Professor Chaya Koren, PhD

Chaya KorenProfessor Chaya Koren, PhD, is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work, and Head of the Centre of the Study of Society at the University of Haifa. She is former Head of the Ultra-Orthodox BA Program, The School of Social Work – MIVCHAR. Prof. Koren is the recipient of several research grants from the prestige Israeli Science Foundation (ISF) (2011-2014) and (2019-2021). She supervises and mentors graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. She published over 50 articles in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. Prof. Koren used to work as a social work practitioner with families and senior citizens in various social welfare organizations.

Research Interests:

  • Family Gerontology
    • late-life repartnering,
    • late life divorce,
    • long term marriages,
    • intergenerational relationships in the family
    • sibling relationships throughout the life course
  • Qualitative methodology development
    • Dyadic analysis for qualitative interviews
    • Complex unit analysis for qualitative research
    • Qualitative typology construction
  • Senior citizens’ welfare
    • In LTC (long term care) facilities
    • Social work role in LTC
    • AFU (age friendly university).

Keywords:

Family gerontology; Qualitative methodology; Senior citizens’ welfare

SDG Keywords: 3 (good health and wellbeing); 10 (reduced inequalities).

Google Scholar link to publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PCinpSMAAAAJ

She can be contacted at: ckoren@univ.haifa.ac.il