Avia is a Research Associate at the Tachlith Institute and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the PPE program (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In addition, Avia works as a Research Assistant for the Department of Economics at the university, focusing on the fields of security economics and societal polarization in Israel.
Previously, he interned at the Economic Department (ECO) of the OECD in Paris and worked for a year and a half as an analyst in the Chief Economist’s Division at the Israeli Ministry of Finance, under the “Economics and National Security” team.
During his studies, Avia participated in the “Program in Social and Environmental Economics” and served as a Team Leader at the university’s journal Itutim (“Signals”).
During his military service, Avia served as Head of a Research Section in the Intelligence Division of the Southern Command.