Call for Papers: Opening Soon

Opening: June, 2017

The Fifth Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD) 2018 will explore the theme ‘Environmental and Community Sustainability: Human Solutions in Evolving Societies’.

We will be seeking abstracts relevant to the following themes:

1. Linking Environmental and Sustainable Development
2. Role of Social Workers in fulfilling the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
3. Income, wellbeing, employment and poverty
4. Relationship-based practice: Promoting the Importance of Human Relationships
5. Evidence informed interventions
6. Strengthening education to meet the needs of communities
7. Identity, discrimination and social exclusion
8. Community development and social enterprise
9. Health, mental health and disability
10. Conflict, violence, migration and human trafficking
11. Engagement with people who use services
12. Rights of Families and Children
13. Life Span Perspectives and Issues
14. Ensuring the sustainable and ethical use of technology in human services*
15. Women’s Issues Focused Stream **

We would welcome abstract submissions that offer diverse / interactive presentation styles, for example, the use of social media, alternative visual aids, joint input with service users, etc. Abstracts can be submitted under different categories:

• Poster Presentation
• Short Presentation (‘Pecha-Kucha’ 6 slides per 6 minutes / 6 minute multimedia presentation/with themed interactive round table discussion)
• Full Oral Paper (15 minutes presentation/workshop)
• Symposium (4-6 papers under one theme)