“Social Work in Changing Times- Challenges and new opportunities”
FORSA/NASSW 2023 CONFERENCE
“Social Work in Changing Times- Challenges and new opportunities”
FORSA/NASSW 2023 CONFERENCEBodø, Norway. June 14.-16. 2023
Welcome
Welcome to Bodø, and the FORSA/NASSW conference to be held June 14.-16 in 2023. On behalf of FORSA in the Nordic countries and NASSW we look forward to meet you for three days of academic and professional development and great experiences in the land of the midnight sun.
Important dates
Deadline for abstract submission
February 01st 2023
Notification for acceptance of abstracts
February 15th 2023
Registration opens from
February 01st 2023
Early bird registration deadline:
April 15th 2023
Local organizing committee:
Asgeir Solstad
Chair of FORSA Norway and professor at Faculty of Social Sciences at Nord University
Øystein Henriksen
member of the board of FORSA Norway and professor at Faculty of Social Sciences at Nord University
Ann Torill Tørrisplass is an associate professor in social work at Faculty of Social Sciences at Nord University
Yan Zhao is a professor in social work at Faculty of Social Sciences at Nord University
Hanne Thommesen is a professor in social work at Faculty of Social Sciences at Nord University
Ingunn Barmen Tysnes is an associate professor in social work at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and a member of the board of "Nordic Association of Schools of Social Work"
Members of the
research group in social work at Nord University have participated actively in
work on conference planning and abstract assessment
«Social Work in Changing Times: Challenges and New Opportunities”
“The times they are a changing”. Always. But sometimes more.
When these sentences are written in the spring of 2022, we don’t know for sure what our reality will be in June 2023. This is a demanding realization. We are in an ongoing climate crisis. We hope we are in a post-pandemic situation. And there is an ongoing war in Europe. What we can know for sure, is that all of this will create major challenges for social work; insecurity, fear, inequality, exclusion, poverty, increasing number of refugees and much, much more. But perhaps also new mobilizations, new forms of solidarity and new solutions: New opportunities. Because in the bottom line, there are no alternatives.
NEWS
The public debate “How wealthy do you have to be to have children?” (Wednesday, June 14th) will be held in Norwegian
The conference committee has decided to change the language of this debate to Norwegian. The decision is made for several reasons:
1. To reach a wider local audience and bridge the distances between the academic discussions, practices, and real-life perspectives.
2) The four members of the panel are all Norwegian. Despite the change of the language, we sincerely hope that as many as possible conference participants, particularly participants that speak the Nordic languages can join us in this exciting debates.
Hvor rik må man være for å få barn?
I denne debatten vil fattigdomsspørsmål og barnevern bli diskutert. Det er store økonomiske utfordringer i Europa, og mange mennesker opplever økonomiske problemer. Disse problemene gjør at særlig en del barnefamilier sliter økonomisk, med økt barnefattigdom som en konsekvens. Fattigdom som starter allerede i barndommen gir stor risiko for sosial marginalisering og sosiale problemer i oppveksten, men også senere i livet. Forskning viser dessverre at det også er sammenheng mellom fattigdom og omsorgssvikt. I debatten ønsker vi å fokusere på barnefattigdom og fattigdommens konsekvenser. Dette vil vi gjøre ved å spissformulere utfordringen ved å debattere spørsmålet: Hvor rik må man være for å få barn?
Temaet vil bli debattert av fire personer under ledelse av Stein Sneve (AN). Det vil være mulighet for å komme med spørsmål fra salen.
Debattanter:
1. Christian Poppe, Forsker II ved Oslomet
2. Daria Incedursun, Advokat og forbrukerøkonom, Nordea
3. Hanne Glemmestad, Høgskolelektor, Høgskolen i Innlandet, Leder for profesjonsrådet for sosionomer (FO)
4. Lena Catherine Lossius Westby, Forsker II, NTNU Samfunnsforskning
Debatten finner sted 14. juni 2023 på Ramsalt hotell. Fri entre og alle er velkommen
Nordic FORSA meeting at the FORSA/NASSW conference in Bodø
As a part of the Nordic conference on social work research and education FORSA2023 (eventsair.com), the Nordic FORSAS has a meeting at the conference venue – Quality Ramsalt Hotel in Bodø – at June 14th at 12.00 – 15.00. We – the Nordic FORSA-leaders – really look forward to this possibility to discuss with our members from all the Nordic countries, the work of the Nordic FORSAs. The program for this meeting starts with a presentation of each of the Nordic FORSAs and their national work. Then we will discuss our common cooperation with “Nordic Social Work Research”, which is “our” social work scientific journal.
At last we will give colleagues from University of Gothenburg in Sweden an opportunity to present their plans for the next Nordic FORSA/NASSW conference that will take place in June next year. The reason why we have a new Nordic conference already 2024 is that we will return to the system of conference arrangements we had before Corona made us change when the different conferences are held.
Hope to see you in Bodø!
Registration is now open!
Now you can register as a participant at our conference. You find the form under “Registration” above. Note that the “Early bird” offer is open only until April 15th. In the registration form you will also be able to register for the conference dinner and the different events that is our cultural programme. We look forward to meet you and offer you exciting days under – hopefully – the midnight sun.
As organizers, we are satisfied that the conference has attracted great interest. Nevertheless, we have found that we want to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts.
The new deadline is set for 01. February 2023. We hope this makes it possible for even more people to complete abstracts that can be considered for the conference. You will find more information on how to submit abstracts by clicking here.
Seminar, June 14th 2023, Quality Hotel Ramsalt, Bodø
“How wealthy do you have to be to have children?”
In this public meeting we focus on poverty matters and child protection. The economic changes that happens throughout Europe, increase the problems of poverty among families with children. As we know long term poverty is a risk for social marginalization and other social problems for all, but especially for children. We know that there is a connection between poverty and child neglect: Poverty increases the risk of such situations. In the meeting we want to focus on these challenges using the lenses of this question: How wealthy do you have to be to have children?
We will invite researchers from the Nordic countries to give introductions to the topic. Then there will be time for a public debate. The names of the researchers are to be published by February 2023
The meeting takes place at Quality Hotel Ramsalt, Bodø, June 14th 2023 at 19.00-21.00. Free entrance
VENuE
The Quality Hotel Ramsalt is a full-service conference hotel in central Bodø.
The Quality Hotel Ramsalt provides a full hotel experience with a great range of facilities., enjoy a great meal at Brasserie X, try out the shuffleboard in the brand new bar or explore Bodø and the stunning natural surroundings in the area.
The location of the hotel is ideal for conferences as it's just 10 minutes by car to the airport and 3 minutes' walk to the city centre. The Quality Hotel Ramsalt is ideally located by the new seaisde promenade, where you can enjoy the sunset while you watch large cruise ships glide past.
The hotel has 9 spacious meeting rooms and 1 large conference hall. Most of them have large windows that allow in plenty of natural light and provide stunning seaside views.
Quality Hotel Ramsalt
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