Grand Challenges for Social Work
Grand Challenges for Social Work
- Marilyn Louise Flynn, Marilyn Louise FlynnUniversity of Southern California
- Richard P. Barth, Richard P. BarthUniversity of Maryland
- Edwina UeharaEdwina UeharaUniversity of Washington
- and Michael SherradenMichael SherradenWashington University in St. Louis
Summary
The Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW) derived from a commitment to strengthening society through science and has identified 13 grand challenges through an iterative process. The GCSW has, in turn, developed 13 grand challenge networks that bring together researchers and practitioners and focus their capacities around achieving innovative solutions to these challenges. These networks develop and disseminate interventions at all levels (including university-based interdisciplinary grand challenge entities), giving productive focus to the work of social work and our allies. The Grand Challenges for Social Work are helping to galvanize policy developments that draw on expertise from across the profession and exemplify social work’s scientific and pragmatic traditions and its capacity for broader societal impact.
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Subjects
- Macro Practice
- Policy and Advocacy
- Research and Evidence-Based Practice
- Social Work Profession
