January 2013- University of Southern California

January 2013- University of Southern California

Seminar titled “Global Dialog: Advancing Social Work Research, International Knowledge Exchange and Education”, 24 January 2013 organized by University of Southern California in collaboration with IASSW, involved enlightening presentations by faculty of the USC. The Board members participated as discussants.

A vigorous debate on the globalization of social work capped off a weeklong gathering of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) hosted by USC, allowing a diverse group of participants to share their perspectives on the consequences of cultural and scholarly exchange across geographic boundaries.

The seminar featured presentations by USC School of Social Work professors and lively dialogue among attendees on several topics, from promoting translational research in different cultural contexts to increasing awareness of and respect for indigenous social work practices.

“This event is very significant for us because as an organization, we are interested in strengthening social work education all over the world and encouraging exchange,” said Vimla Nadkarni, IASSW president and professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India. “We are trying to bring in so many different views from different countries with different cultures.”

(Haluk Soydan, associate dean of research of the USC School of Social Work and Vimla Nadkarni, IASSW president and professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India (Photo/Eric Lindberg)

Source; http://news.usc.edu/#!/article/46420/gathering-spurs-lively-discussion-among-international-schools-of-social-work/

More information’s are as follows:

IASSW Mini-Seminar Schedule(01.24.13)_1

Discussants Mini-seminar in LA – 24 January 2013

Few pictures from event: