Championing Change Through Social Work Science.
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) serves as a dynamic hub, bringing together a diverse community of scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers to take on society’s toughest challenges.
Through our commitment to rigorous, evidence-based research and interdisciplinary collaboration, we transform pivotal findings into real-world change that directly informs policy and practice, driving positive social change at local, state, national, and international levels.
Strategic Partners
Resources and links to SSWR’s strategic partners.
Council on Social Work Education
European Social Work Research Association
Grand Challenges for Social Work
American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Works
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
Task Force on Safeguarding Social Work Research
Learn more about how our Task Force is taking action to defend scientific integrity and advance social work research in alignment with the SSWR’s mission. By upholding our longstanding commitment, we are directly responding to government threats that undermine science and our field.
Protecting the future of social work research is vital.
Learn MoreFeatured Advocate
“This experience has reinforced the connection between scholarship and action and inspired me to lead doctoral students to see social work as a powerful force for justice and change.”
Fatima Mabrouk, MSW
SSWR Doctoral Student Director-at-Large
Silver School of Social Work
New York University
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Translate social work research into action, informing policy, practice, and positivesocial change.
Conference 2026
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JSSWR Early Career Reviewer Program provides an opportunity for scholars early in their academic careers to work with senior mentors who have extensive publishing and editorial experience.
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