The Targets of IRN - The International Research Network for Social Work

• The IRN was developed with the aim to implement one of the main purposes of SICSW. We consider it important that new networks emerge which will enable Social Work researchers to place their work in a globalized context and to develop new, innovative projects with an international focus. The IRN should be an instrument for developing such networks.

• The main idea of this network is that the personal contacts around research questions of social work support international exchange and in the long term contribute to the enhancement of the social work profession and discipline.

• The researchers united in the IRN are interested in the international development of social work and strive to promote and support it within their possibilities. The members of the network are:
  - possible cooperation partners for already existing or still-to-be-developed, internationally focused research projects
  - potential contact persons for conceptual questions regarding the development of internationally comparable research projects, because they are familiar with country-specific structures of social work
  

• With this offer, we hope to bring together individuals with common interests.