Disability and social work research group

Research Group on Social Work with People with Disabilities networks researchers at the intersection of disability and social work, dedicated to exploring social work with people with disabilities. The aim of the research group is to connect, promote and expand research on social work with people with disabilities as well as co-provide peer-support and co-constructing ways to support more inclusive practices in research and communications as well as social work practices.

The research group is based on collaboration between UEF and University of Lapland based researchers, please find some examples of co-work below:

• co-teaching at Sosnet – the Finnish National University Network for Social Work
  • Social work with disabled people (available in Finnish)
  • Structural social work and disability (available in Finnish)
• Discretion in social work with people with disabilities research project [https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/discretion-in-social-work-with-people-with-disabilities/]
• Knowledge base and practices of structural disability social work in wellbeing services counties research project [https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/knowledge-base-and-practices-of-structural-disability-social-work-in-wellbeing-service-counties/]