Call for contributions: Social dialogue- social work education during COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant disruption to social work education around the world. As we pass the one-year anniversary of the start of COVID-19 pandemic, we need a global inquiry to highlight our responses to these experiences. Therefore, we are seeking articles, research project reports, short stories, and other…
Stirling Courses- a new programme that will start this autumn MSc in Disaster Interventions and Humanitarian Aid (12 month programme, Fulltime). Programme Director, Professor Lena Dominelli) Come to study on this exciting new programme at the University of Stirling set in the beautiful historic city of Stirling, Scotland. Study and also enjoy the beautiful countryside…
The Arc of Our Paths: Growing into Wholeness Vishanthie Sewpaul, on https://www.amazon.com/Arc-Paths-Growing-Into-Wholeness/dp/B08WP9FMJ5 I find nothing more daunting, than the prospect of pulling from the depths of my being the highways and byways, and valleys of my life that I would rather leave unexamined. Yet, I had always engaged my students in writing and reflecting on…
ICSW International Seminar Title: The role of ICTs for social inclusion and social welfare The purpose of the international seminar “The role of ICTs for social inclusion and social welfare” is to explore a key phenomenon that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis: the digitalization of our societies. And also one of its effects:…
IASSW Elections 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS We are announcing three vacancies on the IASSW Board of Directors from July/August 2022. There is one position open for Treasurer (years of serving: July/August 2022-July/August 2026) and two positions for Members at Large of the Board of Directors (years of serving:…
International Association of Schools of Social Work presents Katherine Kendall Memorial Award Lecture Saturday, 17 April 2021, 13.00 GMT Title of Lecture: Social Work and Social Development Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons from the Global South by Professor Leila Patel Professor of Social Development Studies and the South African Research in Welfare…
COVID-19 AND SOCIAL WORK: A COLLECTION OF COUNTRY REPORTS IASSW draws your attention to a compilation of country reports on the COVID-19 pandemic which it is hosting on the website to provide access to as many people as possible to this resource Country Report from Northern Ireland Click to download Northern Ireland Report For more reports…
National Conference on Climate Change Dr. Barbara Shank, Secretary of the IASSW, was honored to formally inaugurate the programme of the Second National Conference on Climate Change organized by the Post Graduate Department of Social Work at Sree Sabareese College, India. The conference aims to integrate all stakeholders – academics, activists, students, researchers, policy makers,…
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY- UN GENEVA World Social Work Day has been celebrated around the globe since 1983. This year, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) teams up once again with the Geneva School of Social Work and its international partners to mark the Day at the UN in Geneva. International Association…
New Publication: RIVISTA DI SERVIZIO SOCIALE (SW JOURNAL) – SPECIAL ISSUE as homage to Prof. Annamaria Campanini on the occasion of her retirement from University of Milan Bicocca, Italy After a long and prestigious career, from 1 November 2020, Professor Annamaria Campanini is retired due to having reached the age limit at the University of…