by Nina Biehal (HESTIA) On December 5th and 6th the International Symposium on Child Welfare and Protection was held in Haikou on the island of Hainan in China. The symposium was jointly funded and organised by UNICEF, the China Philanthropy Research Institute and the University of Chicago in Beijing as a forum for sharing international … More HESTIA and Child Protection in China
by Mónica López López (HESTIA) The Welfare State Futures projects HESTIA and FACSK organised a thematic workshop and a summer school titled “The Future of Child and Family Welfare Policy: Looking Through Different Lenses” from 21 to 25 August 2017. The main focus of this school was the comparative analysis of child and family welfare … More Report – Summer School and Thematic Workshop “The Future of Child and Family Welfare Policy: Looking Through Different Lenses “
Today, the Summer School and WSF Thematic Workshop “The Future of Child and Family Welfare Policy: Looking Through Different Lenses” started off at the University of Groningen. The school jointly organized by WSF projects HESTIA and FACSK as well as EUSARF will be running until Friday August 25th. It strives to gain insight into child and … More Currently Running in Groningen: WSF Thematic Workshop and Summer School “The Future of Child and Family Welfare Policy: Looking Through Different Lenses”
HESTIA team member Dr. Móncia López López becomes a board member of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EUSARF). EUSARF was born in the late eighties of the last century out of the collaboration between child welfare academics from several European universities. Currently, EUSARF has a board consisting of 20 … More Mónica López López Becomes EUSARF Board Member
How far does variation in policies and priorities reflect diversity in the social construction of abuse and neglect between countries? Are variations in policy and practice associated with variation in outcomes for children and families? How do practitioners in different welfare systems understand the notion ‘family’ in professional practice? What broader trends in the development … More Coming Up in August: WSF Thematic Workshop and Summer School “The Future of Child and Family Welfare Policy: Looking Through Different Lenses”
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