Nadav Even Chorev - CV
Hadar 7 St., Rehovot 76466, Israel
Home Phone: +972-8-9100705, Mobile: +972-54-3231042
Email: [email protected]
Education:
2012-Present - PhD student, Department of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Israel, Supervisor: Prof. Dani Filc. Research Title: "Configurations of Risk in Information
Systems in the Field of Personalized Medicine". Proposal approved: July 2013. Expected
completion date: March 2016.
2006-2007 - MSc, Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems, Information Systems and
Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political
Science, with Distinction. Dissertation title: "Standardizing the ‘Madness’ of Surgeons: The
Effects of ERP on Healthcare Work in an Israeli Health Maintenance Organization", supervisor:
Dr. Carsten Sorensen.
2001-2004 - MA Sociology, Department of Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus. Thesis
title: "Citizenship in the Institutional Labyrinth: The Formation of the Concept of Citizenship in
the European Union over Time", supervisor: Dr. Zeev Rosenhek.
1997-2000 - BA Sociology and Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, magna cum
laude.
Scholarships, Honors and Grants:
2013
Pratt Foundation PhD Scholarship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2012
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences PhD Scholarship, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev.
2006
London School of Economics, Graduate Merit Award.
2006
Anglo-Israel Association, London, UK - Kenneth Lindsay Scholarship Trust Award.
2002
Research Grant, The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Helmut Kohl Institute for European Studies,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2002
Research Scholarship, Shaine Center for Research in the Social Sciences, Department of
Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Department of Sociology Scholarships, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2001, 2002, 2003.
1999-2000 - Alumni of the Department of Political Science Award, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Honors List, Political Science Honors Workshop.
Research Interests: political sociology, political and social theory, science and technology studies, politics
and sociology of medicine, information systems research.
Courses Taught:
2000-2001 Undergraduate mandatory course: "Computer Literacy," Sociology Department, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Teaching Assistant.
2000-2002 Undergraduate mandatory course: "Sociological Theories," Sociology Department, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Teaching Assistant to Dr. Gad Yair.
Publications:
Book Chapter: Even Chorev, Nadav. 2016. "Performing Risk and Power: Predictive Technologies in
Personalized Medicine." In Medicine, Risk, Discourse and Power, edited by John Martyn Chamberlain.
New York: Routledge. (Published: 24 November 2015)
In preparation:
Journal article, "Uncertain Predictions in Personalized Medicine ", Submitted, Jan. 2016.
Journal article, "Change and continuity in biopolitics? Molecularization and predictive technologies in
personalized medicine".
Working Paper: Citizenship in the Institutional Labyrinth: The Formation of the Concept of Citizenship in the
European Union over Time”, June 2003, The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Helmut Kohl Institute for
European Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Report: "Arab NGOs for Civic and Social Change in Israel: Mapping the Field," Perspectives on the
Advancement of Arab Society in Israel, No 2, January 2008, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.
Conferences and Workshops:
“Sociological Reactions to Uncertainty: Comparing the Political Projects of Risk Society and Actor-Network
Theory”, with Aharon Blank-Gomel, McGill University, Third ISA Forum of Sociology, July 10-14, 2016,
Vienna, TG04 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty session: Theorizing Risk and Uncertainty, Accepted.
“Sociological Reactions to Uncertainty: Comparing the Political Projects of Risk Society and Actor-Network
Theory”, with Aharon Blank-Gomel, McGill University, Israeli Sociological Society 47th Annual Meeting,
Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Israel 25-26 January 2016.
"A shift in biopolitics? Molecularization and predictive technologies in personalized medicine", Annual
Meeting, Society for the Social Study of Science, Denver, 11-14 November 2015.
"Risk Management Technologies and the Question of Power", Open panel, with Aharon Blank-Gomel,
McGill University, Annual Meeting, Society for the Social Study of Science, Denver, 11-14 November
2015. Accepted.
"The WINTHER Trial: Summary of a Qualitative Study of Risk and Uncertainty", Poster Presentation. WIN
2015 Symposium: Novel Targets, Innovative Agents, Advanced technologies: A WINning Strategy? 29-30
June, Paris, France.
"Risk, Power and Technological Performativity in Personalized Medicine", The 10th Annual Graduate
Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy in Memory of the Late Yitzhak
Rabin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 11 December 2014.
"Algorithms and information technology in personalized medicine: risk, power and quantitative predictions of
efficacy", Situating Solidarities: social challenges for science and technology studies: Biennial Conference
of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST 2014). Torun, Poland,
17-19 September 2014.
"Configurations of Risk in Personalized Medicine", Israeli Sociological Society 45th Annual Meeting, Health
and Medicine Panel, Tel Aviv University, Israel 2-3 February 2014.
"Information Technologies in Personalized Medicine as Assemblages of Risk?", Winter School: Modes of
Technoscientific Knowledge, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne and Technische Universität
Darmstadt, Manigod, France, 19-25 January 2014.
"Risk, Information and Information Technologies: The Case of Personalized Medicine", The 9th Annual
Graduate Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy in Memory of the Late
Yitzhak Rabin, Workshop 2: Networked Politics and the Knowledge Society, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, 12 December 2013.
"Conceptions of Risk in Information Systems in the Field of Personalized Medicine", ISA/ESA Sociology of
Risk and Uncertainty midterm conference on "Risk and Uncertainty: Ontologies and Methods," PhD
intensive workshop, University of Amsterdam, 21-22 January 2013.
"The Construction of Risk in Information Systems in the Field of Personalized Medicine," the 8th Annual
Graduate Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy in Memory of the Late
Yitzhak Rabin; Workshop 8: Regulation and Governance, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 14 December
2012.
"Privacy, Civil Society and the UK National DNA Database," Van Leer Summer Workshop for Young
Researchers, "Between the Political and the Professional: How is Political Action Possible?" The Van Leer
Jerusalem Institute, 17-19 September 2007.
"Development of the Concept of Citizenship in the European Union, 1951-2000", Israel Sociological Society
35th Annual Conference, "Globalization, Anti-Globalization and Israel", Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, 26 Feburary 2004.
"Practices of Order Fulfilling of Reserve Soldiers on Duty Tour in the West Bank", Israel Sociological Society
34th Annual Conference, "Power and Violence in Israeli Society", Beit-Berl College, 4 February 2003.
Academic Associations Memberships:
2013 - present: Israel Sociological Society; Israel Political Science Association; Israel Society for History &
Philosophy of Science; European Association for the Study of Science and Technology; Society for the
Social Study of Science.
Additional Academic Activities:
2015 - "Matters of Concern? Department of Politics and Government, Graduate Students' Conference", 26
May 2015, Organizing Committee.
09/2014-03/2015 - "Innovation in the Public Sector" - Google Israel-Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
joint project, student teams' professional instructor.
2014 - Present: Knowledge, Science and Technology Studies community of the Israel Sociological Society
steering committee.
2003 – 2006 - Collective Identities Research Group, Instructed by Prof. S.N. Eisenstadt, The Van Leer
Jerusalem Institute.
Voluntary Activities:
2004 - 2010: The Social-Economic Academy (www.sea.org.il), Jerusalem Branch, Tel Aviv branch Course
Coordinator.
2001 - 2004:
The Israeli Center for the Advancement of Social Justice, website administration.
Youth Tutoring, Hebrew University Unit of Social Involvement.
“Perach” Tutoring Program.
Professional Experience:
2012 - Present - Physicians for Human Rights-Israel: Archive, knowledgebase and IT manager.
Implementation project manager: Clicks Electronic Health Record system; salesforce.com.
2005 – 2011 - CTM Ltd., Ra’anana: Management and information systems consultant.
1999 – 2008 - The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute: activity documentation and analysis, conducting surveys,
research assistant.
2003-2005 - OIC Technologies Ltd., Herzliya: Management and information systems consultant.
2000-2003 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Teaching and Research assistant, online course development.
1996-1998 - Net-Scene Ltd., Tel Aviv: Software quality assurance for internet products.
Languages:
Hebrew: Mother Tongue
English: Excellent command in writing, reading and conversation
Computer Skills:
Information systems: implementation, management and use of Clicks electronic health record system and
salesforce.com CRM system; basic knowledge of SAP, Movex and MS Dynamics AX ERP packages.
Full command of MS Office, MS Project and Visio, Windows and internet tools.
Extensive knowledge of MS Access.
Operating knowledge of Atls.ti 7 qualitative data analysis package.
Basic knowledge of SPSS statistical package, UML, html, SQL, VBA, Bioinformatic databases and tools.