Spring School for Master- and PhD Students in Social Work in Europe 2013
The 7th annual International Spring School of Social Work held on 16th-19th April 2013 generated remarkable interest among both students and academics; out of a total 67 participants, 36 were from universities outside the Czech Republic. Besides the Spring School's regular guests from Eichstätt, Cologne and Landshut (Germany), Hertfordshire (UK), Kuopio (Finland), Trnava (Slovakia), Poznań (Poland) and Lille (France), this year's event also featured representatives and students from the Dutch Christian University of Applied Sciences in Ede. The event was again held on the premises of the VŠB–Technical University of Ostrava, to the utmost satisfaction of all involved.
As usual, the main focus of the agenda consisted in the presentation of students' papers based on their doc-toral dissertations or diploma theses, discussions with teachers, group and individual consultations. Students particularly appreciated the opportunity to discuss their work with academics from various countries in an infor-mal, friendly environment and to receive valuable feedback from them.
As in previous years, this year's Spring School was followed by lectures and a workshop held as part of the project “Enlargement and Development of the Research Team at the Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava” (VEDTYM). Lecturers included Prof. Pauli Niemelä from the University of Eastern Finland (Case Studies in Social Work Research) and Dr. Monika Pfaller-Rott from the Catholic University of Eichstätt (The Ethnographic Approach in Social Work Research).
| Lectures given by academics | |
|---|---|
| Prof. Pauli Niemelä, Finland | Case Studies in Social Work Research (VEDTYM) |
| Dr. Monika Pfaller-Rott, Germany | The Ethnographic Approach in Social Work Research (VEDTYM) |
| Students' contributions | |
|---|---|
| Malgorzata Kostrzynska, Lodz | The process of association-forming in the context of mixed social situations using the example of homelessness |
| Michaela Hromková, Trnava | Quality of social services in institutional care for people with disabilities |
| Matea Bucalo, Trnava | Social integration of Serbs living in the Slovak Republic |
| Hervé Sergeant, Lille | Link between the level of social inclusion of disabled persons and the prob-lem of their ageing (France x Netherlands) |
| Laure Lienard, Lille | Rules and regulations in shelters for the homeless: a comparative study be-tween France and the UK |
| Hayley Ellis, Hertfordshire | Collaborative working: Where is the research focused? |
| Markus Rossa, Eichstätt | Meta analysis of European financial education programmes |
| Kristýna Pešáková, MU Brno | Violence against men in intimate relationships: Stories of male victims |
| Eva Nedomová, Ostrava | Social work and over-indebtedness |
| Radka Hlaváčová, Ostrava | Poverty from the point of view of the life cycle |
| Martin Brezina, Ostrava | The effects of vocational training programs on the employability of the un-employed |
| Irena Buršová, Ostrava | Roma in France |
| Lucie Hrubá, Ostrava | The development of social care for delinquent youth in the Czech Republic from a historical perspective |
| Alena Hegerová, Ostrava | Social work in institutional health care |
| Michaela Dihlová, Ostrava | Social work responses to changes in society |
| Zuzana Vontorová, Ostrava | Solutions of care for the elderly after hospitalization |
| Gabriela Nytra, Ostrava | Dilemmas in research of widowed elderly people |
| Aneta Kozáková, Ostrava | Grandparent kinship care as a subject of social work |
| K.Marinovová, A.Vaňharová, M.Urbanová | Task-centered approaches in social work practice |
| Marek Mikulec, Ostrava | The participative approach - personal experience, difficulties and dilemmas |
| Eliška Lindovská, Ostrava | Supported housing models as a case of housing homeless drug users |
| Klára Chlebusová, Ostrava | Social responsibility of large companies - the example of Arcelor Mittal Ostrava, a.s. |
Updated: 15. 01. 2018
