Orit Rotem-Mindali served as Head of the Department of Geography and Environment at Bar-Ilan University (BIU) between 2019 and 2023. She currently serves as the co-head of the MA program in Regulation and Environmental Policy (since 2018). Her main research fields are urban geography, transport policy, and environmental policy. The interface between mobility, urban spaces, and environmental concerns is a core focus of her work. Orit has a PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she also completed her BSc in Life Sciences and Environmental Studies, and her MA in Geography and Environmental Management Planning and Policy. She was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, where she studied the environmental effects of B2C and C2C e-commerce. She has won numerous prestigious research grants, including awards from H2020 and the Israel Science Foundation.
