Ecosocial Work and Sustainability Transitions

Koen Hermans is Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at KU Leuven and project leader at LUCAS, Centre for Care Research and Consultancy. Ingo Stamm is Professor for Social Work and Sustainability at FH Münster. Aila-Leena Matthies is Professor of Social Work at the University of Jyväskylä. Susanne Elsen is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Bolzano.

• Deepening and broadening ecosocial thinking, research and practices: an Introduction - Koen Hermans, Ingo Stamm, Aila-Leena Matthies and Susanne Elsen Part 1: Theoretical enrichments of ecosocial work 1. Theories of ecosocial work addressing the contribution of social work in sustainability transition - Kati Närhi2. Social Work in a Post Growth Society - critical encounters with modernity’s ambiguities - Walter Lorenz 3. Social-ecological provisioning as economic social work practice- Jef Peeters4. Addressing social sustainability in social work research- Kati Närhi, Ingo Stamm, Kati Turtiainen, Rebecca Conway, Eileen Lauster, Atefeh Safarabadi Farahani, Areen Nassar and Jeany Rose TeguihanonPart 2: Ecosocial transitions and social work research5. A European ecosocial work research agenda starting from a more radical identity of social work research - Koen Hermans 6. Decolonising social work research and knowledge: transdisciplinary approaches and ecosocial perspectives in practice - Gianinna Munoz Arce7. The agency of social work in the research of sustainability transitions – a multi-level perspective- Aila-Leena MatthiesPart 3. Ecosocial work practices 8. Perspectives, methodologies, and institutional arrangements for ecosocial transformation in social work - Susanne Elsen, Michael Emru Tadesse, Urban Nothdurfter 9. Social Sustainability and the Crisis of Care. Western European ‘Care Extractivism’ in South East Europe - Svenja Fischbach, University of Ljubljana10. Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Social Work (SW) in Belgium: a joint pathway for sustainable transitions - Nathalie Vallet, Barbara Sak, Athina Moroglou, Yannis Perifanos11. Unraveling the role of first-line personnel in socioeconomic integration programmes developed by WISEs with an ecological sustainability scope. - Yannis Perifanos, Koen Hermans12. Exploring Nature-Based Interventions as an Ecosocial Method in Social Work: Insights from Ireland, Finland and Italy - Rebecca Conway, James Kutu Obeng, Areen Nassar, Mattia Mansueto13. Sustainability, alignment and social work – Amy Shackelford, Eileen Lauster, Atefeh Farahani Safarabadi, Roger Smith14. From the standpoint water: how water and water justice could push social work further and deeper - Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö, Kris Clarke, Tarja Stenman Part 4. Concluding Remarks15. Future directions for ecosocial work - Koen Hermans, Susanne Elsen, Aila-Leena Matthies, Ingo Stamm

“A groundbreaking and essential contribution to social work literature, this book bridges theory and practice to redefine the field’s role in the sustainability transition. It’s an invaluable resource for those committed to ecosocial justice.” Helena Belchior Rocha, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.