Dr Andre Oboler is a social media and online public diplomacy expert. He received his PhD in computer science from Lancaster University, UK and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Political Science at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is currently undertaking an LLM(JD) at Monash University, Australia.
Dr Oboler provides consultation on online strategy to community organisations, NGOs, companies, and governments. He is responsible for a number of leading online projects including Durban Review, Meet Gilad and Talk Gaza. He has been editor of ZionismOnTheWeb.org, a website countering on-line hate, since 2005.
Dr Oboler is co-chair of the working group on Online Antisemitism for the Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism and an expert on the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism. He is Country Coordinator for Australia and New Zealand for the IEEE Computer Society the immediate past chair of the Society’s Victorian Chapter. He serves on the board of the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism (JSA) and as a reviewer for the Journal of Information Technology and Politics. He serves on the advisory boards of the Capital Jewish forum, Act for Israel and Bewick Media Ltd. Dr Oboler also writes a regular column for the Jerusalem Post.
Dr Oboler was previously the Director of the Community Internet Engagement Project at the Zionist Federation of Australia. He is a former Legacy Heritage Fellow at NGO Monitor in Jerusalem. He is a member of the ROI Community.
