Dr. Noga Pitowsky-Nave
Social services in Israel within organizational, institutional and political contexts; social entrepreneurship and innovation in social services; the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into social services; and activism and policy entrepreneurship in social work.
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Education
2020 - PhD- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare.
2006 - MSW- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare (Magna Kum Lauda).
2003 - BSW- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare.
Scholarly Positions and Academic Activities
2024- Present - Lecturer, The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University
2024 - Summer visiting researcher, The Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
2021-2024 - Lecturer, School of Social Work, Sapir College
2015-2021 - Adjunct Lecturer, School of Social Work, Sapir College
2019- 2021 - Adjunct Lecturer, School of Social Work, Hadassah College
2018-2019 - Adjunct Lecturer, Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Grants, Scholarships, and Awards
2025 -Research grant - The National Insurance Institute of Israel. Co-PI with Prof. Hillel Schmid.
2025 - Institutional research grant - faculty of social sciences, Bar-Ilan University.
2024 - Institutional award for outstanding achievements, Sapir College
2023 - Institutional award for outstanding achievements, Sapir College
2018 - Excellence in teaching, Sapir College
2016 - Nira Shenhar Fellowship for excellent doctoral dissertation in the field of Civil Society
2015 - JDC award for excellent doctoral dissertation
Services to the Community
2022-present - Board Member, ESPAnet Israel -the European Social Policy Analysis Network
2025-present - Head of ESPAnet Junior, Israel -a community for early-career researchers in the field of social policy
2023-present - Member, Human Rights and Social Justice Committee, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)
Editorial board member
2025-present - Editor, Book Review Section, The Israel Journal of Social Security (Hebrew).
2025-present - Editorial Board Member, The Israel Journal of Social Security (Hebrew).
Ad Hoc Reviewer
2025 - The British Journal of Social Work
2025 - Social Work Education Journal
2024 - The Israel Journal of Social Security (Hebrew).
Professional Experience in Social Work
2013-2015- Employee welfare case-worker, the human resources department at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2010-2013- Occupational social worker, Teva Pharmaceutical Company
2008-2010- Coordinator, Amitim program, the Israeli Association of Community Centers and the Ministry of Health.
2004-2010- Social worker, the department for the promotion of youth, Jerusalem Municipality.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Gadot, L. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2025). Girl Power? The Perceptions and Practices of Employment Promoting Social Workers Supporting Women’s Labour Market Integration. The British Journal of Social Work.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2024). "To dream big"- Social Entrepreneurship in civil society social service organizations. Society and Welfare, 44(3),330-352 (Hebrew).
Hochman, Y. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2024). My journey to Become a Social Worker: Defining Moments of Professional Identity Formation. The British Journal of Social Work.
Pitowsky-Nave, N., Almog-bar, M. & Schmid, H. (2024). Cross-sectoral Collaborations between Nonprofit Organizations and Businesses: implications for organizations providing Mental Health Rehabilitation Services. Social Work in Mental Health.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2024). "Between the rocket and the outbreak": Civil society organizations in southern Israel negotiating COVID-19, social peripherality, and security threat. Journal of Social Security (Hebrew).
Pitowsky-Nave, N., Almog-bar, M. & Schmid, H. (2023). Collaboration Between Businesses and Social Service Nonprofits as Organized Anarchy: The Insider Perspective. Human Service organizations: Management, Leadership and Governance.
Lahat, L., Klenk, T. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2023). Street-Level Bureaucrats as Policy Entrepreneurs and Collaborators: Findings from Israel and Germany. European Policy Analysis.
Gadot, L. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2023). Between Emotion and Occupation: Employment Promoting Practice with People in Unemployment from Social Workers’ Perspective. European Journal of Social Work.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2022). From "Crisis" to "Opportunity": Israeli Social Service Nonprofits’ Responses to COVID-19. Human Service organizations: Management, Leadership and Governance.
Pitowsky-Nave, N., Almog-bar, M. & Schmid, H. (2022). "Engineering corporate volunteering"- corporate volunteering in non-profit organizations. Journal of Social Security. (Hebrew).
Gadot, L. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2021). From "something a bit made-up" to "a fully developed position": Occupational social work as a changing profession, Journal of Social security. (Hebrew)
Pitowsky-Nave, N., Almog-bar, M. & Schmid, H. (2020). "Our garden is full of joy"- Collaboration between business and social organizations, as a form of Corporate Social Responsibility. The Study of Organizations and Human Resource Management Quarterly. (Hebrew).
Almog-Bar, M., Cnaan, R.A., Pitowsky-Nave, N. & Turi, K. (2020). Israeli Peace Nonprofits Promoting Social Good: Characteristics of Active and Inactive Organizations. Research on Social Work Practice.
Book Reviews
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2022). Review of Policy entrepreneurship at the street level: Understanding the effect of the individual. By Cohen, N. (2022). Social Policy and Administration.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2018). Review of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Tools and Theories for Responsible Management. By Haski-Leventhal, D. (2018). (Hebrew).
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2014). Review of Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. By Amaeshi, K., Nnodim, P., & Osuji, O. (2013). Journal of Social Security. (Hebrew).
Chapters in Edited Books
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (In press). Between policy implementation and policy entrepreneurship: The role hybridity of civil society organizations in the policy cycle. Handbook of Social Policy Implementation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2025). From "Crisis" to "Opportunity": Israeli Social Service Nonprofits’ Responses to COVID-19. In Schmid, H. and Greenspan, I. (Eds). Human Service Organizations in Times of the COVID-19. Routledge.
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2025). The Hostage Issue as a Test of the Foundational Principles of the Social Work Profession. Meidaos: The Journal of Social Workers.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2023). Layers of conflict: Teaching a multicultural Jewish-Arab seminar in Israel. Social Dialogue, 27, 83-87.
International Conference presentations
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2025). "We realized the vacuum and decided to take action"- Grassroots Organizations in the Iron Swords war- Are they a substitute for the absence of the state? AIS- Association for Israel Studies. University of Haifa, Israel
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2025). "Girl Power"? Employment-Promoting Social Workers Navigating Neoliberal and Feminist Approaches When Working with Female Clients. AIS- Association for Israel Studies. University of Haifa, Israel
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2025). "The confident", "the pausing" and "the ambivalent"-Three types of Social Work. European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR). University of Applied Science, Munich, Germany.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2025). Caught between the "professional" and the "political"- social work at times of ongoing conflict and war. European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR). University of Applied Science, Munich, Germany.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2024). "'This is My Lifework': Civil Society Organizations in Southern Israel between Hardship and Resilience." AIS- Association for Israel Studies- Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2023). "Social Service Workers as Street-Level Policy Entrepreneurs and Collaborators." European Conference for Social Work Research. Università Cattolica, Milan, Italy.
Lahat, L., Klenk, T. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2022). "Street-Level Bureaucrats as Policy Entrepreneurs and Collaborators: Findings from Israel and Germany." ESPAnet – The European Network for Social Policy Analysis. University of Vienna, Austria.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2022). From "Crisis" to "Opportunity": Israeli Social Service Nonprofits’ Responses to COVID-19. AIS- Association for Israel Studies- Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2021). "Cross-sector collaborations: Examining Business and NPO Collaborations". International Society for Third sector Research (ISTR), Montreal, Canada.
Elsana-Alhjooj, A. & Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2021).""Balancing the 'social' and the 'financial' - Social Enterprises responses to COVID-19 pandemic- The case of Al-Sanabel for Bedouin women in the south Israel". International Society for Third sector Research (ISTR), Montreal, Canada.
Pitowsky-Nave, N. (2021). Social service NPOs and their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. ARNOVA- Association for research on non-profit organizations and voluntary action. Atlanta, G.A, U.S.A
Courses
7610604 - Fundamentals of Social Work
76661101 - Welfare and Employment throughout the Life Cycle
7687301 - Entrepreneurship and social innovation
Research
- Social workers’ attitudes and emotions towards the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in social services
- The workforce crisis in welfare services: coping strategies of social workers in municipal social service departments
- Professional resilience among B.S.W graduates and early-career social workers
- Welfare systems in an era of democratic backsliding
- Professional activism: a case study of the Social Workers for Democracy movement
- Social entrepreneurship in the “Iron Swords” War
Last Updated Date : 01/09/2025
