Increase Social Work Research & Scholarship in Pursuit of Social Justice
Objectives & Tactics
Enhance research and scholarship focused on social justice, health equity, and climate action
- Grow collaborative, mutually productive research partnerships with local, state, national community organizations, and governmental entities
- Grow external funding
- Increase involvement in multi, inter, and trans-disciplinary research partnerships
- Increase the competitiveness of doctoral students and junior faculty seeking external funding
- Increase the number of postdoctoral fellows
Increase the impact of research and scholarship to address society’s most pressing health and social problems
- Grow impact of research and scholarship
- Increase the number of faculty involved in external leadership roles such as on boards, task forces, advisory committees, etc. at the local, state, and/or national levels and across sectors such as government, NGOs, and/or private organizations
Grow research and scholarship partnerships globally
- Grow collaborative, mutually productive research and scholarship partnerships with global organizations and governmental entities
- Increase publications and conference presentations with global partners
- Increase the number of faculty involved in leadership roles such as on boards, task forces, advisory committees, exchange programs, etc. at the global level
- Develop knowledge to contribute to effective and efficient integrated health care delivery models
- Advance knowledge to influence policy and practices to achieve health equity through trans-disciplinary and cross-sector collaborations domestically and globally
- Demonstrate social work’s value through economic analysis and social science research
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