Chen Students
Dr. Elise Machline
Elise Machline, PhD, is a post-doctoral researcher dealing with office building conversion policies.
She was a research associate at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic research (LISER), urban development and mobility department between 2019 and 2021. She received her PhD from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in cooperation with Ben Gurion University of the Negev (2018), on the socio-economic impacts of “green” buildings.
Her research interests lie in sustainable urban planning, eco-neighborhood sustainability
assessment, socio-economic impacts of “green” buildings, international comparisons, and
eco-gentrification.
Ishay Rabi
Ishay's primary area of research is game theory and, more specifically, contest theory. In his master's thesis, "Optimal Seeding in Interdependent Contests,” he examined the best way for a contest designer to seed participants in parallel contests in order to attain maximum/minimum effort.
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Ishay won a grant from Ben-Gurion University for interdisciplinary studies while pursuing his master's degree, which he completed cum laude.
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Having earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from the Open University of Israel and a master's degree in Economics from Ben-Gurion University, Ishay is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Economics on “Strategic Analysis of Parallel Contests.”
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Roy Darioshi
Roy Darioshi conducts his research in game theory as part of his doctoral studies in economics, centering on the strategic planning of contest and conflict mechanisms. His research focuses on designing mechanisms for contest designers that ensure efficiency and effectiveness and can be implemented for diverse purposes such as de-escalating wars, exploring inevitable contests, and so on.
Lilach Levavi
In her thesis research, Lilach Rinot Levavi investigated the factors associated with the use of disposable plastic utensils among two populations in Israel: the general Jewish population and the ultra-Orthodox community.
Lilach won an award from the Feher Institute for this work.
Additionally, her work was presented as a poster at the Ecology and Environment Conference of the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2022.
Lilach plans to pursue a doctorate in order to examine new variables and other populations
in Israel, such as Arabs, to further investigate the issue.
Itay Dabush
In his thesis research, Itay Dabush investigated the economic and social utility of installing
photovoltaic systems on affordable-housing rooftops, yielding a model based on the game-theory approach.
Itay recently presented his study at the 50th Annual Science and Environment Conference of
the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2022.
Itay plans to pursue a doctorate in order to examine the impact of the use of renewable energy and “green” technologies on the population and the environment.
Merav Tourgeman
Merav holds a bachelor's degree cum laude in Economics from Ben-Gurion University and a law degree cum laude from Ramat Gan Academic College.
She also holds a Master of Business Administration from Ben-Gurion University.
She is currently a master's student, working toward her thesis on the pricing method and targets in the goals of the State of Israel and the Electricity Authority in regard to market structure and volume of production in
land facilities using photovoltaic technology—focusing on centralization in the Israeli market. Hopefully, her proposed solution may also be applied to similar industries worldwide.
Matan Shitrit
Matan is a graduate of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel, holding bachelor's and master's degrees in Public Policy and Management.
Matan works for the Eshkol Regional Council and manages a project for the construction of 1,500 hectares of solar fields. He is also researching the profiling of an optimal mechanism of investment and payback for the construction of solar fields around the Israel–Gaza–Egypt peripheral fence.
