German Society for Social Work
The German Society for Social Work e. V. (DGSA; until 2006: German Society for Social Work (DGS); nickname: Forum for Science and Practice ) is a scientific association for the promotion of the specialist science of social work . It sees itself as an academic society that takes care of issues relating to the discipline in research and teaching. The association is based in Frankfurt am Main , with its office in Sersheim .
The chairmen of the DGSA are Michaela Köttig and Barbara Thiessen. Board members are Wolfgang Antes, Stefan Borrmann , Sonja Kubisch, Dieter Röh , Christian Spatscheck and Claudia Steckelberg.
Former chairmen were Sabine Stövesand and Michaela Köttig, Herbert Effinger and Sabine Stövesand, Wolf-Rainer Wendt and Silvia Staub-Bernasconi and Hubert Oppl.
History and goals
The DGSA was founded in 1989 as a specialist society. The non-profit association aims to function as a specialist forum for content-related discussions and the differentiation of the sub-disciplines of social work. The DGSA would also like to promote the promotion of young academics and encourage lively scientific and publication activities. Anyone who deals with professional social work in the professional and academic field can become a member.
Sections and specialist groups
The society is divided into four sections and nine specialist groups.
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Cooperation with other specialist societies
The DGSA is closely networked with the Social Pedagogy Commission of the German Society for Educational Science (DGfE), the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW) and the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA). There are also working contacts with the social science counterpart to the DGSA in Sociology , the German Society for Sociology (DGS) and for academic psychology with the German Society for Psychology (DGPs).
Publications
The DGSA publishes a series of books called “Theory, Research and Practice of Social Work” by Barbara Budrich Verlag .
A newsletter appears twice a year and is sent to members in a combined edition with the electronic subscription to the journal “Social Work (DZI)”.
The specialist journal “Social Work (DZI)”, published by the DZI , has been the DGSA's periodic publication organ since 2016. Members receive an electronic subscription.
Until 2010, the periodic publication organ of the DGSA was the specialist journal "Blätter der Wohlfahrtspflege - German journal for social work", published by the Nomos publishing company .
Meetings and events
The DGSA initiates scientific symposiums, conferences, symposia and colloquia in its sections and specialist groups for the exchange of scientists and professionals as well as for the promotion of the discipline.
Once a year the DGSA organizes its annual conference:
- 2019: Change in the working society - social work in times of globalization, digitization and precariousness. April 26th and 27th, DHBW Stuttgart.
- 2018: Democracy and Social Work. April 27 and 28, HAW Hamburg.
- 2017: Social work and human rights. April 28th and 29th, Alice Salomon University Berlin.
- 2016: "Inclusion is ..." - Perspectives and positions in social work. April 29 and 30, Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.
- 2015: Effects of social work - potentials and limits of the evidence base for the profession and discipline. April 24th and 25th, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
- 2014: Conflicts - theoretical and practical challenges for social work. April 25th and 26th, Cologne University of Applied Sciences.
- 2013: Perceiving, analyzing, intervening. Access to social realities. April 26 and 27, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
- 2011: Diversity & Inequality - Analytical Approaches and Professional Action in Social Work. November 25th and 26th, Evangelische Hochschule Dresden.
- 2010: The whole and its parts: Generalization and specialization of social work on an international scale. November 26th and 27th, Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg i. Br.
- 2009: Twenty years of profiling the science of social work. Anniversary conference. November 27th and 28th, Munich University of Applied Sciences
- 2008: Social work as an actor in social policy. November 27th and 28th, Jena University of Applied Sciences
- 2007: Social participation - ways out of poverty. November 30th and December 1st, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- 2006: Empiricism and Theory in Social Work - Research Results and Their Significance for Theory Development and Practice. November 17th and 18th, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
The DGSA is open to cooperation with other committees and professional associations and calls on other disciplines that also deal with questions of social work to jointly shape the future of the science of social work.