Ronen is a Ph.D. student and lecturer at the School of Criminology – University of Haifa, Israel. He is a member of the IDIT scholarship honors program for outstanding Ph.D. students. Ronen holds an MA in Criminology (cum laude) from the University of Haifa and is a certified lawyer. In his current research, under the supervision of Prof. Orna Rabinovich-Einy and Prof. Avital Mentovich, Ronen seeks to uncover how stereotypes, attitudes, and biases concerning socioeconomic status lead to discrimination against the poor in the criminal justice system.