Ecosocial Work and Sustainability Transitions

Theories, Methodologies and Practices
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7609-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Bringing together researchers from across Europe, this book explores the debate on ecosocial work and the ecosocial transition of our societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hermans, Koen

Stamm, Ingo

Matthies, Aila-Leena

Elsen, Susanne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Närhi

2. The agency of social work in sustainability transitions from the perspective of the transdisciplinary transition theories - Aila-Leena Matthies

3. Social work for a post-growth society: a critical perspective - Walter Lorenz

4. Social-ecological provisioning as transformational social work for sustainability - Jef Peeters

Part 2: Ecosocial transitions and social work research

5. [New chapter on water supply and commons]

6. Ecosocial work and ecosocial transition: The contribution of social work research - Koen Hermans

7. Decolonial Perspectives and Transdisciplinary Social Work Research Approaches - Gianinna Munoz Arce

8. Social sustainability and social work research - Kati Närhi, Ingo Stamm and Kati Turtiainen

Part 3. Ecosocial work practices

9. Methodological approaches and institutional arrangements to foster Eco-Social Social Work - Susanne Elsen, Michael Emru Tadesse and Urban Nothdurfter

10. Social Economy at the heart of transitions: which role for the social worker? - Barbara Sak, Jerome Schoenmaeckers, Jef Peeters and Natalie Vallet

11. Nature-based interventions as a sustainable pathway towards social inclusion and well-being - Rebecca Conway, James Kutu Obeng and Areen Nassar

12. Poverty and sustainable future: the role of social work - Leskošek Vesna

13. Unraveling the role of first-line personnel in socioeconomic integration programmes developed by WISEs with an ecological sustainability scope - Yannis Perifanos and Koen Hermans

14. Sustainability, alignment and social work - Roger Smith, Eileen Lauster and Amy Shackelford

15. From the standpoint water: how water and water justice could push social work further and deeper - Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö, Kris Clarke, Tarja Stenman

16. Individual and Collective subjectivities in Community Development: a Social Innovation Perspective - Frank Moulaert

17. Future directions for ecosocial work - Koen Hermans, Ingo Stamm, Aila-Leena Matthies and Susanne Elsen

Über Autor(innen)

Koen Hermans is Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, KU Leuven and project leader at LUCAS, Centre for Care Research and Consultancy.