Informing
Policy
for Progress

Orly Nathan

Specializations:

Gender and feminism; environmental policy, impact of nature on well-being; higher education; women’s advancement in academia and STEM

Education:

MLS Library and information Studies, University of Haifa

BA Middle Eastern Studies, University of Haifa

Studies for MA The Department of Information Science, Bar Ilan University

Specializations:

Gender and feminism; environmental policy, impact of nature on well-being; higher education; women’s advancement in academia and STEM

About

Orly Nathan is a member of the Energy and Environment cluster, where she focuses on the impact of nature on wellbeing and environmental policymaking. Nathan is co-author of multiple publications on this subject.  She is also a researcher and information specialist at Yoda’atShe Knows, Israel’s Gender Knowledge Center. Previously, she investigated R&D and higher education policy, with a focus on women’s advancement in academia and STEM. She has contributed to the establishment of dedicated databases. With a background as an academic librarian, she also served as editor of MEIDAAT, an Israeli Library and Information Science journal. In 2021, Nathan was a visiting scholar at Hadassah Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University. She volunteers at Isha L’Isha-Haifa Feminist Center and serves as a member of the steering committee of the “Haifa Feminist Research Institute” . Additionally, Orly Nathan cofounded the “Haifa Story Festival”, a cultural initiative for promoting for a shared life in the city

Publications
February 2022

Sex and Gender Informed aspects in medical and health professions curricula

Orly Nathan, Tsipy Buchnik, Vered Gilad, Daphne Getz, Sharon Rashi Elkeles, Michal Sela, Shlomit Lir, Anat Fanti

February 2012

Green Aviation – Literature Survey

Yehuda Hayuth, Orly Nathan, Ortal Faibushenko, Ofira Ayalon

Projects
May 2024

Transportation

Ofira Ayalon, Idan Liebes, Miriam Lev-On, Perry Lev-On, Naama Shapira, Shiri Freund-Koren, David Mahalel, Yaara Grinberg, Gadi Rosental, Dana Gabay, Yehuda Hayuth, Orly Nathan, Ortal Faibushenko, Lior Shmueli, Maayan Zerbib Tsion, Efrat Elimelech, Jonathan Spenser, Haim Zaban, Shai Jerby

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