New Models of Activism in European Social Work

PhD_ACT - AIMS and CONTENT

“New Models of Activism in European Social Work” is the first Module for European excellence in PhD studies in the field of social services. It involves key disciplines which are constitutive for modern social professions and engages them in an interdisciplinary way through intensive and critical analyses of the social, political and cultural restructurings of national societies. The Module was funded by EC 2006-2008 and still aims to elaborate on innovative approaches for an appropriate model of social theory and practice in Europe and to educate an emerging new European generation of scientists, professionals and social policy makers to creatively face the challenges of European integration.
As an innovative and unique part of 3rd cycle studies PhD_ACT consists of three elements:

Basic Seminar (BS) on-site to establish the common knowledge base for the further studies of the PhD-students

Distance Learning Units (DL) as a virtual up-to date knowledge pool focusing on 4 crucial issues of European social and political transformations

Joint Conference (JC) gives PhD-students the opportunity to improve their skills in theory, research and practice towards an enhanced model of European Social Work. The JC is the synergetic forum to discuss ongoing doctoral research projects based on the previous discussions about social and political transformations in Europe and their impact on the social professions.