Call for papers for the inaugural issue of European Social Work Research

Challenges and Opportunities for European Social Work Research

The inaugural issue of European Social Work Research

Abstract Submission deadline: 30 April 2022

Editor in Chief:
Lars Uggerhøj, Aalborg University, Denmark
Co-Editors:
Ana M. Sobočan, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Elaine Sharland, University of Sussex, UK
Brian Taylor, Ulster University, N Ireland

European Social Work Research (ESWR) is pleased to announce its inaugural call for papers.

ESWR is the new journal of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA) which is dedicated to the development, practice and utilization of social work research. ESWR will provide a forum for the publication of high-quality contributions relating to all aspects of social work research. It will be read by scholars, students, practitioners, policymakers and other researchers who have an interest in social problems, social work and the contribution that social work makes to just and equitable societies. The journal is published online and in print, through a partnership between the European Social Work Research Association and Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press.

ESWR welcomes original scholarly contributions that may be theoretical or literature based, or grounded in empirical research, and that focus on any topic of contemporary relevance to social work policy, practice, research, education, and to the communities that social work serves. The journal values innovation and diversity, and so embraces research that uses a wide range of methodological approaches and is informed by a wide range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks. The Journal will primarily include original scholarly articles, alongside book reviews and shorter discussion pieces to stimulate debate.

The inaugural issue focuses on ‘Challenges and Opportunities for European Social Work Research’. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the first research published in a brand new journal. Articles are invited which offer one or more of the following:

• provide valuable perspectives on aspects of European social work research;
• promote understanding and critical discussion of social work research across Europe;
• address and explore social work research challenges such as collaboration across cultures and jurisdictions;
• address and explore social work research opportunities such as diversity of knowledge and skills;
• explore the role of social work research in addressing contemporary social issues;
• analyse political, legal and cultural influences on social work research;
• illustrate innovation, breadth, depth and richness of social work research in Europe.

Authors are invited to submit an abstract of their proposed article, no longer than 800 words. Abstracts should be submitted as a Microsoft Word attachment and emailed to eswr-journal@bristol.ac.uk.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30 April 2022

For further details about the journal, guidance for authors and any other queries please contact: eswr-journal@bristol.ac.uk  

Please note that papers must not be submitted to, or under consideration with, another journal.

All research articles will undergo the journal’s standard double-anonymous peer review process, and accepted papers will be published in the journal, either in the inaugural or in following issues.

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