Conference Reflective social work practices in contemporary societies: crossed dialogues and new pathways between praxis and research

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1 Conference th European Conference for Social Work Research Lisbon - 30 March - 1 April 2016 Reflective social work practices in contemporary societies: crossed dialogues and new pathways between praxis and research Preliminary Programme

2 Wednesday March 30, Registration Pre-Conference Activities Doctoral Studies in Social Work Social Work, History and Research Practice Research in Social Work Opening Session Keynote: Karen Healy, Imagination, evidence and context: Achieving change through social work research Parallel Sessions 1 19:00 ESWRA General Assembly (Exhibition ) Welcome Reception Thursday March 31, Keynote: Fernanda Rodrigues, The "mindfulness" of austerity policies: Unhiding shadows and lights for Social Work 10:00 11:30 11:30 12:00 12: :00 17:30 17:30 18:00 18:00 19:00 Parallel Sessions 2 Parallel Sessions 2 Lunch and Poster Session Parallel Sessions 4 Parallel Sessions 5 Keynote: Marc-Henry Soulet, Social work between uncertainty and prudence Conference Dinner

3 Friday April 1, :30 9:30 Special Interest Groups 9:30 Keynote: Fergus McNeill, Distant Voices: Research, reflexivity and art 10:30 11:00 11:00 12:30 12: :00 Parallel Sessions 6 Parallel Sessions 7 Lunch and Poster Session Parallel Sessions 8 16:00 Closing Session Keynotes: Professor Karen Healy Karen Healy biography: Karen Healy is Professor of Social Work at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. She is also the National President of the Australian Association of Social Workers, a position she has held since Professor Healy is a National Director of The Benevolent Society, which is Australia s oldest not-for-profit community service agency. Professor Healy has written four books, with a fifth on the way, and numerous book chapters and journal articles. Her research focuses on child and family welfare, social work theory for practice and organisational and social change. Her works have been translated into several languages. Marc-Henry Soulet Marc-Henry Soulet is an Ordinary Professor of Sociology, chair holder of Social Work, and Public Policies. He s the actual Vice-President of the International Association of French speaking sociologists. In this regard, he is fully concerned by (and committed to) contemporary transformations of Social Sciences from a pedagogical and scientific point of view. He directs the Res socialis collection at Academic Press Fribourg where he has coordinated the publication of numerous works on social problems and social policies. He also

4 published several articles in the field of social work as well as regarding epistemological and methodological questions in Social Sciences. Fernanda Rodrigues Fernanda Rodrigues Fernanda Rodrigues is Professor of Social Work at the Catholic University of Portugal and the Faculty of Psychology and Education (University of Oporto). She taught in diverse other national and international universities. She is member of the CIIE (Centre for Research and Intervention in Education) at the Oporto University and is currently involved on a European research - YOUNG ADULLLT project (Horizon 2020). She participated in several research projects on social problems, poverty and social exclusion, local development and social change and, public policies and social policies. She acted has Coordinator of the National Plans for Social Inclusion ( ) and as consultant and evaluator in various social projects. On this field, she was evaluator for the national projects under the II and III European Union Anti-poverty programmes and consultant for the UNICEF programme to build the Social Assistance policy in Angola. She is member of the External Evaluation Committee for Higher Education in Portugal, in charge of the evaluation and follow up of the Social Work Courses. On behalf of the IFSW Region Europe, she is the representative on the Council of Europe. She has several books, written papers and presentations in numerous conferences. Professor Fergus McNeill Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow where he works in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and is Head of Sociology. Prior to becoming an academic in 1998, Fergus worked for a number of years in residential drug rehabilitation and as a criminal justice social worker. His many research projects and publications have examined institutions, cultures and practices of punishment and rehabilitation and questions about their reform. Most recently, his work has focused on the policy and practice implications of research evidence about the process of desistance from offending. He recently led an ESRC funded project, Discovering Desistance, which aims to develop the dialogue between academics, practitioners and ex-offenders about how criminal justice can better support people to leave crime behind. Currently, he is Chair of an EU funded research network on Offender Supervision in Europe which involved about 100 researchers from across 23 jurisdictions. As well as researching, teaching and writing, Fergus has been involved in providing consultancy advice and support to governments and criminal justice organizations in many jurisdictions around the world. He currently serves as Chair of the Scottish Advisory Panel on Offender Rehabilitation, and is a Trustee, Council or Board

5 Member of several criminal justice charities including CLINKS, Faith in Throughcare, Positive Prisons? Positive Futures, the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending and Vox Liminis. He has co-written or co-edited several books including Offender Supervision: New Directions in Theory, Research and Practice, Offender Supervision in Europe, Reducing Reoffending: Social Work and Community Justice in Scotland, Understanding Penal Practice and Youth Offending and Youth Justice. His next book, Community Punishment: European Perspectives (co-edited with Gwen Robinson) is due to be published by Routledge in July 2015.