Special Interest groups

Below is a list of the special interest groups (SIGs) that will take place on the Wednesday of the week of the conference.  

  • All SIGs will take place at RGU's Garthdee Campus.  
  • Refreshments and lunch will be provided for all those registered to attend a SIG.  
  • You can register when registering for the conference, or register for a SIG separately or as a stand alone element.
  • You can also find more detailed information in the downloadable pdf below. 

Full Day SIGs

  • Beyond Borders, Within Limits: Transnational Social Work Practice Challenging Political Contexts
  • Children's Rights in Practice 
  • Challenges and possibilities in transdisciplinarity as concept and practice relate - Catrine Torbjornsen Halas 
  • Concepts and Practices of Solidarity and Social Work
  • Critical Realism and Social Work Research
  • European Network for Gerontological Social Work
  • Mental Health Social Work Special Interest Group
  • Research on Social Work and Policy Engagement
  • Social work and conversation analysis: Unpacking core concepts and analyzing them in action
  • Social Work History and Research
  • Social work workforce and interdisciplinary research:  Research on social work practitioner wellbeing, education and training, social work policy and the protection and safeguarding the workforce and quality of services provided
  • Substance Use and Social Work
  • The Development of Recovery Capital in the Addiction Recovery Process
  • User Involvement

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Morning SIGs

  • Adult Protection and Safeguarding SIG Launch Event
  • Bridging Disciplines and Cultures: Indigenous Knowledge as a Resource in Social Work Practice
  • Decoloniality in Social Work
  • Evidence into Practice Special Interest Group EIPSIG
  • Leading, following, and finding our way with young people 
  • More-than-human theory between AI and social work: a More-than-human and Digitization SIGs collaborative event
  • Social  Work Practice Education and Supervision

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Afternoon SIGs

  • AI and more-than-human social work
  • Arts-Based Research in Action- Theories, Methods, Ethics, and Collaboration
  • Building a framework for addressing epistemic injustice  in Social Work Practice Research
  • Death and bereavement in Social Work : Contemporary Challenges for Education and Practice
  • Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) - Group judgement and decision-making
  • Social Work Ethics Research Group (SWERG)
  • Social Work Research on Digitalization and Technology
  • Social work, Crime and Criminal justice
  • What are the really important questions we need to ask about emotions in social work, and how do we begin to answer them?

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