1. Research with social workers to improve their social interventions.
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Driessens, Kristel, Saurama, Erja, and Fargion, Silvia
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ACTION research ,COMMUNITY health services ,DIFFUSION of innovations ,INFORMATION services ,INTERDISCIPLINARY research ,RESEARCH methodology ,POVERTY ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,QUALITY assurance ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL work research ,KNOWLEDGE management ,PROFESSIONAL practice - Abstract
From the North to the South of Europe, embedded in local contexts, we can find interesting projects of cooperative knowledge production in social work settings. In this article we present case studies from research projects with social workers in Helsinki, Trento and Antwerp. We describe how the new paradigm of knowledge production (Mode 2) is implemented in this kind of social work research. We look for the specificity of the research process in these projects, the benefits for the researchers and the practitioners, and the necessary conditions to get satisfactory results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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