Eli Gottlieb

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Eli Gottlieb is the Director of the Mandel Leadership Institute^[1] in Jerusalem.

Born in London in 1969, Gottlieb emigrated to Israel in 1995. He holds a B.A in Philosophy and an M.Phil in Educational Psychology from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the Hebrew University. Between completing his Ph.D. in 2001 and joining the faculty of the Mandel Leadership Institute, he spent three years as a visiting professor in Cognitive Studies in Education^[2] at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Gottlieb is a research psychologist with interests in cultural psychology. His research examines the relations between cognition, culture, and identity, and how the development of each is affected by education. His empirical research has focused in particular on cross-cultural variation in the development of religious beliefs and spirituality during childhood and adolescence. These research interests have their roots in Gottlieb's practical experience as an educator in various programs of Jewish education in Israel, Europe, and the United States of America, which includes stints as National Director of Bnei Akiva of Great Britain and Ireland, as a lecturer and trainer of youth counselors for the Jewish Agency and as a camp director for Melitz.^[3]

Gottlieb joined the faculty of the Mandel Leadership Institute^[4] in August 2004. In January 2005 he was appointed Director of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows^[5], and, in April 2006, Director of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership^[6].

Gottlieb recently returned to Israel after spending three months in Palo Alto as a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Foundation^[7] and the School of Education^[8] at Stanford University.