Context-Informed Perspectives of Child Risk and Protection in Israel

Professor Dorit Roer-Strier is a faculty member at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a clinical and developmental psychologist and the director of Nevet - a greenhouse for context informed research and training for children and families in need. Dorit specializes in family studies in diverse groups, and changing cultural contexts such as immigration, religious change and political conflict.
Dr. Yochay Nadan is a faculty member at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed his Ph.D at the University of Haifa, followed by a Haruv post-doctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. In his research, Dr. Nadan focuses on cultural and cross-cultural aspects of research, direct practice and training in social work; cultural aspects of children in at-risk situations, including abuse and neglect; and clinical social work with families. Alongside his academic career, Yochay is a certified marital and family therapist.