Master of Arts (M.A.)
Environment, Society and Planning
2006 — 2010

Research focuses on the opportunities and problems stemming from the spatial distribution of telecoms grids. My thesis charts the relationship between commuting, economic and social mobility in conjunction with ICT distribution.

Activities and Societies:Active member of the PEC Research lab headed by Professor Fenster.

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Geography & Human Environment
2003 — 2006

Focused research on social planning related to theoretical approaches of municipal resource utilisation.

Activities and Societies:Active member of the TAU debating society.

Thesis: Re-Examining The Digital Divide in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel

When  dealing  with  the  digital  divide,  one  must  first  contemplate  its magnitude. The divide, on a global scale, is vast: over 90%- of the world's population does not have Internet access (BBC, 2005). However, 50% of the world has access to fixed  line  communications  (such  as  phones),  and  77%  have  access  to  radio-  based communications  (cellular  phones,  satellite  communications  etc.). This divide  between  comprehensive  telecommunication  coverage  and  limited  access  to technology  exists  on  many  levels  and  can  be  found  in  different  scales:  global, national,  regional  and  urban.  In  addition,  the  agglomeration  of  businesses,  which create  specialised  areas  of  economic  activity  means  that  telecommunication  and information technologies have a distinct geographical aspect: core and periphery.

My research charts the  link  between telecommunications,  power  relations  and  patterns  of  usage  and  consumption  of information manifested  in Tel Aviv – Jaffa. This  triangle of variants  integrates  three usually  quite  separate  fields  of  research:  power  relations  as  expressed  through sociology  and  political  studies,  telecommunications  researched  in  electrical engineering  departments  and  consumption,  usually  an  area  of  communications studies.

Ramat Gan College
Business Management
2007 — 2008

In order to ensure I'm in line with the most recent business practices and theory, yet unwilling to undergo another master's degree (yet), I took this highly practical, year long, course.

Activities and Societies: The course culminated in a business plan I submitted which linked my academic research in the Digital Divide and the business opportunities stemming from it.

The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute
Competitive Intelligence (CI)
Winter, 2008

A course on planning and laying an infrastructure for competitive intelligence (CI) within companies. The course taught how to plan, build and execute the CI plan, using limited resources and information.