Please find the IASSW President’s Update for October 2026. IASSW President Update October 2026Download https://www.iassw-aiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/IASSW-President-Update-October-2026.pdf
IASSW expresses appreciation to the Center for Social Development (CSD) at the Brown School at Washington University for the invitation to visit St. Louis and engage in dialogue on advancing global social work through our shared commitment to social work education, research and social development.The fireside conversation between IASSW President Antoinette Lombard and Brown School...
IASSW connected with members, educators and colleagues at the Council on Social Work Education’s Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, from 22–25 October 2026, under the theme “Rooted in Resilience: Honoring the Past, Grounding the Present.”
The Commonwealth Organization for Social Work (COSW) will represent social work at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2026), scheduled to take place in Antigua and Barbuda from 1–4 November 2026. The COSW delegation will advocate for five key priorities: strengthening social protection systems, fostering meaningful partnerships with civil society, recognising young carers, promoting...
Submissions of scholarly abstracts are invited for “Financial Capability and Asset Building Innovations for the Financial Well-Being Ecosystem,” a convening scheduled for Wednesday, January 20, 2027, in San Francisco, California. The event will be held one day before the start of the 2027 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research.
IASSW is pleased to announce the publication of a new volume under the IASSW–Springer collaboration, Social Work Scholarship in the Global South, edited by Wing Hong Chui and Angelina Woon Ki Yuen-Tsang. View the book on Springer The volume is part of the SpringerBriefs in Advancing Social Work and Social Work Education series, which promotes...
The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) pays tribute to Professor Silvia Staub-Bernasconi, a pioneering scholar whose lifelong commitment to human rights, social justice, and social work education profoundly shaped the profession worldwide. Read the full tribute as we honor her remarkable legacy and enduring contributions. A Tribute to Professor Silvia Staub-Bernasconi (1936-2026)Download
You are warmly invited to submit abstracts for the Climate Justice Now: Social Work at the Frontlines of Climate Change, Disasters, and Environmental Justice conference, to be held on 11–12 January 2027 at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Jamaica. This international conference will bring together social work educators, researchers, practitioners, students,...
In light of the theme of HLPF 2026, “Transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its SDGs for a sustainable future for all” and the inclusion of a focus on SDG6, this side event, sponsored by the NGO Committee for Social Development and the NGO Mining Working Group,...
