Professor Yochay Nadan (he/him) is a social worker, a licensed couple and family therapist, and a certified clinical supervisor. He is a Full Professor at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His work is situated at the interface of research and practice, which he conceptualizes as mutually informing and inseparable arenas.
Dr. Nadan’s research focuses on three main areas:
- Children’s risk, maltreatment, wellbeing, and protection in diverse social and cultural contexts
- Clinical social work and psychotherapy research, including psychosocial interventions, clinical training, and supervision
- LGBTQ+ issues, including LGBTQ+ parenting, sexual abuse and exploitation within the LGBTQ+ community, and gender-diverse children, youth, and families
Across these domains, Professor Nadan adopts a context-informed approach grounded in ecological and critical theoretical perspectives. His work draws on contemporary concepts such as intersectionality, contextuality, hybridity, and power relations, enabling nuanced and critical understandings of individual, relational, and family processes as they are embedded within broader cultural, social, historical, political, and economic contexts.