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Udi Aharoni, the longstanding CEO and academic Director of Lahav executive education at Tel Aviv University’s Coller School of Management, is our guest in this new episode of TAU Unbound. Host Ido Aharoni Aronoff is engaging in a lively conversation about how to communicate Israel’s unique ingredients that are largely responsible for the creation of the country’s innovation eco-system. Udi runs La...

Dr. Miri TalmonIn this episode of TAU Unbound our host, Ambassador Ido Aharoni Aronoff, is engaging in a lively discussion about Israel’s popular culture with expert Dr. Miri Talmon who had studies mass media and popular culture for decades. What happened to the Israeli image as a “Sabra” Is it still prickly from the outside but sweet from the inside? Why should the world know about the great humo...

Dr. Irit Back, Head of the Inter-University program of African StudiesIn this episode of TAU Unbound our host, Ambassador Ido Aharoni Aronoff, is hosting Dr. Irit Back, the Head of the Inter-University program of African Studies at Tel Aviv University. Irit is a lecturer in the Department of Middle East and African Studies and Head of the Africa Research Program at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middl...

Prof. Ehud Toledano, Former Director of TAU's Program in Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the Department of Middle East and African History. Prof. Ehud Toledano is the former Director of TAU's Program in Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the Department of Middle East and African History. In this episode of TAU Unbound, he shares with host Ido Aharoni his take on what Israel should do next, how...

Prof. Aeyal Gross, Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of LawProf. Aeyal Gross is a member of the Faculty in Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Law where he teaches International Law and Constitutional Law. He regularly teaches as Visiting Professor at SOAS, University of London. Prof. Gross, who is a leading voice against the proposed judicial overhaul in Israel, holds an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University (...

Prof. Itai Ater Coller School of Management some observations about the state of global economy. Prof. Ater earned his bachelor (law and economics) and Master's degrees, both Cum Laude, from the Hebrew University. Before pursuing his Ph. D. studies in Economics at Stanford University, he also worked at the Israeli Antitrust Authority. His research examines the sources of the high cost of livin...

Dr. Idit Adler, a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Math, Science and Technology at Constantiner School of EducationDr. Adler is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Math, Science and Technology at Constantiner School of Education at Tel Aviv University. In this episode of TAU Unbound, she discusses with host Ido Aharoni Aronoff, the meaning of "Teaching and learning with...

Dr. Bruria Adini, head of the Department of Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine in the School of Public Health, in the Faculty of MedicineIn this episode of TAU Unbound our host, Ambassador Ido Aharoni Aronoff, is hosting Dr. Bruria Adini, head of the Department of Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine in the School of Public Health, in the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. P...

Yaeli Benovich & Offir Inbar - Engineers Without BordersIn this episode of TAU Unbound our host, Ambassador Ido Aharoni Aronoff, is hosting two young academics representing the Africa Project and Engineers Without Borders: a group of 22 volunteers, all from TAU, who diligently work to improve lives of villagers in Africa. Ra'anana-born Yaeli Benovich and Tel-Aviv born Offir Inbar, fell in...

Prof. Noam Eliaz, Dean Faculty of EngineeringIn this episode of TAU Unbound our host, Ambassador Ido Aharoni Aronoff, is hosting Tel Aviv University’s Dean of Engineering Prof. Noam Eliaz to discuss the fascination subject of material science. Why the strength of materials is so important of the future of humanity? Why an interdisciplinary approach is needed to better utilize scientific breakthrou...

Prof. Udi Sommer, An associate professor at the School of Political Science, Government and International RelationsThe career of Israeli political scientist Prof. Udi Sommer brought him to America where he studies and taught American politics, politics of sexuality and gender, judicial politics, pandemics and politics, and cyber Security. In this episode of TAU Unbound, Prof. Sommer shares with ho...

Prof. Daphna Joel, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences Our guest Prof. Daphna Joel conceived the ‘mosaic’ hypothesis – the claim that sex differences in the brain do not add-up consistently in individuals. In a discussion with out host, Ido Aharoni Aronoff, she contends that most brains are composed of both features more common in females and features more common in males....

Prof. Yishai Blank, the Dean of the Faculty of LawThis episode brings the unique and brilliant voice of Prof. Yishai Blank, the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University, the country’s leading law school. A graduate of Tel Aviv University, Prof. Blank’s background in the study of law is unique: he specializes in Local Government Law, Administrative Law, Global Cities, Urban Legal Theory an...

Prof. Avigdor Abelson of the School of Zoology Join us for an insightful episode of our podcast featuring internationally acclaimed Marine Biologist & Ecologist Prof. Avigdor Abelson of the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University. Prof. Abelson's expertise in Marine Ecology and Mari-Culturehas taken him on captivating journeys around the globe, studying coastal marine ecostystems and advo...

Prof. Tova Milo Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences. In this episode of TAU Unbound we had a chance to discuss the future of computing and exact sciences from Natanya-born Prof. Tova Milo Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences. How powerful computers will help advance solutions to health-related, environmental and societal problems ? Prof. Milo shares about her own career as well as her faculty’s...

Prof. Ronit Satch-Fainaro, Head of the Cancer Research and Nanomedicine Laboratory In this episode of TAU Unbound, Prof. Ronit Satch-Fainaro, a former concert-level ballet dancer and the head of the Cancer Research and Nanomedicine Laboratory, shares her ground-breaking work 3D printing tissues, customizing cancer treatment and applying nano-medicine. Prof. Satchi-Fainaro talks about the counter-i...

Prof. Yossi Yovel & Prof. Prof. Lilach Hadany, Head of the Hadany Lab and faculty member at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security & Prof. Yossi Yovel, Head of the Bat Lab and Head of Sagol School for NeuroScience. In our new episode of TAU Unbound, host Ido Aharoni Aronoff engages in a fascinating discussion with two scientists whose work on bioacoustics, proving that plants can h...

Professor Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African StudiesProfessor Uzi Rabi, who obtained his Ph. D from Tel Aviv University in 2000, is the energetic Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, and a senior researcher at the Center for Iranian Studies, both at Tel Aviv University. In this episode of TAU Unbound, Prof. Rabi is shar...

Major Gen. (Res.) Professor Isaac Ben-Israel,The School of Political Science Government and International AffairsMajor Gen. (Res.) Professor Isaac Ben-Israel is one of the most influential people in Israel in recent decades: he is one of the architects of Israel’s cyber-security prowess, a longstanding advocate of Israel’s increasing role in space as, as the 17-year Chair of the country’s space ag...

Prof. Neta Erez, Head of the laboratory of tumor biology and the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Neta Erez is the Head of the laboratory of tumor biology and the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Her research centers around ways to understand and combat the spread of breast cancer and melanoma, all the while trying to decode th interaction between the tumor an...

Dr. Nadav Cohen, An assistant Professor of Computer ScienceTel Aviv University’s Dr. Nadav Cohen as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and a rising star in the field of artificial intelligence and data analytics. Dr. Cohen’s research focuses on the theoretical and algorithmic foundations of deep learning, analyzing aspects of expressiveness, optimization and generalization. The goal of his...

Prof. Laura Rosen, Chairperson of the Department of Health Promotion in School of Public Health, Faculty of MedicineUSA-born Prof. Laura Rosen is the Chairperson of the Department of Health Promotion in School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. Prof. Rosen moved to Israel in 1986. Inspired by her own family experience, she took on the issue of smoking, second-hand smokin...

Prof. Erez Shmueli, Head of the Big Data Lab in the department of Industrial Engineering. Prof. Erez Shmueli is the head of the Big Data Lab in the department of Industrial Engineering. He is the co-head of the undergraduate program in Data Science and a prolific scientist whose work has impacted the lives of many, from digital authentication to digital diagnosis of viral diseases. In this episode...

Prof. Yael Sternhell, Department of History, Department of English and American StudiesIn this episode of TAU Unbound, host Ido Aharoni Aronoff is engaging in a fascinating conversation with one of the academic superstars of Tel Aviv University: historian Dr. Yael Strenhell, whose expertise is the American Civil War and its long aftermath. Dr. Sternhell is able to draw parallels from the Civil War...

Prof. Neta Ziv & Prof. Milette Shamir. Prof. Shamir, Vice President of Tel Aviv University, in charge of international academic collaboration. Prof. Neta Ziv, is the Vice President for Equity, Diversity and CommunityIn our 17th Episode, host Ido Aharoni Aronoff, engages in a discussion about the importance of inclusion and diversity in the performance of complex organizations such as academic...