Dear Colleagues, I bring you Season’s Greetings and my best wishes for a blessed Festive Season and New Year. This is a time when we yearn for the lasting joy and peace that the Festive Season symbolizes to unfold for the whole world. Yet, as we pause to re-imagine a world at peace, we cannot...
On 6 December 2025, Peking University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University China Social Work Research Centre held an international symposium “From China to ASEAN: Echoes and Resonance in the Development of Social Work”. During the morning session, Prof. Eric CHUI, Head of APSS, Co-Director of PReCIT, and Chair Professor of Social Work and Criminology, presented on “Bridging...
You are invited to contribute to a Special Edition of Social Work Education: The International Journal titled: “The Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training: Implementation Progress, Successes and Future Directions.” This special issue will examine how the Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training (2020) are being implemented across diverse contexts and...
We are delighted to announce the release of the 30th edition of Social Dialogue, an open-access social issues magazine sponsored by the International Association for Schools of Social Work (IASSW). This milestone edition focuses on a powerful and timely theme:“The Politics of Social Work: A Need for Courage and Action in an Unfair World.” In a period...
The Organizing Committee of SWSD2026 is pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts has been extended until 31 December 2025. This extension provides additional time for social work practitioners, educators, researchers, students, and partners to prepare and submit their contributions to one of the most significant global events in the field of social work...
The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) are delighted to announce the global theme for World Social Work Day 2026: Co-Building Hope and Harmony: A Harambee Call to Unite a Divided Society Inspired by the African concept of...
The UN Second World Summit for Social Development, held in Doha from 4 until 6 November 2026, marked a truly historic moment for the global social work and social development community. For the first time, the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD), the International Council on...
For the fourth time, Prof. Annamaria Campanini, Immediate Past President of IASSW, had the privilege of participating in the International Symposium on Urban-Rural Integration, held in China, November 2025. This year’s theme — “The Value, the Mission, and the Path of Social Work in the Integrated Development between Rural and Metropolitan Areas” — inspired rich...
10 November 2025, Global News Item The solution session on the topic, “Universal Social Protection as a Pillar of Just Society: Why it Matters and What Can be Done”, ledby the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and co-organised with the International Federation for Social Workers (IFSW), the International Council for Social Welfare...
