Conference
BRIDGING ACADEMIA AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE POPULATION
The conference is bringing together academic minds, practitioners, policy makers, students and refugees to reflect on recent humanitarian response experiences in Europe and the role of academic institutions in supporting children and vulnerable population.
The conference will host three thematic discussions:
Section A) International research on humanitarian work – Discussion of research findings on approaches of working with migrants, refugees, children and vulnerable population in hosting countries. Reflections from the field – Exchange of experiences on social work case management, integrated service provision, multidisciplinary approaches in humanitarian response for children and vulnerable population. Moderated by: Prof. Dr. habil Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard
Section B) The role of universities in linking education with practice – Discussions of three-fold role of universities: Introducing practice-informed teaching for university students; Leading research reflecting current processes in the field of humanitarian work; Capacity building of existing practitioners in refugee sensitive approaches (social workers, teachers, paraprofessionals working with refugees and migrants). Moderated by: Dr. Kathleen M. Deery, PhD.
The conference was held in Slovak and in English language, the conference was with simultaneous translation.
The international conference hold on 29I11I2023 in Bratislava was the culmination of the work of the Innovation Centre and all the Innovation Centre collaborators over the last year and was a demonstration of the connection between the academic world and the world of practice, while also highlighting the possibilities for improving education for practice in academic institutions
The output of the conference is a book of abstracts, a book of poster papers (online), a collective scientific monograph.