The 8th TiSSA Plenum 2010 seeks to reflect upon implications of the crises on social work profession, education, research and practice and the operation of social services in times of crises. Contributions innovatively and critically addressing and reflecting upon the general theme of the TiSSA Plenum "Social Work in Times of Crisis. What can Social Work deliver? In whose interest?" are welcomed. Presentations for the TiSSA PreConference will reflect ongoing dissertation projects in the broad field of social work.

All colleagues are cordially invited to send an abstract (1-2 pages) to the TiSSA co-ordinator: hansuwe.otto@uni-bielefeld.de.

Submissions can either represent reflected practical experiences, empirical research or theoretical concerns.
The international scientific committee will validate all incoming abstracts. Presentations will be limited to max. 20 minutes. Points for subsequent discussions are welcome.

For all colleagues intending to give a paper either for the TiSSA Plenum or for the PreConference of PhD-Network the deadline for the announcement of the abstract is 1st of July,  2010.

We kindly ask you to send your papers in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Open Office Document (.odt) format.

Topic suggestions and draft papers may also be submitted to the scientific committee for evaluation and guidance with a view to further elaboration

All participants are invited to send the full paper or revised article to the scientific journal: Social Work & Society - The Online-only journal (publication results from the journal's review process) or the new Social Work & Society News Magazine: SocMag.