Prof. Gili S. Drori

Bio

Professor Gili S. Drori is a sociologist, faculty member at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2022-2026). Gili earned her academic education at Tel Aviv University (BA 1986; and MA 1989) and Stanford University (PhD, 1997, sociology). Before joining the faculty of The Hebrew University in 2011, Gili served as Director of IR Honors Program and taught at Stanford University for a decade. Her research interests concentrate on global and comparative sociology: the study of globalization, its impact of states, societies, and organizations worldwide, and especially the global diffusion of ideas and practices. Among the issues she studies are: academia and education; organization, management and governance; and science, technology and innovation. Over the past decade, her research focuses on universities and higher education organizations: she studies managerial and governance processes in universities, the organizational identity and strategy of higher education organizations, and the public role of academia. For such studies she draws on global data, situating Israeli organizations within such global context. In addition to her leadership role at HUJI, Professor Drori also served as President of the Israeli Sociological Society and is involved in initiatives and leadership of public and education organizations in Israel.