The European Association of Schools of Social Work and Institute of Social Work of Oporto (Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto) announce the 2023 European Conference on Social Work Education, which aims to be an international forum for dialogue and discussion about concerns, challenges and practices in social work education.
In times when freedom and democracy are challenged by environmental crisis, war, insecurity, and the growth of extreme-right movements in Europe, the overarching themes of the conference are respect for diversity, equality, and the achievement of socially responsible societies. The conference promotes the mission of the EASSW towards the inalienable rights of the individual, freedom, justice, and peace to foster cooperation, collegiality, and solidarity. It builds further on the Tallin conference’s 2021 themes of resilience and innovation in working together in partnership for safer and environmentally sustainable futures.
The Conference aims to find answers to how we co-build knowledge between students, service users, academics and practitioners to address the aims and concerns outlined above. We need to find ways to develop the social work curriculum that enhances the future skills of social workers in order to “meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (UN, 1987). Social Work Education can be a lead actor in addressing our current crises in a meaningful way, by learning lessons from what has gone before and by creating renewed inter and trans-disciplinary knowledge – towards the sustainability and peace to which “future generations” have a right.
The conference invites SW educators, researchers, students, service users, activists and practitioners to engage in collaborative, innovative, creative, and proactive approaches to developing social work curricula, including ethics and values, theories, models and interventions. We aim to involve all partners in co-building bridges to promote community development, active citizenship, peace, well-being and sustainability.
CONFERENCE THEMES
- Fundamental Rights, Caring and Peace-Building Practices in SWE
- Diversity, Intersecting Inequalities and Pedagogy of Hope in SWE
- Social Work, Political Diversity and Active Citizenship in SWE
- Environmental Justice in SWE: Indigenous-, Eco-Social-, Environmental-, Green-, Post-Anthropocentric Approaches
- Innovative, Creative and Art-based Approaches in SWE
- Lessons from the Pandemic in SWE
DEADLINE SUBMISSION
December 18th, 2022
NOTIFICATION OF ABSTRACT DECISION
January 30th, 2023
Each author may present a maximum of 3 presentation including Oral Presentations, Posters, Symposiums and Workshops.
The presenter of each work should be indicated by the author who submitted the abstract(s) on his/her personal area, on the abstracts/proposals area.
All presentations including, Oral Presentations, Posters, Symposiums and Workshops, must be presented at the Institute of Social Work of Oporto - ISSSP, as the congress is exclusively in Person
The oral paper presentation may be authored by an individual or by a group. The abstract should be in line with the main theme of the conference and linked to the conference's sub-themes. The oral presentations will be grouped in parallel sessions based on the sub-themes. The abstract submitted should be 250 words or less. More information about the abstract is provided below.
The poster presentation may be created by an individual or by a group and is to be displayed on a portable wall. At times, the author(s) of the poster will accompany it, to answer questions that people have. To apply for a poster presentation, the author(s) must submit an abstract of a maximum of 250 words.
Format:
Printed in A0 format with 1189mm height X 841mm width
Language: Portuguese, Spanish or English.
Layout: available for download
Font: Arial
Each author must Print the Poster and post it in the space available for this purpose in the ISSSP facilities (Congress Location).
Posters can be posted from 9:00 am on the 21st of June and must be collected by the authors until 1:00 pm on the 23rd.
Posters are only exposed.
There is no presentation or discussion.
The symposium presentation is a self-organised seminar of three to four papers on a common topic which are presented within the same session and are in line with the conference's main theme, as well as one or more of the sub-themes.
When applying for a symposium, one person (the coordinator of the symposium) is responsible for submitting an abstract (maximum 250 words) that describes the theme of the symposium, and which argues for the importance of it within the framework of the conference. To do this the coordinator should login into his/her personal area and select the option"Abstracts">"Proposals". The coordinator should indicate all the members of the symposium (authors that are going to submit the papers included in the symposium). For the coordinator to be able to do this, all the members should previously create an account.
After the coordinator submit the proposal of the symposium, all the member should login into their personal areas of the congress and submit an abstract (maximum 250 words) for each of the papers included in the proposed symposium.
Preference will be given to symposia that demonstrate cohesiveness across presentations and to presentations strongly linked to the central theme/sub-themes of the conference. Symposia will be accepted or rejected as a whole, not in parts.
A self-organized seminar of one or more presentations relevant to the conference theme/sub-themes. Workshops are intended to be thoroughly interactive with considerable participation and discussion from those attending. Workshops may have an explicit agenda of training participants on a given topic or of generating an interest group or a network for future collaboration. If applying for a workshop, please submit an abstract of 250 words or less including a description of the content and how it will be delivered (pedagogical methods, etc.).
It is mandatory to present in English.
It is mandatory to present in English.
It is mandatory to present in English.
The following guidelines for all kinds of presentation are advisory. If you think there are good reasons to amend them, please feel free to do so.
If your abstract is for a presentation based on one or more empirical research projects, it could include the following:
- Background and purpose: description of the problem, study objectives, research question(s) and/or hypotheses;
- Methods: study design, including a description of participants and selection strategies, data collection procedures, measures, and approaches to analysis;
- Findings: specific results in summary form;
- Conclusions and implications: description of the main outcome(s) of the study and implications for practice, policy or further research.
If your abstract is for a presentation which is not based on primary empirical research, it could include the following:
- Background and purpose of the presentation;
- A summary of the main points of the presentation;
- How the presentation will address one or more of the conference's aims and themes;
- Conclusions from and implications of your presentation for practice, policy or further research
All abstracts must be relevant to the central conference theme and subthemes. Preference will be given to abstracts that are strongly linked to the conference theme and subthemes, so we encourage authors to show this explicitly. Authors are also asked to mention one or two theoretical or empirical references that inform or inspire the abstract. In addition, we actively welcome proposals for symposia and/or workshops by the Special Interest Groups.
Please note that authors may submit a maximum of three abstracts as follows: one abstract of which they are the main author and two abstracts of which they are a co-author.
All abstracts must be submitted online using the abstract management system, which is now accessible.
Following the link (http://ecswe2023.eventqualia.net/en/account/login) you will be asked to create an account from which you will log in. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by an international panel. Decisions will be notified by 20th of January 2023 to the e-mail address provided by the authors when registering.
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