Keynote speakers

Prior to moving into social work education in the early 1990s, Iain Ferguson worked as a social worker and community worker in the West of Scotland. Since then he has taught at the Universities of Paisley and Stirling and until his recent ...
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Jan Fook was born and raised in Australia, but in the later part of her career has worked in the UK, Norway and Canada. She is Professor of Education (Critical Reflection) in the School of Education and Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education at ...
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Walter Lorenz is Professor for Applied Social Science at the Free University of Bozen / Bolzano in Northern Italy. Since 2001, he has coordinated a professional social work programme and has been Principal of the same university since 2008. A native ...
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In November 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Margareta Wahlström as his first Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Ms Wahlström has extensive experience in both ...
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