French research on Social Work: war and weapons Hélène Join-Lambert Marie Curie Research Fellow - CIRCY Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense

Who does research on Social Work? Academics in Universities Schools for Social Work National observatories

How does research feed into practice? Through training Through policy

The war Competition between universities and schools Many examples of local cooperation On-going negotiations national level

As a result Researchers on Social Work – seek legitimacy in other scientific areas Practitioners in Social Work – are not familiar with the research perspective