Revitalising Critical Reflection in Contemporary Social Work Research, Practice and Education

Globally, social work faces increasingly complex cultural, political, economic, legal, organisational, technological and professional conditions.
Critically reflecting on the subject, this book heightens critical consciousness among social work researchers, educators, practitioners and students about the structural dimensions of social problems and human suffering; it highlights the inter-relationship between agency and structure and discusses strategies to challenge and change both individual and societal consciousness.
Offering the reader an opportunity to gain in-depth understanding of how critical reflection is possible in contemporary social work research, practice and education, it will be required reading for all social work scholars, students and professionals.

Christian Franklin Svensson is a Ph.D. in anthropology and social innovation. Using ethnographic approaches and policy analysis, he has a focus on issues of welfare, civil society, social change, migration, inclusion, cross-sectoral cooperation and community. From several years of teaching and supervision, Svensson is firmly rooted in quality assurance and curriculum development in international programmes. He has been peer-reviewer for a number of journals including The Danish Anthropological Association, South Asia Research Journal, South Asian Development, Social Work and Society, The Inclusion Journal and VOLUNTAS. Svensson is an appointed external expert with the European Union Institutions; a UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab expert; and an associate member of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge.

Pia Ringø is Ph.D. in sociology and social work. She is associate professor of social work at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University, Denmark. She is the research manager of the research group SOSA addressing the specialised social work in the field of psychiatry and disability research. Pia Ringø has methodological competencies in method, theory and concept development within the social sciences and social work. Her scientific focus is on theory of science, realism, integrated analytical models and development of scientific models as ways to analyse the interaction between politics, management, knowledge and practice.