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The 17
th ERIS Annual Conference, titled Building Resilience in Social Work in a Divided Society, took place in October at the Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava. Participants discussed how social work can enhance resilience amid rising polarization, crises, and digital change.
8–10 October 2025, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The 18
th edition of the Spring School of Social Work took place from April 23 to 25, 2025, at the Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava. This traditional international educational event is organized as part of the ERIS network – European Research Institute for Social Work.
On 20 and 21 October 2023, the ERIS International Conference took place in Würzburg, Germany. The topic was The Social Work in Crisis: Solution or Part of the Problem?.
After discussion and with the approval of ERIS members we publish this ERIS Proclamation.
The project outputs were produced with a financial support of the International Visegrad Fund.
From 8th – 10th of October 2018 at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FH Vorarlberg) Dornbirn, Austria.
Important event at the occasion of the centenary celebrations of social work education in the Czech Republic.
The University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, has awarded Professor Brian Littlechild an honorary doctorate (Dr Honora Causa) in recognition of his contribution to social work education and research, particularly to the European Research Institute for Social Work (ERIS), which is based at the University.
