EDNA PASHER PHD AND ASSOCIATES MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD

Their core work

Edna Pasher PhD and Associates is a Tel Aviv-based management consultancy specialising in knowledge management, intellectual capital, and social innovation. They bring applied social science thinking to research consortia — translating academic insights on trust, governance, and digital transformation into practical frameworks. In EU projects, they function as an advisory partner, contributing expertise on organisational learning, peer-to-peer economy dynamics, and the social dimensions of digital technology. Their work sits at the intersection of management consulting and applied social research, making them a bridge between academic findings and real-world governance or business application.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early phase (2016–2021), their EU footprint was anchored in structured doctoral education and inter-sectoral academic partnerships through BIGSSS-departs — a role focused on international research training networks and social sciences methodology. By 2021, their trajectory shifted decisively toward the digital economy: blockchain, AI governance, legal frameworks for platform trust, and the social consequences of peer-to-peer systems. This is a meaningful pivot — from supporting the formation of the next generation of social scientists to applying social science tools to the governance challenges of digital technology.

They are moving toward applied advisory work on digital trust, platform governance, and the societal regulation of AI and blockchain — a domain where management consultancies with social science depth are in growing demand.

How they like to work

Edna Pasher and Associates has never led an H2020 project — they enter consortia as a specialist partner or third party, contributing targeted advisory input rather than driving research agendas. With 24 unique partners across 12 countries from just 2 projects, they embed into large, internationally distributed consortia. This suggests they are well-networked and comfortable operating within complex multi-partner environments, though their role is likely bounded and advisory rather than work-package-intensive.

Despite only two H2020 projects, the organisation has touched 24 distinct consortium partners across 12 countries — a surprisingly wide reach that reflects participation in large MSCA consortia. Their Israel-based location gives them a non-EU anchor in otherwise European-dominated networks.

What sets them apart

This is one of very few Israeli private-sector management consultancies active in MSCA research networks, giving it a rare dual positioning: a practitioner firm with academic credibility and an Israel–EU bridge for consortia needing non-EU MSCA partners. Their PhD-level consulting background means they can contribute peer-reviewed social science framing — not just project management — to governance and trust-related research. For a consortium building around digital society or AI governance topics, they bring a practitioner perspective that pure university partners typically lack.

Highlights from their portfolio

• TRUST
  Their only funded H2020 role (EUR 69,000) and the clearest expression of their current expertise — digital trust, blockchain, AI, and legal governance of platform economies — making it the most relevant project for future collaborators in digital society research.
• BIGSSS-departs
  Their entry into H2020 via a prestigious Bremen doctoral school consortium demonstrates early credibility in inter-sectoral social science networks, even without direct EC funding.