International Spring School of Social Work in Europe 2017 for Master’s and doctoral students
The 11th International Spring School of Social Work was held from 4–7 April 2017 at the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava campus. The event featured a total of 57 participants, of whom 40 were from universities outside the Czech Republic – Eichstätt, Landshut, Koblenz, Bremen (Germany), Hertfordshire (UK), Kuopio (Finland), Trnava (Slovakia), Lille (France), Dornbirn (Austria), and Łódź (Poland). We also welcomed students from Italy, Moscow, Portugal, Rwanda and Turkey.
The programme focused mainly on students’ presentations based on their Master’s or doctoral dissertations, accompanied by discussions with academics, group and individual consultations. The students welcomed the feedback from the academics and the opportunity to discuss the topics of their dissertations with experts from various countries in an informal and supportive environment. As part of the accompanying programme, participants had the opportunity to enjoy an English-language performance of the opera The Rape of Lucretia.
As in previous years, the programme included 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’ (currently in its sustainability phase). The workshop took the form of a research afternoon featuring Prof. Mariusz Granosik from Poland on the topic ‘Research in social work – grounded theory’.
| Lectures by academics | |
|---|---|
| Baum Detlef, prof. | Urban sociological accesses to Social Work |
| Granosik Mariusz, prof. | Workshop: SW Research. Grounded Theory |
| Student presentations | |
| Alexandra Witaschek, Eichstätt | Cooperation between parents of bilingual children and early education andcare centres |
| Selensky Natalja, Landshut | Elderly substance abusers: A theme and mandate for Clinical Social Work? |
| Redlich Chrishelle, Hatfield | How does newspaper representation of social work with children and families affect contemporary practice? |
| Marron Stephen, Hatfield | The Troubled Families Programme: A Systematic Literature Review |
| Sibanda Bongeka, Hatfield | An Absence of Integration for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United Kingdom: A Social Work Problem? |
| Safsaf Ketoma, Lille | Elderly people to stay at home: What is the accessibility? |
| Feller Stanieková Petra, Ostrava | A Drug-Addicted Mother: Reflection of Social Work Intervention |
| Stanková Zuzana, Ostrava | Situational analysis of sources of help for people living in socially excluded localities in the Moravian-Silesian Region |
| Bjelončíková Monika, Ostrava | Social Work and Social Consequences of Life with HIV/AIDS |
| Polochová Tereza, Ostrava | Theory and methods of social work with adolescents who leave foster care |
| Gřundělová Barbora, Ostrava | The Construction of Gender Meanings by Social Workers of the Social Activation Service for Families with Children |
| Chapelet Mathilde, Bordeaux | Alcoholic social relationships - research document |
| Isirabahenda Gonzague, Cluj | Critical analysis of the under-representation of women in high decision making positions in social service organizations |
| Ulčáková Šárka, Ostrava | Social Work in Italian Social Cooperatives |
| Aurélien Charlet, Lille | Unaccompanied Minors |
Updated: 07. 11. 2017
