Dr. Michal Braier is an architect and urban planner, who specializes in urban political geography. She holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Government and Politics at Ben Gurion University. Currently, Michal is a post-doctoral fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University. She is a research and teaching fellow at the Urban Clinic, where she is head of planning.

Michal's research focuses on the nexus of planning, urban informality and citizenship; on questions of land, housing and development policy; on the conceptualization and production of urban knowledge; and on spatial justice and equality. Her research has been published in Environment and Planning A, Planning Theory and Practice, and the Annals of American Association of Geographers.

Michal serves as chairperson of the human rights organization "BIMKOM- planners for planning rights."