Late Prof. Avraham and Chava Doron

The Paul Brawald School of Social Work and Social Welfare is pleased to announce the awarding of the Prof. Avraham and Hava Doron Award to outstanding researchers in the field of social policy. The award is intended for doctoral students, post-doctoral students, members Faculty members up to the rank of senior lecturer without tenure (full academic track) or a lecturer in the accompanying track with a standard, who are engaged in research in the broad field of social policy and social security in Israel. The late Prof. Avraham Doron is one of the founders of social policy research. For his many studies in the field of social policy and social work, he won the Israel Prize for the Study of Social Work in 2004. Even today, his publications serve as basic materials in courses dealing with the welfare state. The late Prof. Doron also played a key role in the process of shaping social policy in Israel for decades. Among other things, he was one of the drafters of the Income Security Law. As a faculty member, the late Prof. Doron held many positions at the school and even served as head of the school. The late Prof. Doron has nurtured generations of social workers and welfare state researchers. Some of his students now serve as faculty members in schools and other social work schools.