Shifra Sagy is professor of psychology in the Department of Education at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. She is the chair of a new multidisciplinary graduate program of conflict management and resolution.
Sagy's major research interests are salutogenesis, , coping and adjustment to stressors, both normative and non-normative. She is also involved in studies in political psychology concerning the historical and political consciousness among children, adolescents and adults. She has published many empirical and theoretical articles in a variety of professional journals in USA, Europe and Israel. In the past two decades Sagy has been involved in peace education in the Palestinian – Israeli context at all levels – teaching, lecturing, writing, researching, participating and initiating dialogue workshops.