RESEARCH AND SOCIAL WORK IN URBAN AREAS

You are striving for the best cooperation between social work practitioners and scientists in urban areas? for a better knowledge production in social work?

INVITATION
Research and Social Work In Urban Areas

Evaluation of models of co-operation between research and practice -
a quest for cooperative models offering added value

Conference 24-26 September 2009
Antwerp (Belgium)

University of Antwerp - Artesis Hogeschool - Karel de Grote-Hogeschool

Master of Social Work
Antwerp

Limited number of external participants: 70

Eight teams of researchers, social workers and local/regional authorities based in six European urban areas present an evaluation of their collaboration. Most projects focus on young people.

Four key-note speakers:
Ian Shaw, University of York (UK)
Hugh McLaughlin, Salford University (UK)
Daniel Gredig, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Olten (CH)
Hans Van Ewijk, Research Centre Social Innovation at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences
(NL), Tartu University (Estonia)

Supported as an innovative project by the EASSW (European Association of Schools for Social Work)

MORE INFORMATION and REGISTRATION:

website www.ua.ac.be/rswu
contact ward.govaerts@ua.ac.be