultural mediation, a field of expertise which he brings to bear on his work as a doctoral researcher in APARTHEID-STOPS.