Policy practice
Senior Faculty
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Research Topic: The relationship between social policy and social work; the involvement of frontline and managerial social workers in shaping social policy at the national and local levels, both as citizens and as professionals.
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Research Topic: Social justice as an independent category, with a focus on its intersections with epistemic justice and socio-ecological justice partnership with social service users; civic engagement in policy change processes; and the involvement of social workers in initiating public policy change.
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Research Topic: Social policy, social entrepreneurship in social work. |
Research Topic: Prisoners rights, social rights, rights of nature, the right to self-determination, the impact of law and policy on access to life opportunities, Mizrahi identity and the law. |
Research Topic: Social policy and the opportunities and challenges faced by social workers engaged in promoting social policy change.
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Adjunct and Visiting Faculty
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Research Topic: Rights realization
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PhD students and postdoctoral fellows
Sharon RazonResearch Topic: |
Racheli NicolaResearch Topic: |
Noa FieldResearch Topic: |
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Moria MaslatiResearch Topic: |
Recent Publications
Levin, Lia, & Ben Abou Baruch, Carmit. "Social Welfare Reform in Israel: Social Workers’ Views on Change, Participation and Professional Values." Health & Social Care in the Community (2019).
Levin, Lia. "Re-thinking Social Justice: A contemporary challenge for Social Good." Research on Social Work Practice 30 (2019).
Nouman, Hani, Levin, Lia, & Lavee, Einat. "Working through Barriers: Shaping Social Workers’ Engagement in Policy Practice." British Journal of Social Work 50 (2019).
Katz, Carmit., & Fallon, Barbara. "Protecting Children from Maltreatment During COVID-19: Struggling to See Children and Their Families Tthrough the Lockdowns." Child Abuse & Neglect (2020).
Levin, Lia, Roziner, Ilan, & Savaya, Riki. "Professional Identity, Perceived Job Performance and Sense of Personal Accomplishment among Social Workers in Israel: The Overriding Significance of the Working Alliance." Health & Social Care in the Community (2020).
Razon, Sharon & Levin, Lia. "Shifting the Focus Inward: Israeli Social Workers’ Participation in Decision-Making and their Inclusion of Service-Users in Intervention-Related Decisions." Health & Social Care in the Community, 2021.
Binder, Noa, & Weiss-Gal, Idit. "Social Workers as Local Politicians in Israel." British Journal of Social Work (2021).
Sery, Anat, & Weiss-Gal, Idit. "Social Work Senior Managers as Street-Level Policymakers." British Journal of Social Work (2021).
Aviv, Inbal, Gal, John, & Weiss-Gal, Iddit. "Social Workers as Street-Level Policy Entrepreneurs." Public Administration 99 (2021).
Tzadiki, Tamar, & Weiss-Gal, Idit. "Team Managers in Local Social Services in Israel as Bottom-Up Social Policy-Makers." Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 43 (2021).
Itzhaki-Braun Yael. "Community Social Workers’ Perspectives on the Challenges and Opportunities Presented by the COVID-19 Pandemic." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2021).
Katz, Ilan, Katz, Carmit, Andresen, Sabine, at al. "Child maltreatment reports and Child Protection Service responses during COVID-19: Knowledge exchange among Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Israel, and South Africa." Child Abuse & Neglect 116 (2021).
Katz, Carmit, & Cohen, Noa. "Invisible Children and Non-Essential Workers: Child Protection During COVID-19 in Israel According to Policy Documents and Media Coverage." Child Abuse & Neglect 116 (2021).
Gilboa, Chen, & Weiss-Gal, Idit. "Change from Within: Community Social Workers as Local Policy Actors." British Journal of Social Work
