Associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds the Silver Chair in Civil Procedure and is the Director of the Harry and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law. He is a member of the Forum of Young Scholars at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and a past recipient of the Rothschild Prize and a Fulbright fellowship. His research focuses on private international law and inter-religious law, civil procedures, and multiculturalism. Professor Karayanni holds an LL.D from the Hebrew University (2000) as well as an S.J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (2003).