Dear friends and colleagues,

TiSSA organizes, together with the Department of Social Work & Social Pedagogy of Ghent University and the Centre for Sociological Research of the KU Leuven (Belgium), and with the support of the Doctoral School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Ghent University, a series of online lectures as part of the online doctoral course "Social work research as a practice of transparency – edition 2023". The course will be spread over four training days, each consisting of two main parts, with the total of 24 contact hours. Each morning session is plenary for all interested researchers (3 hours) and will consist of two lectures by (international) experts in conducting social work research. In the afternoon, we organize interactive seminars with the enrolled PhD students and lecturers (you can enroll here). Each PhD student will present his/her work during one of the training days. Participation is free of charge,  but please make sure you have an account on Zoom (or Google/Facebook) to join through the zoom link.

The first lecture will take place on January 27, 2023, on the topic: "Historical perspectives in social work research", with Prof. Lieselot De Wilde (Ghent University, Belgium) and Prof. Stefan Kongeter (Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST)

The second lecture will take place on March 27, 2023, on the topic: "Ethnographic approaches in social work research", with Prof. Robin Vandevoordt (Ghent University, Belgium) and Prof. Sarah Murru (KU Leuven, Belgium)

The third lecture will take place on April 28, 2023, on the topic: "Oppressed voices in social work research", with Prof. Urban Nothdurfter (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy) and Prof. Florin Lazar (University of Bucharest, Romania)

The last lecture will take place on May 12, 2023, on the topic: "A social-spatial approach to social work research", with Prof. Griet Roets (Ghent University, Belgium) and Prof. Christian Reutlinger (Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST))

For more information regarding practical details and topics of the lectures, you can visit the TiSSA website.

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Best wishes from the organising committee,

Prof. dr. Rudi Roose (Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University and chair of Tissa)
Prof. dr. Griet Roets (Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent Univerity)
Prof. dr. Koen Hermans (Centre for Care Research and Consultancy - Leuven University)
Prof. dr. Wim Van Lancker ( Centre for Sociological Research - Leuven University)
Nele Feryn (Secretary of TiSSA)