Inbal Ofer is a professor of contemporary European history in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies at The Open University of Israel. Her work focuses on gender and fascist/neo-fascist political culture in Southern Europe; the development of urban space under authoritarian regimes; and the role of urban social movements in democratization processes. Her most recent research project examines the role of “engaged” professionals within social movements during the last decade of Franco’s regime and the Spanish transition to democracy. She focuses on the ways in which such engagement in the fields of law and urban planning impacted the democratization of disciplinary knowledge and practices.
Among her publications:
Taking Citizenship Personally: Social Movements and Spain’s Transition to Democracy, co-authored by T. Groves, I. Ofer, N. Townson, A. Herrera, Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (London: Palgrave, 2017).
Claiming the City and Contesting the State: Squatting, Community Formation and Democratization in Spain (1955 – 1986) (London: Routledge, 2018).
Militantes de primera línea: La Sección Femenina de la Falange y la cultura política del fascismo en la España de Franco (1939-1977) (Madrid: LibrosCorrientes, 2024).
“Spatial Crisis and the Experimental Production of Urban Space in Franco’s Spain: The History of Madrid’s Poblados Dirigidos”, Journal of Urban History, 50(1), 2024: 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442231164179
“Rethinking the Relationship between Women, Gender, and Spanish Fascism: ‘Verticality’ as a Mediating Concept”, In Gendering Fascism. Individual Actors, Concepts and Transnational Connections (Brill’s Specials in Modern History; Vol. 9, 2025): 45-68. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004703766_004