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Presidents of IASSW 1928-2020

President of IASSW

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Name: Annamaria Campanini
Email: annamaria@iassw-aiets.org

Position within Board of Directors and Terms of Serving: President,  2016 to 2020 re-elected for 2020-2024.

Affiliation and Position (other than IASSW): (Degrees): Professor in Social Work, Department of Sociology and Social Research University Milano Bicocca

Membership in organisations (other than IASSW): Founding Member, European Association of Social Work Research (ESWRA), Founding Member, Association Forum Europe-China, Member of the Task Force ESCO (European Skills/Competence, Qualification and Occupations); Past President, European Association of Schools of Social Work, Member and Past President, Italian Association of Teachers in Social Work (AIDOSS), Member of Editorial Board of International Social Work, Trabajo Social Global, Revista de Investigaciones en Intervencion Social, Journal of Social Interventions: Theory and Practice; Social Work Review- Revista de Asistenta Sociala, Revista Universitaria Trabajo Social Universidad de Valparaiso Chile, Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, Azarbe. Revista Internacional de Trabajo y Bienestar Social, Italian Sociological Review.

 

Educational Qualification/s: (Degrees): Ph.D. in Sociology, Theory and Methodology of Social Work (Trieste University), Degree in Sociology (Urbino University), Diploma in Social Work (Parma University)

 

Languages written and spoken: Italian, English, French and Spanish

 

Interest Areas: Social work teaching, research and practice: Social work theory and methods, social work education, family social work, child protection, evaluation and research in social work, policy practice.
Current Activities: Teaching at BA, MA, PhD in Milano Bicocca University; providing lectures and conferences in different countries; writing for scientific journal and directing the Carocci collection “Servizio sociale oggi” (Social work today); evaluating social work education programs; participating as international expert in doctoral exams and co-tutoring PhD research at international level; acting as reviewer for many journals and for the Italian University Research Body (ANVUR); and providing continuing education for social services professionals. Many activities are also oriented to strengthen the quality of social work education in Italy and globally, to enhance the participation of scholars from different countries and speaking in sharing teaching experience, research and participating in international debates.

 

Presidents of IASSW

Global leaders for social work education

This historical overview traces the history of IASSW through portraits of the sequence of its presidents.

Period Name of President
1928/29-1946 Alice Salomon (Germany, than – USA) Alice Salomon (Germany) -President 1929-1946
1946-1953 René Sand (Belgium) René Sand (Belgium) President 1946 – 1953
1954-1961 Jan Floris de Jongh (Netherlands) Jan Floris de Jongh (Netherlands) President 1954-1961
1961-1968 Eileena Younghusband (United Kingdom) Dame Eileen Younghusband (United Kingdom) President 1961-1968
1968-1976 Herman D Stein (USA) Herman D. Stein (USA) President 1968 – 1976
1976-1980 Robin Huws Jones (United Kingdom) Robin Huws Jones (United Kingdom) President 1976- 1980
1980-1988 Heiner Schiller (Germany) Heinrich Schiller (Germany) President 1980 – 1988
1988-1996 Ralph Garber (Canada)  Dr. Ralph Garber (Canada) President 1988 – 1996
1996-2004 Lena Dominelli (United Kingdom) Lena Dominelli (United Kingdom) President 1996 – 2004
2004-2008 Abye Tasse (Ethiopia) Prof. Abye Tasse (Ethiopia) President 2004-2008
2008-2012 Angelina Yuen (Hong Kong)Angelina Yuen (Hong Kong)
2012-2016 Vimla Nadkarni (India) Vimla Nadkarni (India)
2016-2020 Annamaria Campanini (Italy)

 

Note
This Preface

as well as the chapters you can download through the links beside the different Presidents, are from the book Seibel F. W., Global Leaders for Social work Education. The IASSW President 1928-2008, Brno, ECSPRESS- Edition.

Preface
Presidents of IASSW 1928-2008

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    Dr Kiran Thampi
    Head-School of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), India.

  • IASSW helps social work faculty worldwide to keep abreast of international social work education developments 

    and provides faculty with multiple ways to get involved in cross national education and research initiatives and funding opportunities. 

    Mary Ann Forgey
    Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service New York

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    University of Valencia (Spain)

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