Committees
Participants in the Local Organizing Committee for the conference, the International Scientific Committee and the International Advisory Committee.
Local Organizing Committee – University of Gävle
Chair: Josefin Westerberg Jacobson (Head of Department, Social Work and Criminology)
Coordinator: Komalsingh Rambaree
- Brita Backlund Rambaree
- Catarina Carlsson
- Fereshteh Ahmadi
- Johanna Esplund
- Michelle Rydback
- Nessica Nässen
- Päivi Turunen
- Sanaya Singh
- Sven Trygged
International Scientific Committee
Chair: Professor Sven Trygged
Coordinator: Assoc. Professor Komalsingh Rambaree
- Antoinette Lombard – Professor Social Work, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Brita Backlund Rambaree – Senior Lecturer, Social Work, University of Gävle, Sweden
- Carin Caudra – Professor of Social Work, Malmo University, Sweden
- Gordana Berc – Professor Social Work, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Fereshteh Ahmadi – Professor, Sociology, University of Gävle, Sweden
- George Palattiyil – Head of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- Graham Lauren - Professor, Director Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Hurriyet Babacan, Professor – Professorial Research Fellow, Rural Economies Centre of Excellence Regional, Economic and Policy Development, The Cairns Institute James Cook University, Australia.
- Julie Cwikel – Professor of Social, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Marcus Knutagård – Associate Professor, Social Work, Lund University, Sweden.
- P. K. Shajahan – Professor of Social Work and Dean, Academic Affairs at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
- Päivi Turunen – PhD, Sr lecturer, Social Work, University of Gävle, Sweden
- Richard Smith – Professor and Associate Dean for Research. Wayne State University, USA
- Stefan Sjöberg – Associate Professor, Social Work, University of Gävle, Sweden
International Advisory Committee
Chair: Prof Fereshteh Ahmadi
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Komalsingh Rambaree
- Emeritus Professor Sven Hessle, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Professor Leila Patel – University of Johannesburg, South AfricaEmeritus
- Professor Brij Mohan, School of Social Work, Louisiana State University, USA
- Eva Holmberg-Herrström, University of Stockholm, Past President of International Council on Social Welfare & Member of International Council on Social Welfare-Sweden
- Professor Nader Ahmadi – Director General, Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise, Sweden