Thematic Network on Social Work

The conference on Social Work in the High North in Reykjavik was successful! One often says so about every conference. But in this case that is an important fact. The conference made a lot of new people familiar with our network, and open new possibilities for cooperation. In the menu on the right side of this page you find a list of “Documents”. And there you will find a minute from a meeting in Reykjavik on the future of the network. Have a look!

Overal Goal

  • Development of the Thematic Network on Social Work, facilitating conferences, seminars and publishing SWArctic Newsletters
  • Development of e-learning master courses in a virtual campus, and facilitating student- and teachers exchange
  • Facilitating academic publication; seminars to help publish articles based on master- or PhD thesis and developing the connection to Journal of Comparative Social Work (www.jcsw.no)
  • Developing the research project “Social Work with Families”

Main Activities

  • Development of common study programs.
  • Facilitating conferences and seminars.
  • Facilitating student- and teachers exchange
  • Initiating cooperation amongst researchers

Activities in 2012

  • “Social Work in the Arctic” a special issue 1- 2012 of the Journal of Comparative Social Work (see: www.jcsw.no)
  • Students at UArctic institutions will be offered access to the 2012 VirCamp (www.vircamp.net) Bachelor Course:“Community Work in an International Perspective” (15 ects).
  • In 2012 SWArctic will in cooperation with VirCamp develop a plan for an international e-learning master course “Social Work Theories – 30 ects”, which will be implemented September-December 2013.
  • Thematic Network on Social Work conference will be arranged the 8th of July 2012 in conjunction with the Conference on Social Work and Social Development in Stockholm, Sweden (9-12 July 2012).
  • Four Newsletters from SWArctic will be published in 2012. March 2012 newsletter can be now found from documents on the right side bar.
  • Establish a research project within SWArctic on “Social Work with Families” in collaboration with the EU Marie Curie project “Supporting Families with complex needs” (2010-2014). In 2012 we are aiming at getting the “Social Work on Families” project accepted as an Arctic Council project under the “Sustainable Development working group (SDWG), Arctic Council.”

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         Non-UArctic partner:

  • Soc. Ped School, Greenland


    Contact Information

    Dr. Siv Oltedal, University of Nordland, Norway
    Email: siv.oltedal (at) uin.no