Dr Orit Gal

Dr Orit Gal is an entrepreneur, advisor, and senior lecturer in Strategy & Complexity at Regent's University London. She specialises in analysing trends and identifying potential for systemic change within complex environments. Her work spans a wide array of sectors including tech start-ups, social enterprises, innovative policy think tanks, and corporate market research. She is currently focusing her research on the future of cities, exploring the interplay between technological innovation, social flourishing, and the inherent serendipity of urban life.

• 2007, PhD, International Political Economy - IR, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Dissertation topic: Strategy development in complex environments: the World Bank's adaptation to a shifting global economy 1973-2003.
• 2005, 2006, Awards of Excellence for PhD students, Hebrew University, Davis Institute
• 1999, MA, Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, Tel Aviv University
• Thesis topic: International learning and institutional reforms: China's economic reforms 1978-1998.
• 1994, BA, Economics, Tel Aviv University

• 2011, Panel member - New Era Economics, Institute for Public Policy Research, London
• 2009, Associate Fellow - The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
• 2008, Strategic consultant, non-profits, London
• 2004 – 2006, Innovation strategist, The Operational Research Institute, Tel-Aviv
• 2001 – 2004, Strategic advisor and project manager, The Economic Cooperation Foundation, Tel-Aviv
• 1999 – 2001, Senior Analyst, Gallup, Tel-Aviv

• (2013) “Complexity Manoeuvres 1: Lessons from military operational design”, “CM 2: Analysing dynamic opposition systems”, “CM 3: Acupuncture approaches to conflict transformation”
• (2012). “Complexity Economics for Public Policy: Global Ruptures – the emerging crisis of the middle classes”, IPPR.
• (2009). “Handling Hamas: Strategies for Peace and Progress in the Palestinian Territories”, LFI.
• (2008). “Assessing Israel's Gaza Strategies”, RUSI.
• (2008). “Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue” Chatham House.
• (2008) “Revolutionizing the Concept of Victory: the Lesson Not Learned by the Enquiry into Israel's Lebanon War”, RUSI.
• (2008) “Beyond Annapolis, Part I: A role for International Military Engagement?” LFI.
• (2004) “Policy Options for Israel - Third Party role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” Chatham House.

• Complexity design
• Political economy and systemic change
• Evolving urban networks
• Conflict markets and peace-building
• Social entrepreneurship
• Innovation for NGOs
• Decision making under uncertainty

• “Complexity and the future of peace” Inspirationlabs Series, (The Centre for Innovation - Leiden University, The Hague, 2013)       
• “Complexity Manoeuvres” Innovation Lab on Dynamical Systems Theory, Peace and Conflict (Earth Institute, Columbia University, 2013)                          
• “Operating in a Complex World: from retrospective to prospective coherency” Complexity and Governance (NTU Singapore with the National Center for Strategic Futures, 2013)
• “Harnessing Complexity Science for Organizational Change”, (Institute for Employment Studies, 2010)
• “Victory is futile: the emerging markets of conflict”, (Conflict and Complexity, 2008)
• “Israeli-Palestinian working group paper: Planning Considerations for international involvement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip”, (The Cambridge Security Program – International Involvement Expert Forum, 2003)
• “International trusteeships – Lessons from Kosovo”, (The Herzliya Conference on National Security, 2002)

• Politics in the Industrialised World
• International Political Economy
• Politics of Development
• Sense-Making in a Complex World
• Managing Uncertainty
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Complexity and Creative Leadership