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In this episode, recorded live at the EASSW conference in Salzburg, we explore AI and social work education.

With:

Dr. Vandana Chaudhry, Associate Professor of Social Work at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Dr. Susanne Machin-Autenrieth, Lecturer in Social Work at Robert Gordon University, Scotland

Dr. Effrosyni Kokaliari, Professor of Social Work at Springfield College in Massachusetts, USA

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In this episode, we turn our attention to the development of social work education in Greece and Cyprus. We’ll delve into the historical evolution of social work education in these two countries, the challenges faced by both students and practitioners, and the influence of migration, conflict, and policy on the profession.

With:

Prof. Agapi Kandyla-Ki from the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece

Buse Erzeybek Şemi from Cyprus International University

Prof. Christos Panayiotopoulos from the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Later in the episode, Richard speaks with Professor Eric Chui from Hong Kong, who recently edited and contributed to the newly published Asian Perspectives on Social Work Education special edition.

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Environmental issues challenge social workers globally, leaving many feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to act. This episode explores how an eco-social work perspective reshapes our role in the Anthropocene, offering fresh insights for students, practitioners, and educators alike.

The episode's guests are:

Professor Aila-Leena Matthies, School of Social Work, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Dr. Komal Singh Rambaree, Lecturer in Social Work, University of Gävle, Sweden

Dr. Joe Whelan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Dr. Elia Sepúlveda Hernández, Universidad Santo Tomás in La Serena, Chile

Relevant readings:

Matthies, A.-L., Hermans, K., & Leskošek, V. (2022). Applying transdisciplinary sustainability transitions research in international social work doctoral training. Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2022.2105316

Matthies, A.-L. (2021). Next-generation modelling of community work and structural social work in Finland. Nordic Social Work Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857x.2021.1968474

Sepúlveda Hernández, E. (2023). Socio-environmental conflicts and the path to greater environmental justice: Interpretations by social work educators. Social Work Education, 43(5), 1302–1320. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2174509

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Welcome to the third episode in the EASSW series on social work education across our network. Later in the episode, Richard will chat with Dr. Janice Nuss from Gwynedd Mercy University in the United States about her recent article. But first, we’ll take a look at social work education on this side of the pond, specifically in the United Kingdom.

This episode’s guests are: 

Dr Joe.Hanley, from the Open University 

Prof Mark Smith from University of Dundee 

Dr Denise MacDermott University of Ulster 

Dr Tom Slater Social care regulatory in Wales 

Relevant readings 

Hanley: The ‘quality’ of social work students in England: a genealogy of discourse 2002–18: https://doi.org/10.1332/204986019X15567132118821.

& The Social Work Public Perception Myth: 

https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae145

Smith: Being, knowing and doing: aligning ontology, epistemology and axiology to develop an account of social work as practice: https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2330598.

MacDermott: A chronology of the history and development of social work education in Northern Ireland: https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2275650. 

Slater: The Myth of “Broken Britain”: Welfare Reform and the Production of Ignorance. Antipode, 46: 948-969. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12002

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In this episode, we will examine the trajectory of social work education in Spain, and we will also focus on a selected article from the Social Work Education Journal, the affiliated journal of the EASSW.

This episode’s guests are:

•  Dr Inés Martínez-Herrero, Social Work Lecturer, Social Work Department, National University of Distance Education, Spain
• Dr Emilio Gómez-Ciriano, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain
• Dr Jesus Pérez-Viejo, Associate Professor, Social Work Department, National University of Distance Education, Spain
• Dr. Sharlotte Tusasiirwe, Associate Professor, Western Sydney University, Australia

Reading list:

• Boryczcko,M., Novicky, T. and Gomez-Ciriano, E.J. (2023) Postcolonial Europe and its premises for decolonization. In M. Madew, M. Boryczko and M. Lusk (Eds) Decolonized approaches to Human Rights and social Work. Springer. Pp 121-147
• Gómez-Ciriano, E.J and Barciela, S. (2024) Social work and promoting human rights: Reflections on the situation of migrants and refugees in the Western Mediterranean and West African routes in P. Dankova et al. (Eds) Transnational mobility and externalization of EU borders. Lexington Books. Pp 149-169.
• Gómez-Ciriano, E.J. (2023) The contribution of social work research to promote migration and asylum policies in Europe in E.J Gomez Ciriano, E. Cabiati and S. Dedotsi (eds) Migration and social work: approaches, visions and challenges. Policy Press. Pp 5-25.
• Martínez-Herrero, M. I. (2023). Social assistance in Franco’s fascist Spain (1939–75): a history of social control, family segregation and stolen babies. In Ioakimidis and Wyllie (eds) Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance. Policy Press. Pp 109-120.
• Méndez-Bonito Zorita, P., (2005). The history of social work education in Spain: Does harmonisation make sense?. Portularia, V(1), pp. 223-235. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=161017272010
• Pérez-Eransus, B., and Martínez-Virto, L. (2020). Social work education in Spain: evaluation and challenges for a new generation of social workers. Social WorkEducation, 39(6), 750–764. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1724931

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In this episode, we will examine the trajectory of social work education in post-communist countries, located in Eastern Europe, and we will also focus on a selected article from the Social Work Education Journal, the affiliated journal of the EASSW.

 With:

- Prof. Nino Žganec, University of Zagreb, Croatia

- Prof. Florin Lazar, University of Bucharest, Romania

- Prof Darja Zaviršek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

- Dr. Joy Swanson Ernst, Wayne State University School of Social Work, Detroit, United States of America

Reading list for the podcast:

• Swanson Ernst, J (2024) Historical content in the social work curriculum: the value of local history, Social Work Education, 43:1, 174-185, DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2098944
•  Opačić, A., Žganec, N. (2021): Challenges for social work education in Croatia: Lessons from a post-socialist context in Laging, M., Žganec, N. (eds.): Social work education in Europe. Traditions and transformations, Springer, pp. 137-151
•  Žganec, N., Berc, G. & Milić Babić, M. (2022): Integrating Social Work with Human Rights in Croatia: A Long Way to Mutual Recognition in Krasniqi, V., McPherson, J. (eds.): Human Rights in this Age of Uncertainty, Springer, pp. 35-59
•  Lazăr, F (2021) The revival of Romanian social work education and its prospects. In Zganec N. & Laging M. (eds.) Social Work Education in Europe: Traditions and Transformations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69701-3_10.
•  Lazăr, F.(2020) Rebuilding Romanian social work education after 1989 – benefits and constraints from European collaboration. In Lorenz W., Havrdová Z., Matoušek O. (eds) European Social Work After 1989. European Social Work Education and Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45811-9_6.
•  Zaviršek, Darja. Engendering social work education under state socialism in Yugoslavia. British Journal of Social Work, June 2008, vol. 38, no 4, pp. 734-750.
•  Zaviršek, Darja. Gender, welfare, and social work education under communism in Slovenia. In: Buchanan, Ann (ed.). Social work: major themes in health and social welfare, (Major themes in health and social welfare). London; New York: Routledge, 2008, Vol. I, pp. 143-152.

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