Together with The international ‘Social Work & Society’ Academy (TiSSA) an inter-university PhD-Network has been developed to an inspiring project with an extended international participation. In the course of the annual TiSSA Plenum the PhD-Network organizes a three-days PreConference especially for PhD- and high grade final year students.
 The PhD-Network of TiSSA
aspires to establish a broad international cooperation of PhD-students in the field of social professions. Within the structure of TiSSA an active participation in current professional debates is promoted and supported. Emergent scholars get the opportunity to present their dissertation projects in a broad international context and to enlist contacts which are relevant for their research topic. Each year, international professors and experts are attached to the PreConference as ‘supervisors’ for the PhD-students. Thus a new generation of professionals can acquire and exercise those skills, which are necessary to cope with contemporary challenges of societies in transition and their impact on social services.
Active Participation
Pursuant to last years feedback the PreConference is enlarged up to three days. Thereby a broader variety of settings for the concentrated working process is intended.
The presentations of ongoing doctoral research projects (ODR) will mainly take place during plenary sessions and thematic parallel sessions. If there will be enough interest from the participants, the opportunity to prepare the dissertation project for a poster session will be given.
Supervisors will give short lectures about international social work research and education.
In addition, four thematic working groups will allow all participants to prepare for an advanced TiSSA Plenum debate. According to participants’ response, the working groups will be based on selected literature and empirical studies. This shared knowledge base will facilitate a common clearing process and thus enhance the analysis of the TiSSA topic.
All PhD students are expected to choose one kind of active participation. For plenary and poster presentation of ODR, the abstract guidelines apply accordingly.
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