ONLINE DOCTORAL SCHOOL
Social work research as a practice of transparency
After 5 editions we will exceptionally not organise the online doctoral school in 2026.
We are aiming for a new edition in 2027 and we will keep you informed via the website and our newsletters.
TiSSA organises, together with the Department of Social Work & Social Pedagogy of Ghent University, the Centre for Sociological Research of the KU Leuven, and Faculté Ouverte de Politique Economique et Sociale of the UC Louvain (Belgium) with the support of the Doctoral School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Ghent University, a series of online lectures as part of the online doctoral course "Social work research as a practice of transparency".
The course will be spread over four training days, each consisting of two main parts, in total 24 contact hours.
- Each morning session is plenary for all interested researchers and will consist of two lectures by international experts in conducting social work research.
Participation on the morning sessions is free of charge and accessible to everyone interested. Registration is not required.
- In the afternoon, we organise interactive seminars with the enrolled PhD students where collaboration, discussion and exchange are central.
To participate during the afternoon sessions as a PhD student, it is required to apply. Each PhD student will present his/her work during one of the training days. Participation is free of charge.
Target audience
All PhD researchers in the field of social work and social sciences can enroll for this doctoral school. Participation on the morning sessions is free of charge and accessible to everyone interested!
Objectives and learning outcomes
The choices made by social work researchers, although they can seem to be very obvious ones, often remain implicit during the different research processes. This weakens social work as an academic discipline as its profile remains unclear in relation to adjacent disciplines such as sociology, psychology and educational sciences. The aim of the course is to train researchers to develop their social work research as a practice of transparency in order to strengthen the identity of their work. This refers to the reflexive capacity of researchers in which they need to learn to make their perspective on research and their research topic and the choices they often make implicitly, explicit and bring these into the public debate.
Practical
- To get a certificate of attendance, PhD students are expected to present at 1 afternoon session and take part in at least 3 out of 4 training days.
- Participation is free of charge, but please make sure you have an account on Zoom (or Google/Facebook) to join through the zoom link.
- This zoom link will apply to all sessions, as well as to the interactive sessions with PhD students:
https://zoom.us/j/96853479337?pwd=a0c3em1zNVV5d0N6NnN4YS8zbWhmZz09 - Participation on the morning sessions only is accessible to everyone interested and registration is not required
- The PhD ACT is a collaboration by Ghent University and the University of Leuven - researchers from other universities should check at their own institutions if this course can be recognised as part of their doctoral training.
Organising committee
Prof. dr. Rudi Roose (Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy - Ghent University and chair of TiSSA)
Prof. dr. Griet Roets (Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy - Ghent University)
Prof. dr. Koen Hermans ( LUCAS - Centre for Care Research and Consultancy - Leuven University)
Prof. dr. Wim Van Lancker ( Centre for Sociological Research - Leuven University)
Prof. dr. Martin Wagener (Faculté Ouverte de Politique Economique et Sociale - UC Louvain)
Dries Cautreels (Secretary of TiSSA)
