1. June 30, 8:30-10 am, Workshop, Room 104 (1F)
2016 Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development Innovations in Social Work Research Approaches and Methods: Applications to Education and Practice
June 30, 8:30-10 am, Workshop, Room 104 (1F)
Dixon Sookraj, Linda De chanu, Anna Metteri & Tuula Heinonen

2. Overview of the session
IASSW Research Committee (Context)
What has been accomplshed – Draft Statement
Workshop objectives
Emerging topics for social work research and action
Research paradigms, methodologies and methods in social work research
Challenges and opportunities emerging in and for research
How social work should or could respond to these

3. IASSW & Research: Historical Context, Activities and Outcomes
How and why the Research Comittee was formed and what is its mandate

4. Emerging topics and research paradigms, methodologies & methods
Global change
Indigenous concerns
Natural and other disasters
World conflicts
Migration and immigration: local and global features and issues
Indigenous knowledges and research
Grassroots-led inquiry and action
Increased needs and interest in mixed methodologies and methods
Publication forums and issues

5. Emerging topics and research paradigms, methodologies & methods
Trade policies and effects on social work and service users.
Public sector, privatization and their effects
Comparison of country policies and social work practice.
Policy and practice transferability
Mixed methodologies and methods to ’follow the money’
Inter-country comparative research: methodologies and methods
Evaluation of Knowledge and policy transfer and sharing benefits of research

6. Challenges and opportunities emerging in and for research
Climate for social work research
Funding sources and challenges
Collaboration with grass-roots groups and organizations
Interest in and need for Indigenous inquiry
Conducting micro level vs. macro level research

7. How social work should or could respond: Current picture and discussion
Review of diversity and main focii of social work research around the world
Views of audience on knowledge and understanding of research in their country or regional context?

8. Where do we go from here? Research networks Priority topics
Survey of social work education programs?
Committee membership – who wants to be involved?