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Sarah Banks is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Durham University, UK. She co-founded the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action (CSJCA), which promotes and supports participatory action research for social justice. She is known for her research and publications in the fields of social work ethics, community development and ethics in community-based participatory research. Recent participatory action research projects include Imagine – connecting communities through research and work on predatory lending in low-income neighbourhoods. Through CSJCA she has worked to develop ethical guidelines for participatory research and is co-editor with Mary Brydon-Miller of Ethics in participatory research for health and social wellbeing: Cases and commentaries (Routledge, 2019). Her popular book on Ethics and Values in Social Work (Bloomsbury, 2021) is now in its fifth edition. To find out more of her academic profile, see:
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/s-j-banks/
Full professor in Social Work in the Faculty of Political and Social sciences and in the Sociology Department at the Università Cattolica in Milan, Director of the Relational Social Work Research Centre. His research interests are:
Professor Folgheraiter is the founder of the PhD program in Social work and personal social services at Università Cattolica, he developed the Relational Social Work approach in Italy, he is editor in chief of the scientific journal Relational social work edited by Centro Studi Erickson. He authored several national and international publications on the topic of Social Work Theory and Methods, and he is the Editor of the international Review “Relational Social Work”. He has led numerous research in the field of Social Work and Welfare Policies. He won the International Social Work Journal Prize for the best paper published in 2012 (along with Prof. Maria Luisa Raineri), with the paper entitled A critical analysis of the social work definition according to the relational paradigm. He is Honorary Professor at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham (UK). To find out more of his academic profile, see:
https://docenti.unicatt.it/ppd2/en/docenti/15348/fabio-folgheraiter/profilo
Dr. Meredith C.F. Powers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at UNC Greensboro, USA. She teaches and conducts community engaged scholarship on topics of climate justice, climate migration, the ecosocial worldview, and eco-therapeutic practices for wellbeing. Dr. Powers is the Founder and Director of the Climate Justice Program of the International Federation of Social Workers. She also established and co-administers the global Green/EcoSocial Work Collaborative Network. She has presented her research nationally and internationally, including being invited as a keynote speaker at the United Nations for World Social Work Day (2018). Dr. Powers was recently a keynote speaker on “Collaboration and Current Efforts for Climate Justice” and was honored with the inaugural “Environmental Justice Champion Award” at the 2021. Virtual Conference on Environmental Justice, hosted by the Institute for Social Work and Environmental Justice in partnership with Adelphi University. To find out more of her academic profile, see:
http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/clist.aspx?id=14170
Professor of Social work at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands His research interests are:
Professor Wilken is leader of the Research Group Participation, Care and Support, of the Research Centre for Social Innovation at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Netherlands). He is also professor of Community Development and Well-Being at Tartu University (Estonia) and visiting professor connected to the PhD Programme in Social Work and Personal Social Services at the University of Milan (Italy). He is involved in several European research projects, one of these being a large Erasmus+ project on Experiential knowledge in higher education.To find out more of his academic profile, see:
https://jeanpierrewilken.academia.edu/
Chiara participated as a co-researcher expert-by-experience in a Ph.D. research carried out in Italy on the topic of young caregivers. Alongside the academic researcher and together with other experts by experience, she formed a steering group that conceived and implemented the research phases from defining the research question to disseminating the results. The research carried out with a participatory approach has allowed the creation of change actions, particularly the foundation of an association aimed at supporting young caregivers and their families, as well as professionals who deal with the issue. Chiara is a member of the Association Young Care Italia and will be able to share her experience to highlight the potential of the connections between research and action from the point of view of co-researchers.
Associate Professor in the Social Work Department at the Universidad de Chile. BSW, MSW (P. Catholic University of Chile); PhD in Social Work (University of Bristol, England). Her research interests are:
Professor Muñoz-Arce is one of the leading experts on critical social work in South America. She has participated in and led international research projects on the theme of critical social work, the relationship between research and intervention, and professional resistances in frontline implementation of social programmes. She is Editor-in-Chief of Critical Proposals in Social Work Journal https://revistapropuestascriticas.uchile.cl/ . She is a member of the Social Work Action Network- International and the Decolonial Social Work Network. To find out more of her academic profile, see:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4582-0507