Professor Yochay Nadan (he/him), a social worker, a licensed couple and family therapist, and a clinical supervisor, is an Associate Professor and Head of the M.S.W. and the Schwartz M.A. Programs at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare. His work is situated at the interface of the mutually informing arenas of research and practice.
Dr. Nadan is currently engaged in research projects in three main areas:
1) Child risk, maltreatment, wellbeing, and protection in diverse contexts
2) Research on practice, including psycho-social interventions in diverse contexts, clinical training, and supervision
3) The LGBTQ+ community, including LGBTQ+ parenting, sexual abuse in the LGBTQ+ community, and gender-diverse children and families
In each of these areas, Nadan employs a context-informed approach, drawing on ecological and critical-theoretical perspectives, as well as on contemporary concepts such as intersectionality, contextuality, hybridity, and power relations. Using this theoretical framework has enabled complex and critical observation of personal and familial phenomena within larger macro contexts, such as culture, community, society, history, politics, economy, etc.