SWSD2018: Social Work, Education and Social Development
RDS (Royal Dublin Society)
SWSD 2018:
The Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018 will explore the theme 'Environmental and Community Sustainability: Human Solutions in Evolving Societies'
The conference will cover the following themes:
- Linking Environmental and Sustainable Development
- Role of Social Workers in fulfilling the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
- Income, wellbeing, employment and poverty
- Relationship-based practice: Promoting the Importance of Human Relationships
- Evidence informed interventions
- Strengthening education to meet the needs of communities
- Identity, discrimination and social exclusion
- Community development and social enterprise
- Health, mental health and disability
- Conflict, violence, migration and human trafficking
- Engagement with people who use services
- Rights of Families and Children
- Life Span Perspectives and Issues
- Ensuring the sustainable and ethical use of technology in human services
- Women's Issues Focused Stream
Speakers: Mary Robinson, Larry Alicea, Margaret Alston, Cindy Blackstock, Joe Donohoe, Vasilios Ioakimidis, Walter LaMendola, Bhavna Mehta, John Pinkerton
