Gal Oestreicher-Singer

Biography

Gal Oestreicher-Singer is the Mexico Professor of Information Systems and the associate dean of research at the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University in Israel. She joined New York University Stern School of Business as an adjunct professor in September of 2019. She received her Ph.D. from the Stern School of Business at New York University in 2008 and holds degrees in law and electrical engineering from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, respectively. Her research focuses on the effects of social media, consumer engagement, and peer influence on electronic commerce outcomes, and the role of business analytics in platform based business models. Her work has been published in the top journals in the fields of both Information Systems and Marketing. She has held several key editorial positions, and currently serves as a senior editor at MIS Quarterly. She has also been the recipient of several prestigious grants and awards, including the MSI-WIMI User Generated Content Research Competition Award, the Google-WPP Marketing Award and most recently - the ERC grant from the EU.

Research Interests

• User Engagement
• Digital Platforms
• Business Analytics

Courses Taught

• Data Science for Business Analytics
• Predictive Modeling Using R

Academic Background

LLM, Commercial Law
Tel-Aviv University, Law School

LLB
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Law School

B.Sc., Electrical Engineering and Electronics
Tel-Aviv University