Students

Nurit Hod <nurithod1@gmail.com> Ph.D. Candidate at HUJI Public Policy
I have an M.B.A. in marketing and I served as Marketing Director in several global companies in Israel, where I gained extensive experience in marketing strategy, branding and marketing communication (MarCom). For my Ph.D. research I study unethical consumption and its consequences on consumers' satisfaction and recommendations.
mali Mali Ivas  <mali.ivast@gmail.com>  Ph.D. Student at HUJI Public Policy
I have an M.A. from a research track in educational psychology at the Hebrew University (BA in psychology and education, Hebrew University). I worked for many years at Mesila, a welfare institution for girls at risk, as counselor, teacher and then deputy director of the school. I am a teaching assistant/tutor in courses on social psychology of the classroom and quantitative research methods. My PhD research will focus on nudges of self-control among adolescents. 

Limor Sahar-Inbar <limorin@hit.ac.il> Ph.D. Candidate at Bar-Ilan Business School
I have a B.A. and M.B.A. in Business Administration. I am Head of the Research Analysis Center at Holon Institute of Technology and I teach Marketing Management and SPSS at HIT. I was previously VP of Marketing and Research at "Midgam Research and Consulting" and my research interests are in the field of consumers' behavior and decision-making. For my Ph.D. research, I study consumers' preferences between volume and similarity in online reviews.

Ofer Senderey

Ofer Senderey <ofersen@gmail.com> Ph.D. Student at HUJI Public Policy
I have an M.A. in social psychology with a specialization in Judgment and Decision Making from IDC Herzliya and a BA in Psychology and Business Management (Tel-Aviv University). I founded BEapplied, a consulting agency that assists business and public sector organizations to solve complex challenges by applying concepts from behavioral science. For my Ph.D. research I explore how context and personal traits affect honesty pledges used to optimize regulation.

Hilla Schupak  <hillaab@gmail.com> Ph.D. Candidate at HUJI Public Policy
I am a certified Psychologist (B.A from the Open University, 2007 and M.A from the Hebrew University, 2010) and I teach at the Open University (research methods, cognitive psychology and JDM). For my Ph.D. research, I’m interested in children choices and decision. Specifically, I explore the effect of the number of alternatives in a choice set on childrens' choices and satisfaction from their choice.

Ariel Tikotsky <ariel.tikotsky@gmail.com> Ph.D. Candidate at Bar-Ilan Business School
I'm an industrial engineer by training (Tel-Aviv University), with expertise in digital transformation and knowledge management. I’m interested in behavioral economics in general and in choice architecture in particular. For my Ph.D research I explore how disclosing nudges might affect those nudges' effectiveness. I strive to help governmental agencies and NGOs harness the power of behavioral economics to better serve their customers.