Democritus University of Thrace

Dept. of Social Administration

“Mediterranean Welfare States in Crisis?”

10 Μay 2010, XENIA HOTEL KOMOTINI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Workshop Programme

9:00-9:45 Registration

9:45-10:00 Opening Address

Professor Maria Petmesidou, Head of the Department of Social

Administration, Democritus University of Thrace

10:00-14:15 Panel presentations

Chair, Prof. Maria Petmesidou

10:00-10:50 “Crisis and social policy: the case of Spain”

Professor Ana Guillen, Department of Sociology, University of

Oviedo

10:50-11:10 Discussion

11:10-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-12:20 “Italy in a comparative perspective: Recent developments in

social protection”

Professor Valeria Fargion, Department of Political Science &

Sociology, University of Florence

12:20-12:40 Discussion

12:40-13:30 “The Israeli Welfare State in an Era of Economic Change"

Professor John Gal, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and

Social Welfare, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

13:30-13:50 Discussion

13:50-14:10 Closing remarks from the Chair

Sponsor

Democritus University of Thrace

Dept. of Social Administration

“Current trends in Social Work Education

and Social Work in Educational Settings”

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10:00 Registration

10:30 Opening Address

Professor Theano Kallinikaki, Director of the MA Programme "Social Policy

and Social Work", Department of Social Administration, Democritus University

of Thrace

10:45-11:15 “Eileen Moxon: Connecting different cultures in social work

development” Dr Agapi Kandylaki and Dr Charalampos Poulopoulos

11:30-17:00 Panel presentations

Chair, Αssist. Prof. Αgapi Kandylaki

11:30-12:00 'UK social work: toward a radical future?' Dr Kieron Hatton,

Professional Lead for Social Work, SHSSW, Portsmouth University, UK.

12:00-12:10 Discussion

12:10-12:40 ‘Theory and Practice in Social Work Education: Training Practice

Placement supervisors in the UK’

Janet Walker, Senior Lecturer, University of Lincoln, UK.

12:40-12:50 Discussion

12:50-13:50 Lunch break

14:00-15:00 "Creative methods in teaching social work"

Dr Natalia Lavtsova, Dr Galina Carpova, Dr Valentina Irshaya and Dr Pavel

Romanov, Dept of Social Anthropology and Social Work, Technical University of

Saratov, Russia

15:00-15:15 Discussion

15:15-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-16:00 "Managing Change in Social Care and Educational Organizations

during Crisis”

Dr Charalampos Poulopoulos, Director of KETHEA (Therapy Centre for

Dependent Individuals)

16:00-16:15 Discussion

16:15-17:00 Closing remarks from the Chair

Sponsor