Book launch: Learning through Social Work Stories-That-Matter

5 nov 2025

Thursday, 20th November 2025

15:00 – 16:45

Nedre lysthus aud.,

UiT Tromsø campus

In our increasingly tumultuous world, this book offers insight and inspiration through personal narrative. It collects the accounts of twenty-seven social workers and those in academia based in five continents, surveying a wide range of environments, communities, and systems. Each narrative serves as a testament to the profound intersections of relationships, emotions, and experiences, encapsulating stories of genuine human significance.

During today’s book launch we will meet the editors, Professors Tony Ghaye and Rita Sørly, and several of the contributors to this book, presenting their work. We will also meet the illustrator, Hilde Mjøs, telling her story about the photos and her perspective on global social work.

Link to the book: here.

Tavla information: here.

Programme

Tonight’s host

Rita Sørly, Professor and Centre Leader, Arctic Youth

Department of Child Welfare and Social Work

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

15:00 – 15:15

Welcome and introduction to the book

15:15 – 15:35

Why is global social work important?

Tony Ghaye, Professor

UiT The Arctic University of Norway & University of Loughborough

15:35 – 15:50

Mónica Ayala-Mira, Professor

Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico

15:50 – 16:00

Break with light refreshments

16:00 – 16:15

Vår Mathisen, Associate Professor

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

16:15 – 16:30

Artwork in the book

Hilde Mjøs, Illustrator & Engineer

Arendal Kommune

16:30 – 16:450

Q&A with the audience