Social Work Researchers: From Scientific Technicians to Changemakers.

Research without social movements is nontransformative, and social movements without research can lead societies toward harmful social and political movements that result in authoritarian, extremist social, economic, and political structures. Keywords: high-impact research; antiracist and antioppressive research; social movements EN high-impact research antiracist and antioppressive research social movements 645 661 17 01/09/23 20221201 NES 221201 This invited article is based on the 2022 Aaron Rosen Lecture - "Healing Humanity: Leading through Innovation and our Courage to Change" - presented by Jorge Delva at the Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference held January 12-16, 2022, in Washington, DC. We will circle back later to how these events relate to high-impact social work research and social movements, but for now, we share these examples to illustrate the point that research without social movements is nontransformative, and social movements without research result in societies that lean toward harmful authoritarian, extremist social, economic, and political structures. The point is that without research that is deeply rooted in community needs and voices, and without linking our research to social movements - learning about social movements to inform our research and intentionally using research findings to inform social movements - social work's progress in promoting social justice will be limited. [Extracted from the article]