Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty

Dr. Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty is a medical sociologist serving as Research Associate at the University of Göttingen's Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine since 2025 and Senior Lecturer at Sapir Academic College's Department of Human Resource Management since 2022. Her academic journey includes a PhD from Ben-Gurion University (2014), postdoctoral research at Göttingen (2016-2019), and research coordination roles at Ben-Gurion University.

Her research focuses on socioethical dimensions of reproductive medicine, particularly examining temporality in cryopreservation technologies, gendered aspects of fertility decisions, and cross-cultural bioethics. Key themes include social freezing practices, embryo moral status debates, disability representation frameworks, and the interplay between religious norms and reproductive legislation. Her work consistently employs comparative methodologies between Germany and Israel.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals dominant trends in reproductive temporality (60% of works), cross-cultural policy analysis (80%), and disability advocacy structures (40%). The research demonstrates increasing focus on Nazi medicine legacies (2023-2025) while maintaining core interests in fertility technologies.

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
• Horizon 2020 Research Grant [749889]
• Minerva Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

As Principal Investigator for the €200k Marie Curie project 'Timing Fertility' (2016-2019) and current team member on the €350k DFG-funded 'Legacy of Nazi Medicine' project (2023-2026), she has secured significant research funding. Her advisory roles include heading Sapir Academic College's MA Program in Human Resource Management (2023-2024). Current research activities center on the three-decade comparative analysis of mental health ethics debates in Germany and Israel.

She maintains active collaboration with interdisciplinary teams including Prof. Silke Schicktanz (Göttingen), Prof. Nadav Davidovitch (Ben-Gurion), and international networks through the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry editorial board.