How can social work make communities more resilient? Social work for community resilience between global issues and local agency

Project title in Latvian: Kā sociālais darbs var palīdzēt kopienu noturības stiprināšanā? Sociālais darbs kopienu noturībai starp globāliem izaicinājumiem un lokālu rīcību

Project title in English: How can social work make communities more resilient? Social work for community resilience between global issues and local agency

Project leader: prof. Iveta Reinholde

Implementation period: 01.01.2025. – 31.12.2027.

Funding: 287 052 EUR

Funder: Latvian Council of Science (Fundamental and Applied Research Projects)

Research group: prof. Iveta Reinholde, assoc. prof. Baiba Bela, assoc. prof. Līga Rasnača, study director Aiga Romāne-Meiere, and pasn. Endija Rezgale-Straidoma.

Project aim: to comprehensively understand the complex interaction between global issues and local communities, and to explore the role of social work in fostering community resilience in the context of complex, interconnected, and multidimensional global challenges. The project also seeks to examine how different stakeholders – communities, municipalities, and social workers – interact in addressing global issues at the local level.