Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research
cswir.bsky.social
Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research
@cswir.bsky.social
A research centre community for professionals, students, academics, and people with lived experience dedicated to social work research and practice innovation.

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Join us for our upcoming practitioner-focussed event, guided by the Black History Month theme of "Standing Firm in Power and Pride":

The adultification of Black Girls in State Care: Perspectives

with Dr Sylvia Ikomi

📅Monday 20 October 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
💻Zoom

buytickets.at/universityof...
October 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Interested in practical applications of AI?

CSWIR and @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social co-host:

Beyond the Hype: Practical AI Cases for Social Work and Education

with Dr Chia-Lee Yang

📅19 Sept, 12-1PM
📍Sissay Room (Essex House), Zoom

Register here! buytickets.at/universityof...
September 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Welcome to our new Visiting Research Fellows!🥳

Dr Hung-Hsun Chen (Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Fu Jen Catholic University (FJCU), Taiwan)

Dr Chia-Lee Yang (Principal Engineer & Head, National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC), Taiwan)
August 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This month, we say goodbye to former CSWIR Director and Co-Director, colleague and friend, Gillian Ruch.

Gillian led the centre for six years years. During this time, she forged international connections, grew the centre’s reputation and was dedicated to supporting postgraduate researchers. (1/2)
July 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Next week!

Cast your vote in our Innovating for Social Change Poster Competition!

📅17 June, 12-2PM
📍Essex House, Room EH19, Sussex Campus

RSVP cswir@sussex.ac.uk ✔️
June 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📣Call for Posters!

🌻Innovating for Social Change: A University-Wide PGR & ECR Competition

CSWIR is pleased to announce a social change-inspired poster competition for Postgraduate Research (PGR) students and Early Career Researchers (ECRs)!

Full details at the end👇🧵
April 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Welcome to our new visiting research fellow, Dr Anna Melke!

Anna is a researcher based in Gothenburg, Sweden. She primarily works at the Research and Development Unit of the Gothenburg Region, an association of thirteen local governments covering one million inhabitants.

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April 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's World Social Work Day!🌈

Today, like every day, we honour the impact of social workers around the world.

Thank you to all the social workers out there👏❤️

#WorldSocialWorkDay2025
March 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This Valentines Day, we hosted a collaborative event with Relational Activism, alongside East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council Council.

Our key themes were:
💓 Relationships that heal
💓 Sustaining lifelong relationships
February 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM