INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS COMMITEE REPORT July 2022
IASSW Board Meeting, version 3 July 2022
Members of the committee: David McNabb (chair), Shahana Rasool (deputy chair), KareneAnne Nathaniel-DeCaires, Letnie Rock, Jessica Hanna Jönsson, Siu-man Ng, Mariusz
Granosik, Yujie Sui, and Chaitali Das.
International Projects under consideration from 30 April 2022 call
The previous call for international projects was due as usual on 31 October. However, given
the smaller number of applications submitted the Committee gained agreement from theBoard that we move to a six-monthly call for applications in the future to support an easierprocess for project groups to be able to make their applications.
The next call will be on 31 October. Some years ago, IASSW operated a six-monthly
application process but this was changed when enough projects were submitted using a single
annual date. So, we are now reverting to the previous system to encourage an increase in thenumber of applications being submitted.
Below are the projects under active consideration where further data has been requested fromall applications before a final decision can be made.

1. 2022 projects under consideration
Coordinator
Karen Meixner
University of Applied
Sciences Joanneum,Graz, Austria
Jóna Ólafsdóttir
University of Iceland,
Reykjavík, Iceland

Prince Solomon(Katie Lopez - support)
Madras Christian CollegeChennai, India
Mel Gray
The University ofNewcastle
NSW 2308, Australia
Shulamit Ramon &University ofTopic
Including the voices of refugees
and asylum seekers in social
work curriculum development.

Countries
Austria, UK,
IsraelProposalUnderconsideration

Steps toward an international
Master’s-level course for Social
Work students and professionals
on the causal relationships
between domestic violence andaddiction within families
Innovations and Best Practices
in Social Work Education

Iceland,Finland,Netherlands

Underconsideration

India, USA,
UgandaUnderconsideration

Towards a Culturally Relevant
Curriculum (CRC) for Nigerian
Universities offering Social
Work Education

Australia,
Nigeria,
Scotland.

Under
consideration

Social Work in War Contexts

Germany,
Israel,Underconsideration
1/Hertfordshire,
England
Darja Zaviršek
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
Michelle Jones
Flinders University,
Adelaide,
Australia

Kosovo,Slovenia,
Ukraine, UK

Decolonising Social Work
Practice Education (FieldInstruction): Build a tailoredintervention model/action plans
for Social Work Schools
Developing an East Africa UK
collaboration project on
indigenous voices in Social
Work Education

Australia,
Finland,
India, Israel,
UK, Sweden

Underconsideration

England,
Rwanda,Uganda,BurundiUnderconsideration

Moses Okumu,
School of social work,
The University of IllinoisUrban-Champaign,
Illinois, USA

Integrating a Gender
Transformative Financial
Capability Perspective in Social
Work Education fora post-COVID-19 Recovery

ACCEPTED

Natsuko Minamino,
Toyo University,
Faculty of Human Life
Design, Department of
Human Care and Support,
Tokyo, JAPANJack Xiaoning Huang,
Columbia University,School of Social Work,New York, USA

Guidelines on Social Work
Practice Education &Internationalization: A Critical
Review

USA,
Singapore
China,
Australia,(Links toGhana)Japan,Norway,India,
Kenya
USA,
China

ACCEPTED

South Africa,
Australia,
Chile

ACCEPTED

Jill Childs
Oxford Brookes
University,
Oxford,England
From 31 October 2021

Shahana Rasool,
University ofJohannesburg,
Johannesburg,
SOUTH AFRICA

Voices and Lenses: A
Comparative and Collaborative
Workshop Series Utilizing
Documentary Filmmaking as a
Social Work Intervention
Routledge International
Handbook of Feminisms inSocial WorkACCEPTED

2. Financial assessment
The average annual amount we have spent over the years is approximately USD14,000. In
2022 the expenditure is likely to be less due to the ongoing interruption of Covid-19.
It is always difficult to know what the expenditure will be as it relies on the project members
progressing their work to justify applying for instalments of funding. Also, some projects do
not reach completion and therefore do not receive their final payment.
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In 2020 we changed the way projects receive their allocation to a model of $2,000 + $2,000,
whereas it used to be $1,500 + $1,500 + $1,000 – subject to satisfactory reports. Having only
two payments for projects saves on administration expense along with staff and volunteertime.

3. Running projects
Coordinator
Monit Cheung,
Graduate College of Social
Work
University of Houston,
Houston Texas,
USA
January 2021-2022+
Sandra Engstrom
Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of Stirling,
Stirling UK
January 2021-2022+
Wassie Kebede
Addis Ababa University,
School of Social Work
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
January 2021-2022+
Smitha S. Nair
Centre for Health and Mental
Health, School of Social
Work,
Tata Institute of Social
Sciences,
Mumbai,
India
January 2021-2022+
Kiran Thampi,
Rajagiri College of Social
Sciences,Kerala,
India
January 2020-2022+
Felicia Tuggle
Auburn University
Auburn, AL,
USA
January 2020-2022+
Talia Meital Schwartz-Tayri,
Tel Aviv University,

Project
Professional Identity Development inSocial Work during the COVID-19
Pandemic: Urgent Care Social Work
Education in Mexico, Taiwan, and theUnited States.

Countries
USA, Mexico,Taiwan

Social Work Crosses Borders But Does
Our Education?

Scotland,Canada

Revisiting Social Work Curricula to Fit
the National Needs in the Context ofCOVID-19 Pandemic: The Case ofEthiopia and Eswatini

Ethiopia,Eswatini

Adaptability and Innovations in Social
Work Field Education During thePandemic of Covid-19: A Study ofStudent’s Experiences across Campusesin India and Canada.

India, Canada

Practices, priorities and challenges instudent mobility programmes for fieldeducation: Developing supervisionframework for better outcomes.

India, Israel,
Australia

Aligning Global Standards of social
work field education with social
development practice and Sustainable
Development Goals.

USA, Ghana

Social work education and profession inIndia and Israel – Sisters separated?

Israel, USA,India.
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January 2020-2022+
Linda Kreitzer
University of Calgary
Edmonton, Alberta,
CanadaJanuary 2020-2022+
Mirna Carranza,
McMaster University,
CanadaJanuary 2019-2022+
Eduardo Marques
Universidade dos Açores,
Portugal &Mieko Yoshihama, Universityof Michigan, USA.
January 2019-2022+

Africa social work history for education
and research: Association for Social
Work Education in Africa – document
analysis.

Canada,Uganda, South
AfricaResponding to Gender Based Violence
through Social Work Curriculum in El
Salvador.

Canada, El
Salvador

Creating Global Social Work
Visionaries through PhotoVoice.

Portugal, USA,Spain

4. Visibility of the projects on the IASSW website and in Social Dialogue
Material from the International projects are published on the IASSW website, whereInternational projects have their own space. The enhanced website has already helped withpromoting the great work achieved through project funding. Summaries of good quality
reports have been considered for publication in Social Dialogue magazine, which is anotherhelpful way to promote the project funding program.

5. Concerns
The global coverage of International projects is related to the membership coverage. New
members have been incentivised to join IASSW in the process of submitting projects. We
have to pay continuous attention to the recruitment of IASSW memberships, applications andpartnerships especially from those regions which are less representative of IASSW projects,
such as Latin America and Northern Africa, just to mention a few.

6. Change of Chair
I will be stepping down as Chair of the International Projects Committee having completed
six years in the role. It has been my pleasure to serve IASSW in this way and it seems now is
an appropriate time to finish as Chair. I am happy to continue as a member on the Committee
for a period and offer support to a new Chair.
Respectfully submitted,David McNabb,
Chair of the International Projects Committee
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AppendixCompleted projects from January 2011 to June 2022
Completed projects in 2011
1. Introducing the implications of political conflict to social work within social work
education: a curriculum development initiative. Coordinator, Prof. Shula Ramon ofAnglia Ruskin University, UK. (2009–2011). Five countries.
2. Students’ Perceptions of International Social Work: A Comparative Study in the USA,UK, and Georgia. Coordinator Assistant Professor Marina Lalayants, Hunter College
School of Social Work, USA. 2009‒2011. USA, UK, Georgia.
3. Forensic social work: formulation of political-pedagogical directives and instruments
for the training of social workers in the south cone. 2009–2011.
4. Collecting practical knowledge in the centres of social work in Pristine: producing
knowledge for an evidence-based social work study. 2008‒2011.
5. Applications of Global standards for education development by IASSW – a ten years’perspective. 2010–2011.
Completed projects in 2012
6. Developing the Capacity for Teaching Excellence in Social Work and Social
Development in Ethiopia. Coordinator professor Margaret E. Adamek, Indiana
University, USA. 2009–2012. Countries: USA (two schools), Ethiopia.
7. WAFE: Working with adults who are vulnerable – a comparison of curricula, policies
and constructions. Coordinator Professor Jonathan Parker, Bournemouth University,
UK. ‒2012. Countries: China/Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Austria, Kuwait, USA.
8. Translating global perspectives on health inequalities research into social work
education – a Pacific Rim perspective. Coordinator Professor Rosalie Pocket,
University of Sydney. 2011–2012. Countries: UK, South Korea, Australia.
9. An Exploration of Int. Innovation in Service User Involvement Across ThreeCountries, Coordinator Joe Duffy, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2011‒2012. Countries: Northern Ireland, Spain, Slovenia.
Completed projects in 2013
10. What and How Do We Teach, and How Do We Learn? A Mutual Project of Social
Work Faculty from Asia, Middle East & Europe Countries, Coordinator Oritt
Nuttman-Shwartz, Sapir College. Israel. 2013‒2013. Countries: Israel, India,Ethiopia, Germany, USA.
Completed projects in 2014
11. Strangers at home and abroad: Teaching about migration in social work. Coordinator
Mimi V. Chapman, University of North Carolina, USA. 2011‒2014. Countries: USA,China/two schools.
5/12. A comparative study on perspectives on non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors ofsocial work students in USA, Cyprus, & Jordan. Implications for social work practiceand curriculum, coordinator Efrosine Kokaliari, School of Social Work, Springfield
College, USA. 2011‒2014. Countries: USA, Cyprus, Jordan.
13. Rights practice in the biosphere, Coordinator Susan Bailey, School of Population
Health, University of Western Australia. 2011‒2014. Countries: Australia, Hong
Kong, Quatar.
14. Building Social Work Education Capacity in Ethiopia through an International Traveland Study, Coordinator Alice K. Butterfield, University of Illinois at Chicago, JaneAddams College of Social Work, USA. 2011‒2014. Countries: USA, Ethiopia.
15. Social work development through North/South dialogue in teaching and practiceresearch, Coordinator Aina Lian Flem, Sør Trøndelag University college, Faculty ofHealth Education and Social Work, Norway. 2013–2014. Countries: Zambia,Sweden, Norway.
16. Exchange and Collaboration on MSW Curriculum, Content, and Teaching
Innovations between China and the United States, Coordinator Li Xu, School ofEthnology and Sociology, South Central University of Nationalities, the People’s
Republic of China. 2013–2014. Countries: China/two schools, USA.
17. Teaching International Social Work to students across the globe using online
technology. Coordinator: Terry Lum, University of Hong Kong together with Cindy
Davis, University of Tennessee, College of Social Work, USA. 2013–2014.
Countries: China, South Africa, Australia/two schools, USA.
Completed projects in 201518. Southeast Europe (SEE) academic women’s leadership initiative, coordinator: Sanela
Sadic, University of Sarajevo, Department of Social Work, Bosnia and Herzegovina
July 2014–January 2015. Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia,USA.
19. Developing and disseminating a new masters social work program on women andfamilies in China. Coordinator: Tuula Heinonen, Faculty of Social Work, Universityof Manitoba, Canada. April 2013–April 2015. Countries: Canada, China, Finland.
20. Where knowledge, social work and social policy meet: A cross-national perspectiveon the involvement of social work academics in social policy. Coordinator John Gal,Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University ofJerusalem. January 2014‒June 2015. Countries: Israel, Portugal, U.K, Puerto Rico.
21. Building a comparative perspective on media representation of social work: The firststep. Coordinator Brian Littlechild, University of Hertfordshire, U.K. January 2014–October 2015. Countries: U.K., Germany (2 schools), Italy.
22. Enhancing social work field education through international collaboration: A pilot
project in Central China. Coordinators Dr. Fei Sun, School of Social Work, ArizonaState University and Dr. Meirong Liu, School of Social work at Howard University.
December 2013–December 2015. Countries: USA (two schools), China.
Completed projects in 20166/

23. Cross-national community practice: Schools of Social Work and Social
Transformation in Kenya, South Africa, and the United States. Coordinator Joyce
Shim, PhD, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Dominican
University, IL, USA. September 2015–March 2016. Countries: USA, Kenya, SouthAfrica.
24. Promoting a developmental approach to social work education in Southern and EastAfrica. An assessment of the appropriateness of the fieldwork education componentof the social work curriculum. Coordinator Prof. Mel Gray, The School of
Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW,
Australia. January 2016 – December 2016. Countries: Botswana, Australia.
25. Building Knowledge and Skills of Social Work Faculty in Reducing Communityvulnerability and exposure to disasters. 2014–2017. Project was not completed anddid not get its final payment with their being no concluding report. Dr. Bala Raju
Nikku, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia and Nepal School of Social Work.
Countries: Malaysia, India, Idonesia, U.K.
Projects completed in 2017
26. The Experience of Transnational Migration: The Effects of Separation on Individualsand Families. Jan 2014-May 2015, extended to May 2017. Laura A. Lewis, PhD,LCSW, ACSW, Director of Field Education, Co-director of the Institute for
Sustainable Global Engagement, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, NY,USA. Countries: USA, Republic of Moldova.
27. International Social Work Education Exchange Project: Complexities of HIV and
AIDS in the Caribbean and the United States. January 2016–May 2017. AssistantProfessor Dr Tamarah Moss, Howard University, School of Social Work,
Washington, DC, USA. Countries: Barbados, The Bahamas and USA.
28. Comparative Community Practice: MSW Curriculum Development in Ecuador,
Mexico, and the United States. July 2016, October 2017. Dr Ing. Fabricio Guevara
Viejo, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Ecuador. Countries: Ecuador, Mexico, USA.
29. Advancing Pacific social work education - Symposium. July 2016-March 2017. Dr
Tracie Mafile’o, Massey University, New Zealand. Countries: New Zealand,Australia, Fiji.
Projects completed in 201830. Japanese international forum. January 2018. Ms Kana Matsuo, Shukutoku
University, Japan.
31. Building Networks and Frameworks for Global Social Work Education. July 2016March 2018. Prof Dr Janet Anand, University of Eastern Finland & Dr Trinh Mai,
University of Utah, USA. Countries: USA, Finland, India, Austria.
32. Developing Social Work Education and Practice in Malawi. Jan 2017-Jan 2019. Dr.
Janet Walker, University of Lincoln, England. Countries: England, Malawi.
Projects completed in 2019
33. In the time of urgent political conflicts: Post-election training and empowerment ofcommunity leaders, social workers, and social transformers for peace and social
7/cohesion in Kenya, South Africa and the United States. May 2018-April 2019. Bro
Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Countries: Kenya, South Africa & United States.
34. The Development of a Global Partnership to Further Social Work Education, Practiceand Research in International Military Social Work (IMilSW). June 2018- July 2019.
Dr Mary Ann Forgey, Fordham University, NY, USA. Countries: USA, Ukraine, &Australia.
35. Collaboration for Inter-national field practicum for Social Work education in supportof elderly care in Nigeria. Sept 2017-December 2019. Dr Uzo Anucha, YorkUniversity, Canada & Dr Augusta Y Olaore, Babcock University, Nigeria. Countries:
Nigeria, Canada, USA, & South Africa.
36. Strengthening Social Work Field Education in Ethiopia. Dec 2018-July 2019. Dr
Bekele Molla, University of Gondar, Ethiopia.Countries: Ethiopia, USA. Incomplete
project.
Projects completed in 2020
37. A Trans-national Collaborative Research: Rights-based Social Work Practice inSoutheastern Europe. Jan 2018-Sept 2020. Dr. Erika Bejko, University of Tirana,Albania & Dr. Vjollca Krasniqi, University of Prishtina, Kosovo. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, USA, Croatia.
38. Culture, Human Rights and Social Work: African Perspectives – Co-edited book. Jan
2019-June 2020. Dr Vishanthie Sewpaul, University of KwaZulu Natal, SouthAfrica. Countries: South Africa, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia,Australia, Botswana.
Projects completed in 2021
39. Critical reflection on incorporating emerging global human rights issues in social
work education: A comparison between Hong Kong and Canada. Feb 2018-May
2021. Dr Maria Cheung, University of Manitoba, Canada. Countries: Canada, HongKong.
40. Research on Models of Social Work and Curriculum Development for Global Social
Work. Feb 2019-Nov 2021. Dr Mariko Kimura, Japan Women’s University, Japan &Dr TAN Ngoh Tiong, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore. Countries:
Japan, Singapore, Canada, USA.
Projects completed in 2022
41. Lived experience of young people after they leave care homes/ centers to live
independently in Vietnam. April 2018-2021. Dr Hoa Thi Nguyen, Unitec Institute ofTechnology, New Zealand. Countries: NZ, Vietnam, Ireland.
42. Cross-fertilising Bush Adventure Therapy and Contemporary Green Perspectives
within Social Work Education. June 2018-2022. Dr Amanda Smith, Griffith
University, Australia. Countries:Australia, USA, Canada, Taiwan (associate).

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