Sustainable development and ecosocial work have become one of the most dynamic global debates of the social work profession. How can social work contribute to the sustainability transitions of European societies?
Bringing together a diverse group of researchers from around the world, this book offers an analysis of the main theoretical insights on ecosocial work, the contribution of social work research to transdisciplinary research on sustainability and how social workers can already bring the ecological dimension into their daily practice.
Incorporating new research evidence from the ASTRA project, the wide range of contributors dive deep into the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of ecosocial work, providing valuable insights for researchers, students, activists and practitioners.
Recenzijas
A groundbreaking and essential contribution to social work literature, this book bridges theory and practice to redefine the fields role in the sustainability transition. Its an invaluable resource for those committed to ecosocial justice. Helena Belchior Rocha, ISCTE Instituto Universitįrio de Lisboa.
Deepening and broadening ecosocial thinking, research and practices: an
Introduction - Koen Hermans, Ingo Stamm, Aila-Leena Matthies and Susanne
Elsen
Part 1: Theoretical enrichments of ecosocial work
1. Theories of ecosocial work addressing the contribution of social work in
sustainability transition - Kati Närhi
2. Social Work in a Post Growth Society - critical encounters with
modernitys ambiguities - Walter Lorenz
3. Social-ecological provisioning as economic social work practice- Jef
Peeters
4. Addressing social sustainability in social work research- Kati Närhi, Ingo
Stamm, Kati Turtiainen, Rebecca Conway, Eileen Lauster, Atefeh Safarabadi
Farahani, Areen Nassar and Jeany Rose Teguihanon
Part 2: Ecosocial transitions and social work research
5. A European ecosocial work research agenda starting from a more radical
identity of social work research - Koen Hermans
6. Decolonising social work research and knowledge: transdisciplinary
approaches and ecosocial perspectives in practice - Gianinna Munoz Arce
7. The agency of social work in the research of sustainability transitions
a multi-level perspective- Aila-Leena Matthies
Part
3. Ecosocial work practices
8. Perspectives, methodologies, and institutional arrangements for ecosocial
transformation in social work - Susanne Elsen, Michael Emru Tadesse, Urban
Nothdurfter
9. Social Sustainability and the Crisis of Care. Western European Care
Extractivism in South East Europe - Svenja Fischbach, University of
Ljubljana
10. Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Social Work (SW) in Belgium: a
joint pathway for sustainable transitions - Nathalie Vallet, Barbara Sak,
Athina Moroglou, Yannis Perifanos
11. Unraveling the role of first-line personnel in socioeconomic integration
programmes developed by WISEs with an ecological sustainability scope. -
Yannis Perifanos, Koen Hermans
12. Exploring Nature-Based Interventions as an Ecosocial Method in Social
Work: Insights from Ireland, Finland and Italy - Rebecca Conway, James Kutu
Obeng, Areen Nassar, Mattia Mansueto
13. Sustainability, alignment and social work Amy Shackelford, Eileen
Lauster, Atefeh Farahani Safarabadi, Roger Smith
14. From the standpoint water: how water and water justice could push social
work further and deeper - Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö, Kris Clarke, Tarja Stenman
Part
4. Concluding Remarks
15. Future directions for ecosocial work - Koen Hermans, Susanne Elsen,
Aila-Leena Matthies, Ingo Stamm
Koen Hermans is Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, KU Leuven and project leader at LUCAS, Centre for Care Research and Consultancy.
Ingo Stamm is Professor for Social Work and Sustainability at the FH Münster.
Aila-Leena Matthies is Professor of Social Work at the University of Jyväskylä.
Susanne Elsen is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Bolzano.
