International University Week

Crossing Perspectives on Social Work

25th-29th April 2022

Practical information

Date: 25. April 2022 - 29. April 2022
Time: All day
Location: Girona
Registration deadline: 15th of january
Students registration: 15th of january
Call for contributions: 15th of december

Universitat de Girona

The University of Girona will be hosting one of the four SocNet98 International University Week 2022 from Monday 25 to Friday 29 April 2022. This IUW will take place in Girona, Catalonia.

We would like to offer good learning experiences, short lectures, interesting interactive workshops and time to get-to-know each other. The introduction in the hosting city, the meeting with the local service providers, the professionals in education and social work are essential parts of our programme. The free time activities for students and visiting lecturers will be offered during the IUW as well. The programme will also include some on-line pre-sessions.

The IUW Girona 2022 focuses on the crossing of perspectives of different disciplines, fields of knowledge and stakeholders to deal with the current social challenges. Crossing perspectives means that in order to achieve a more just, equal and cohesive society, we must learn to take decisions and work together: public institutions, NGOs, companies, service users, and citizens in general. To this end, there are three main lines of reflection.

Crossing knowledge:

  • How can we interact with other disciplines to tackle inequalities and social inclusion?
  • Is a multidisciplinary approach a better solution to deal with multidimensional problems, such as social exclusion?
  • Can we face social cohesion and inequalities considering the role of other public agents?
  • How can other public departments, such as education, health, culture or urban planning, include an inclusive perspective in their main priorities?

New agents for new practices

  • How can we include different agents to solve social problems?
  • How can the public sector work together with other private agents, such as NGO’s, private companies or social movements?
  • What’s the role of service users? How we include their voices and opinions?
  • What is the role of Social Work (and social workers) in this new model of governance?

Social innovation

  • What is social innovation?
  • How can we foster social innovation?
  • What facilities and difficulties the organizations face to foster social innovation?
  • What can the organizations learn from each other?