2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development The Agenda

Pre-conference Training Series

IASSW Eileen Younghusband Memorial Lecture

Symposium

Mr. Sha Zukang (沙祖康先生)
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs

Mr. Sha heads the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), responsible for promoting and supporting international cooperation to achieve development for all. The DESA assists governments in agenda-setting and decision-making on development issues at global level, and translating global commitments (including Millennium Development Goals) into national policies and action. The DESA also works closely with the civil society enabling their participation in major international economic and social summits and other DESA events.

Mr. Sha also chairs the United Nations Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs.

Poverty Eradication

		Prof. Hans Rosling Professor, International Health, Karolinska Institutet and Director, Gapminder Foundation Sweden Topic: The Converging World
		Prof. Hans Rosling is the Professor and Head of the Division of the International Health at Karolinska Institute. He is also the Founder and Director of Gapminder Foundation which invented the Trendalyzer software that converts time series data to interactive enjoyable moving bubble-graphs. He also co-founded two NGOs in Sweden, the Africa Groups Recruitment Organization and Medicines san Frontiers. He is presently member of the International Reference Group of the Swedish Academy of Science and of the Global Agenda Councils of the World Economic Forum. Prof. Rosling’s researches focused on economic development, agriculture, poverty and health in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He is the co-author of an introductory textbook, Global Health.

		Mtra. Marina Arismendi Minister for Social Development Uruguay

		Prof. Viviene Taylor Associate Professor and Head, Department of School of Social Development, University of Cape Town, South Africa Topic: Poverty Eradication, Inequality and Social Protection in Africa: Shifting Discourses and Policy Agendas
		Professor Viviene Taylor teaches social policy, development planning and social and economic development in the Department of Social Development at the University of Cape Town. Professor Taylor’s career consists of both national and international development experience spanning 30 years. She has researched and written numerous publications on social policy and development related issues and authored 3 books. She was principal author and researcher for: *Human Development and HIV/AIDS* in 1998 and *Transformation for Human Developmentin 2000. She completed a research study for the African Union called Social Protection in Africa.* She was a Commissioner on the Commission for Gender Equality in South Africa, Adviser to South Africa’s Minister of Social Development and chaired the Committee of Inquiry into Comprehensive Social Security in South Africa. She worked at the UN with Professor Amartya Sen, for the Commission on Human Security.



	Human Rights and Development
		Mr. Chan-Yau Chong President, Hong Kong Blind Union, Hong Kong, China Topic: Promoting Inclusion of PWD in Developing Countries

		Mrs. Irene Hoskins President, International Federation on Ageing
		Irene Hoskins has served as President of the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) since 2006. Before that, she has held senior positions at World Health Organization (WHO) and the AARP (formerly American Association of Retired Persons). She has contributed to many UN-based initiatives on ageing, such as the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, the Regional Plan of Action on Ageing for the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) etc. She has authored and/or directed several projects that have resulted in publications and books on women and aging, including a five-country research project on Combining Work and Elder Care conducted under the auspices of the International Labour Organization.

	Life Course Challenges and Actualization

		Ms. Val Maasdorp Clinical Director, Island Hospice and Bereavement Service, Zimbabwe Topic: Life Course Challenges and Actualization: Encountering multiple curves in life : Integration & Survival in Zimbabwe
		Val Maasdorp is Clinical Director of Africa’s first Hospice, Island Hospice & Bereavement Service Zimbabwe, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Almost 25 years with Island, Val has facilitated Island’s navigating huge challenges during political turmoil, world record inflation rates, collapsing health facilities and one of the world’s highest HIV rates. A Social Worker, Val holds an ADEC CT qualification (Certified Thanatologist); joined IWG (International Work Group on Death Dying and Bereavement) in 2006; Co-authored “Grief and Bereavement”, in “Palliative Care in the Developing World: Principles and Practice” (IAHPC) Irish born, Val has lived in Africa for 35 years.

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		*The Role of Social Work Educators in Social and National Development: The Case of China and Implications for the International Community* Prof. Sibin Wang Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking University, China President, China Association for Social Work Education, China
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		Prof. Sibin Wang is the Professor of the Department of Sociology of Peking University. He also was the Head of the department between 1992 and 2000. He holds different positions of professional organizations and consultancies, including, the Vice President of China Sociological Society, the President of China Association for Social Work Education (CASWE), the Vice President of China Association of Social Workers, the Director of The National Guiding Committee of Sociology Teaching of the Ministry of Education, CHINA, etc. Prof. Wang has published more than 100 journal articles and edited more than a dozen of books since 1980s.


	Nurturing Individuals and Families for a More Cohesive Society

		Prof. Joyce Feng Professor, Department of Social Work and Dean, Student Affairs, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei
		Dr. Joyce Feng is Professor of Department of Social Work and the Dean of Student Affairs at National Taiwan University. Her professional specialty in social work includes Child Welfare and NPO developments. She has published books and Journal articles, and heavily involved in the child welfare advocacy in Taiwan. She also has conducted extensive research on Taiwan’s nonprofit sector, participating NPO operations, both on the board and acted as CEO since 1980’s, and initiated the NPO self-regulation alliance in Taiwan at 2004. She has also served to the academic societies as board members, and been consultant to governments in Taiwan.



	Enhancing Human and Social Capacity for Development
		Prof. Michael Sherradan Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and Founding Director of the Centre for Social Development, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, USA Topic: Asset Building for Development
		Dr. Michael Sherraden is Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and founding director of the Center for Social Development (CSD), George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and visiting Distinguished Chaired Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has proposed and studied asset building strategies for family and community development, including Individual Development Accounts (IDAs, matched savings for the poor), and universal Child Development Accounts (CDAs). CSD research on IDAs and CDAs has influenced policy in the United States and many other countries, including the Australia, China, Canada, China, Hungary, Korea, Peru, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. For example, in the United Kingdom, Sherraden extensively advised the Prime Minister’s Office and Chancellor of the Exchequer in creating a Child Trust Fund, a savings account for every child beginning at birth. CSD is also engaged in international research on civic engagement, productive aging, and other topics related to security and participation across the life course. With colleagues Nancy Morrow-Howell and Gao Jianguo, CSD organized a 2009 conference on productive aging in China, the first of its kind in that country. Sherraden has been a Fulbright Research Fellow, and a visiting professor in Israel, Mexico, and Singapore. In 2009 he was honored to give the wrap up speech for Social Work Day at the United Nations.

		Prof. Walter R. Heinz Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science, University of Bremen, Germany Topic: Getting through Life Course Transitions
		Since 2005 Senior Faculty, BIGSSS; 1972-2004 Professor of Sociology and Psychology, University of Bremen; 2002-2004 Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences; 1998-2004 Director of the Institute for Research on Social Opportunities (ISO), Cologne, Germany; 1988-2001, Chair, Special Research Centre “Status Passages and Social Risks in the Life Course”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 1995/96 Visiting Chair of German and European Studies, University of Toronto, Canada; since 1992 Visiting Scholar at the University of Minnesota, USA, Universities of Alberta (Edmonton) and British Columbia (Vancouver), Canada. Research Interests: Life course dynamics with a focus on transitions between education, training and employment.

		Representative from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, China



	Social Work Professional Innovation in Promoting Health and Mental Health
		Prof. Grace Christ Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University in NYC, USA
		Grace Christ is Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work in NYC. Previously she had extensive practice, research, and administrative experience. She was the Director of the Social Work Department of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she established an innovative Social Work Research Unit. She is a co-founder of the Social Work in Hospice and Palliative Care Network. Professor Christ has a substantial research record in oncology, palliative care, bereavement and disaster response. Post September 11 she developed support and research projects with bereaved families of Fire Fighters who died. She has consulted, published and lectured extensively in the United States and internationally and is the recipient of numerous scholarly awards.

		Prof. Cecilia Chan Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Topic: Exercising for Health - Use of Body in Search of Mental and Spiritual Well-Being
		Professor Chan is Si Yuan Professor in Health and Social Work, Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, and Director, Centre on Behavioral Health of the University of Hong Kong. She is an international expert on integrative body-mind-spirit social work practice. She published hundreds of articles and book chapters in health and mental health, eastern integrative intervention, clinical outcome research, fertility and sterility, psychosocial oncology, bereavement and palliative care. She advocated a strength-focused and meaning-oriented approach in empowerment of traumatized individuals such as cancer patients, women of divorce, bereaved persons and victims of disaster. Her focus is on transformation through pain and suffering.

		Prof. Vimla Nadkarni Professor, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India Topic: Community Health Practice: the Indian Scenario
		Professor Vimla V. Nadkarni, Ph. D., Dean of the School of Social Work (2006-2008), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, has spent 38 years in social work education and practice. Besides her regular teaching within the Centre of Health and Mental Health (formerly, the Department of Medical and Psychiatric Social Work of which she was Head from 1986-2005), she is involved in research and writing. Her edited book titled ``NGOs, Urban Health and the Poor’’ has been recently published by Rawat Publishers. She is Member at Large of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and Associate Editor (Asia) of the Social Work Education: the International Journal.



	Rights-based Approach for Poverty Eradication
		Prof. Darja Zavirsek Chair of the Department for Research of Social Justice and Inclusion, Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Topic: Working Poor Disabled
		Prof. Darja Zaviršek, Ph.D. is Chair of the Department for Research of Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Work and the chair of the Indosow- International Doctoral Studies in Social Work. Since 2002 she is honorary professor of the University of Applied Sciences Alice Salomon, Berlin. She has established the Eastern European Sub-Regional Association of the Eastern European Schools of Social Work as part of the IASSW and is member of the IASSW, chairing International Small Projects Committee. She writes on gender, disability, ethnicity and history of social work and wrote, edited and co-edited 14 books.

		Ms. Isabel Ortiz Associate Director, Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Management, UNICEF Topic: Social Protection Floor
		Isabel Ortiz is Associate Director at UNICEF. She has over 17 years experience working in more than 30 countries in various areas of economic and social development. She was educated in Spain and the UK, where she attained a Master and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. Isabel Ortiz started as a lecturer and a researcher, but soon moved to development work, contributing to both international agencies and civil society organizations, such as Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz's Initiative for Policy Dialogue. In recent years she worked at the Asian Development Bank (1995-2003) and at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (2005-2009).

		Ms. Judith Kaulem Executive Director, Poverty Reduction Forum Trust, Zimbabwe Topic: Inequalities in Zimbabwe : A Challenge for Poverty Eradication and Human Development
		Judith Kaulem is the Executive Director of the Poverty Reduction Forum Trust (PRFT) since 2002. PRFT is a non-profiting-making civil society network of multi-layered, multi-disciplinary, multi-audience process geared towards influencing the formulation of pro-poor policies. Judith has more than 10 years experience working in human development related issues. She has published two papers on “Poverty Reduction and Land” and “Poverty and Millennium Development Goals” respectively. She is also the Regional President East and Southern Africa of ICSW and the chairperson of the Management Board of the African Forum on Policy Analysis and Development as well as a Board Member for counseling Services Trust.



	Inclusion of Disadvantaged Population
		Prof. Julien Damon Head, Department of Social Affairs, Centre for Strategic Analysis, Paris Institute for Political Sciences, France Topic: Urbanization and Social Exclusion
		Julien Damon est professeur associé à Sciences-Po (Master d’Urbanisme). Ancien responsable de la Mission Solidarité de la Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer, puis de la recherche et des études dans le cadre de la branche Famille de la Sécurité sociale, il a été également chef du service des Affaires sociales au Centre d’analyse stratégique, auprès du Premier ministre.

		Prof. Joav Merrick Founder and Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Israel Topic: Inclusion or Exclusion of People with Intellectual Disability
		Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, is professor of child health and human development affiliated with Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States. The medical director of the Health Services, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem and the founder and director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Israel. Numerous publications in the field of child health and human development, rehabilitation, intellectual disability, disability, health, welfare, abuse, advocacy, quality of life and prevention. Received the Danish Peter Sabroe Child Award in 1985 and the International LEGO-Prize (“The Children’s Nobel Prize”) in 1987.

		Representative from China Disabled Persons’ Federation, China



	Critical Reflection and Revisit of Social Work Profession
		Prof. Ira Colby President of the Council on Social Work Education & Dean of Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, USA Topic: Stretching Social Work Wings of Influence in the Political Environment
		Ira Colby is Dean of Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston. Currently Dr. Colby is serving as President of the Council on Social Work Education. He has more than 30 years of experience in social work education. Dr. Colby has served as principal investigator on many research projects; he has authored over 60 publications. His achievements have been recognized with a number of awards, including the Texas State Senate Resolution for Outstanding Contributions to the state, the Tarrant County (Texas) Social Worker of the Year, the Central Florida Social Worker of the Year, the Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas-Arlington, and the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work.

		Dr. Iain Ferguson Convener, Social Work Action Network Topic: Taking Sides: Social Work in the Era of Zombie Capitalism
		Dr Iain Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Before coming into social work education, he worked for many years as a social worker and community worker in the West of Scotland. Recent publications include an edited collection International Social Work and the Radical Tradition (with Michael Lavalette, Venture Press, 2007), Reclaiming Social Work: Challenging Neo-liberalism and Promoting Social Justice (Sage, 2008) and Radical Social Work in Practice (with Rona Woodward), (Policy Press, 2009.) He is a founder member of the Social Work Action Network, a radical campaigning network in the UK.

		Prof. Lena Dominelli Professor, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, UK Topic: Criticality, Reflexive Processes and Social Work Practice: Time to Revisit Core Social Work Concepts in Light of Contemporary Challenges?
		Prof. DOMINELLI is the Professor of Applied Social Sciences, School of Applied Social Sciences in University of Durham. She was also the President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) from 1996-2004. She is an experienced educator, practitioner and has rich and extensive career in action research. She has published over thirty books in the fields of sociology, social policy and social work and several of which have been classics on gender and ethnic relations and anti-oppressive practice. She has received accolades for her contributions to social welfare in the international arena, including medal from the Social Affairs Committee of the French Senate.



	New Momentum for Social Development
		Mr. Geoff Mulgan Director, The Young Foundation, UK
		Geoff Mulgan is director of the Young Foundation and oversaw its creation in 2005/6 out of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre, both previously run by Michael Young who Harvard’s Daniel Bell described as ‘probably the world’s most successful entrepreneur of social enterprises’. He has lectured in over 30 countries and is a visiting professor at London School of Economics, University College London, Melbourne University, and the Chinese Executive Leadership Academy in Shanghai, and is a visiting fellow at the Australia New Zealand School of Government and the UK National School of Government. His most recent book is The Art of Public Strategy: mobilising power and knowledge for the common good, published by Oxford University Press in December 2008.

		Mr. Alex Counts President & CEO, Grameen Foundation, Washington, U. S. A.
		Alex Counts is President and CEO of Grameen Foundation, a dynamic Washington D.C.-based nonprofit organization focusing on enabling the poor, and especially the poorest, to create a world without poverty, utilizing the tools of microfinance and technology. GF has grown to a global network of microfinance and technology partners in more than 25 countries. Counts became Grameen Foundation’s first chief executive in 1997, after ten years of working in microfinance and poverty reduction, including six years living and working in Bangladesh. In 2007, he received the Horace Mann Alumni Association's Award for Distinguished Achievement.

	Strategizing for Social Development
		Prof. James Midgley Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA Topic: Strategies for Social Development, Social Workers’ Contribution
		James Midgley is Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus of the School of Social Welfare University of California, Berkeley. He has published widely on social development, social policy and international social welfare. His most recent books include Social Policy for Development (with Anthony Hall, Sage Publications, 2004); Lessons from Abroad: Adapting International Social Welfare Innovations (editor with M. C. Hokenstad NASW Press, 2004); International Perspectives on Welfare to Work Policy Haworth Press, 2006 (editor with Richard Hoefer); Social Security, the Economy and Development, Palgrave, 2008 (editor with Kwong-leung Tang) and The Handbook of Social Policy, Sage, 2009 (editor with Michelle Livermore) and Social Security and Poverty in East Asia (editor with Kwong-leung Tang).

		Ms. Braema Mathi Regional President, ICSW (South East Asian & Pacific) and Committee Member, MARUAH, Singapore Topic: The Intersection of Human Rights with the Social-Cultural Pillar: An ASEAN Perspective
		Ms Braema Mathiaparanam is the current Regional President of the ICSW (South East Asia and Pacific). She is also the Singapore focal point for The Working Group on ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism and currently leads a local group called, MARUAH, that works on human rights. Ms Braema recently completed a research on Unmet Social Needs for the Lien Centre of Social Innovation. As an activist for the last 16 years, Ms Braema has been President of the leading women's group in Singapore, AWARE and is currently the Vice-President of Action for Aids. She was a former Nominated Member of Parliament and continues to serve on committees for the Ministry of Health.

		Prof. On-Kwok Lai Professor, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Topic: People’s New Strategic Engagements for Larger Freedom in a Globalizing World: The Challenges for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Information Age
		On-Kwok LAI, Professor at Graduate School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, honorary professorship in Social Policy and fellowship in Urban Planning at The University of Hong Kong. Graduated from The University of Hong Kong (B.Soc.Sc., M.Soc.Sc.), and University of Breman (Dr.rer.pol.), Germany, he has taught/researched in Germany, China and New Zealand. He publishes over 100 journal papers and book-chapters on environmental, social and urban issues and policy in Asia and Europe, and has been invited as speaker for conferences of UNESCO, UNU-IAS and WHO. His recent research is on: social development issues of information society and globalization.



	Promoting Best Practice in Social Work Education & Continuous Professional Development
		Prof. John Carpenter Chair of Social Work, Bristol University, UK Topic: Learning Together to Work Together: Interprofessional Education and CDP in England
		Professor John Carpenter has the Chair of Social Work at the University of Bristol, England. He was previously Professor and Director of the Centre for Applied Social Studies at Durham University (1997-2005) and Senior Lecturer at Kent University (1988-96). He was a founding Academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. He designed and evaluated one of the first pre-qualifying programmes of interprofessional education (IPE) in England. He has since completed comprehensive evaluations of the outcomes of postqualifying IPE in mental health and short courses for child protection. He is co-author of Interprofessional Education and Training, Policy Press (2008).

		Prof. Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova Professor, Department of Social Anthropology & Social Work, Saratov State Technical University, Russia Topic: Social work in Russia: challenges and perspectives
		Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova is Doctor of Sociology, Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology and Social Work, Saratov State Technical University. She is teaching courses in social work theories, research methods and gender studies, has published several books and numerous articles on gender and disability, issues of social policy, professionalization of social work, and visual studies of social problems. She had as well experience of research and consulting work for projects of the Ministries of Labor and Social Development, Health Care and Education in Russia.




	Linking Social Work Research and Practice
		Prof. Bruce Thyer Professor of Social Work, Florida State University, USA Topic: Evidence-based Practice and Social Work: Myths and Misconceptions
		Prof. Bruce A. Thyer is the Professor of the College of Social Work of Florida State University and Professor of the Department of Social Welfare of Yonsei University, Republic of Korea. He also was the Professor of the Department of Social Work of University of Georgia and Visiting Professor of the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom and Queens’ University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Prof. Thyer’s research interests include Evidence-based Practice in Social Work, Behavior Analysis in Social Work, Evaluation Research and Clinical Social Work. He has published more than 230 refereed journal articles and 30 books

		Prof. Mike Fisher Head of Quality & Research, Social Care Institute for Excellence, UK Topic: Practice-literate Research : Turning the Tables
		Professor Mike Fisher is Head of Quality and Research at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) – the UK national body developing the evidence base for social work and social care. At SCIE, he directs a programme of work on systematic reviews and on developing the research infrastructure for social work and social care. Before moving to SCIE in 2001, he directed the National Institute for Social Work Research Unit and taught at the Universities of Sheffield, Bradford and York. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Warwick, UK, and a qualified social worker.

		Prof. Daniel Shek Chair Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Topic: Linking social work research and practice: global issues and local experiences
		Daniel Shek (PhD, FHKPS, BBS, JP) is Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Advisory Professor of East China Normal University, and Honorary Professor of Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau. He is Chief Editor of Journal of Youth Studies, Consulting Editor of Journal of Clinical Psychology,and international consultant of American Journal of Family Therapy. He is Chairman of the Action Committee Against Narcotics of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He has published 46 books, 76 book chapters and more than 300 articles in international refereed journals.



	Empowering Social Workers to Undertake Practice Research
		Prof. Irwin Epstein Rehr Chair in Applied Social Work Research, Hunter College, School of Social Work, City University of New York, USA Topic: Reconciling Evidence-based Practice and Practice-based Research: Clinical Data-mining as an Empowering Strategy
		Irwin Epstein holds the Rehr Chair in Applied Social Work Research at Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City. His primary professional interest is in promoting Practice-based Research (PBR) and engaging practitioners in evaluating their own practice with available agency data. He refers to this as “clinical data-mining” (CDM) and has conducted CDM workshops at universities and social agencies in Australia, Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States. His most recent book on the subject is entitled Clinical data-mining: Integrating practice and research, and was published by Oxford University Press.

		Prof. Chista Fouche Associate Professor, School of Counselling, Human Services & Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand Topic: Using a ‘Framework of Opportunity’ to Advance Practice Research'
		Dr Christa Fouche is Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is Head of the Bachelor of Social Work programme in the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work. Christa has been employed in various academic, practice and research roles in South Africa, New Zealand and the USA during her professional career. She has extensive experience as researcher and research mentor with a particular focus on applied research in the social services. The focus of her current research and publications include Professional Workforce Development and Practice-based research strategies.

		Prof. Tatsuru Akimoto Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Integrated Arts & Social Sciences, Japan Women's University, Japan .
		Tatsuru Akimoto, LL.B, MSW, DSW(City University of New York) Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Integrated Arts & Social Sciences, Japan Women's University (1990-) [Work and Social Work and International Social Work]; Board Member At-Large (2005-), IASSW; Employment Promotion Expert, ILO, 1992-94; "The unipolar world and inequality in social work:….Implications for social work," InternationalSocialWork, No. 5, September 2007, ShrinkageofUrbanSlumsinAsiaandtheirEmploymentAspects. (Ed.). Bangkok: ILO/ROAP, 1998, "A voice from Japan--Requestioning international social work/welfare: Where are we now? Welfare world and national interest." Japanese Journal of Social Services. No.1.October 1997, etc.



	Social Work Research and Clinical Practice: Examples in Different Contexts
		Prof. Alean Al-Krenawi Professor, Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Topic: The Psychosocial Impact of Political Violence on youth: The Middle East Case
		Alean Al-Kreanwi (Ph.D) is a full Prof. at the Spitzer Department of Social Work at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Professor Al-Krenawi's research interests include multicultural mental-health, Political violence and its impact on youth and social work with indigenous populations. He conducts studies in Israel, Canada, Africa, Palestine and other Arab countries. Prof. Al-Krenawi published two books, and currently he is working on two additional books; Islam and Social Work, and the psychosocial impact of Political Violence on Adolescents: The Israeli –Palestinian case. Prof. Al-Krenawi has also authored numerous book chapters and academic peer reviewed articles.

		Prof. Jane Gilgun Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, USA
		Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW, is a professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. She does research on change processes in practice with families and children, on human development under conditions of adversities, and on the development of violent behaviors. She has special interests in the four cornerstones of evidence-based practice, qualitative research methods, and on the construction of assessment tools. Her most recent book is Shame, Blame, & Child Sexual Abuse: From Harsh Realities to Hope. Professor Gilgun has a Ph.D. in child and family studies from Syracuse University, a master's in social work from the University of Chicago, and a licentiate in family studies and sexuality from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. In addition, she has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in English literature.

		Prof. Takeshi Tamura Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan Topic: “Hikikomoir” - Social Withdrawal of Young People
		Takeshi Tamura, M.D. Professor at the Tokyo Gakugei University. Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Specialized in Family Therapy. Born in 1957, Graduated from University of Tsukuba Medical School. MSc for Family Therapy from Birkbeck College, London University. Publications; 1) Connectedness versus separateness: Applicability of family therapy to Japanese families. Family Process 31 (4): 319-340, 1992. 2) The Development of Family Therapy and the Experience of Fatherhood in Japanese Context. Ng, K.S. (ed.) Global Perspectives in family therapy. Brunner-Routledge, New York, 2003.




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