The Hans-Uwe Otto Social Work PhD Award
Prof. dr. Hans-Uwe Otto was one of the founders and long-time chair of The International Social Work and Society Academy (TiSSA). To honour his legacy, the University of Bielefeld, The German Education Union GEW and TiSSA have created the Hans-Uwe Otto Social Work PhD award.
True to the original aim of Hans-Uwe Otto, TiSSA wants to build a strong Social Work research community, and specifically show solidarity and collaboration with countries all around Europe. The PhD award intends to support young researchers, with a special focus on connecting Eastern and Western European countries.
The award contains the following:
- Free participation in (one of the next) TiSSA conference(s), PhD - Pre and/or Plenum Conference
- A travel (trip and lodging) grant to attend (one of the next) TiSSA conference(s)
- The possibility of having a draft of a journal article reviewed by two supervisors
The candidates for the award are PhD students :
- Who are carrying out a PhD in the field of Social Work
- Who will present their PhD at the TiSSA PhD - Pre Conference
- Who participate in the main TiSSA conference
- Being a PhD student in the above mentioned countries is recommended
The award jury will be the supervisors at the TiSSA PhD - Pre Conference who decide the award on the basis of the topic and presentation of the project at the PhD - Pre Conference
An award ceremony will take place at the opening session of the Plenum TiSSA conference
The work of the award holder will be included in the TiSSA website.
LAUREATES
The 2025 laureate is Olga Lupanova.
- Tallinn University, Estonia
- "Estonian Men’s Perspectives on the Transition to retirement and Post-Retirement Work".
The 2024 laureate is Zuzana Broskevičová.
- University of Ostrava, Czech Republic,
- "Lived experiences of inequalities and social crises during young adulthood"
