Florence Moufack og Nina S. Skjefstad ved institutt for sosialt arbeid, NTNU samarbeider med et internasjonalt nettverk som har sitt utspring i sosialt arbeidsmiljøet ved universitetet i Ljubljana. Nettverket arrangerer hvert år en konferanse ved Inter University Centre i Dubrovnik: https://iuc.hr/ Under finner du invitasjonen fra leder, Vito Flaker: 

Dear colleague,The world we live in is progressively becoming a hostile environment to genuine social work – at the same time, social work is needed more than ever. At the Dubrovnik School of Social Work Theory and Practice, following the issuance of The Dubrovnik Manifesto, we have come to realise that we need to resist adverse societal trends while at the same time caring for the necessary social changes and transforming the ways in which we care for one another. For this purpose, we are staging a conference, hoping to provide time and space to voice concerns and to explore ways in which social work can retain its essence and contribute to a better future. So, come to Dubrovnik in September — together, we can be stronger. On behalf of the organising team,

Vito Flaker

Den neste Nordiske FORSA-konferansen er allerede nå i juni 2024. Den foregår i Göteborg, og har fått tittelen «Creating pathways towards social justice». Datoene er 17.-19. juni 2024. Arrangørene beskriver temaet slik: “In the midst of ongoing ecological, economic and political crises, the aim of this conference is to explore contemporary challenges and debates across the fields of social work in order to envision how social work can act as a catalyst for change. If social work is to credibly invoke values and ideals such as social justice, human rights, equality, and freedom from socially imposed oppression, we need to find ways of creating explicit spaces and practices of emancipation. It is important that such aspirations can be articulated and claimed as part of the struggle for a more inclusive democracy.”

Fristen for innsending av abstract er dessverre gått ut. Men man kan melde seg på konferansen i lang tid framover. «Early bird» fristen utløper 15. april. Du kan lese mer om konferansen her:

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As a part of the Nordic conference on social work research and education FORSA2023 (eventsair.com), the Nordic FORSAS has a meeting at the conference venue – Quality Ramsalt Hotel in Bodø – at June 14^th at 12.00 – 15.00. We – the Nordic FORSA-leaders – really look forward to this possibility to discuss with our members from all the Nordic countries, the work of the Nordic FORSAs. The program for this meeting starts with a presentation of each of the Nordic FORSAs and their national work. Then we will discuss our common cooperation with “Nordic Social Work Research”, which is “our” social work scientific journal.

At last we will give colleagues from University of Gothenburg in Sweden an opportunity to present their plans for the next Nordic FORSA/NASSW conference that will take place in June next year. The reason why we have a new Nordic conference already 2024 is that we will return to the system of conference arrangements we had before Corona made us change when the different conferences are held.

Hope to see you in Bodø!