{"id":528,"date":"2024-03-07T10:16:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:25:35","slug":"phd-in-social-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/en\/phd-in-social-work\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD in social work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row margin_bottom=&#8221;mb-0&#8243;][vc_column]<div class=\"unine-header-image__wrapper mb-half\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-1296x733.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-1296x733.jpeg 1296w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-1024x579.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-768x434.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-1536x869.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-2048x1158.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-1920x1086.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-1289x729.jpeg 1289w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-430x243.jpeg 430w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-648x367.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-573x324.jpeg 573w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-644x364.jpeg 644w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-432x243.jpeg 432w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-324x182.jpeg 324w, https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Image_ITTS_doctorat-en-travail-social-322x182.jpeg 322w\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"unine-header-image aspect-ratio-16-7 w-100\" width=\"1296\" height=\"733\" \/><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_bottom=&#8221;mb-full&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"unine-page-title__wrapper mb-sixth\">\n\t<h1 class=\"unine-page-title\">\n\t\tPhD in social work\t<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"unine-text-block__wrapper mb-sixth\">\n\t<div class=\"unine-text-block\">\n\t\t<p><strong>One of a kind programme in Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Open to students with master degree in Social Work from a University of Applied Sciences or a master degree in Social Sciences, Law or\u00a0 Economics from an University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPresentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In partnership with the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts (HES and FHNW), this programme\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contributes to the disciplinary study of social problems, their developments and dynamics.<\/li>\n<li>Focuses on vulnerable individuals, families, groups and communities and provides knowledge about their experiences, their constructions of meaning and their ways of dealing with disadvantage and exclusion.<\/li>\n<li>Engages in analysis and reflection on social action and creates &#8211; through evaluation and systematic intervention research &#8211; a scientific, evidence-based professional intervention and the development and innovation of social work offerings.<\/li>\n<li>Produces knowledge about social work organisations and contextualises them within the landscape of available services and in relation to the social security system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"unine-button__wrapper d-inline-block mb-sixth \">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Kazr4EIohQ&t=1s\" class=\"\n\t\tunine-button \n\n\t\td-inline-block \n\t\tw-100\n\n\t\tpy-sixteenth \n\t\tpx-quarter \n\t  \n\t\tfont-size-4 \n\t\ttext-600 \n\t\ttext-uppercase\n\t\t\" \n\n\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\t\t \n\t\t\t>\n\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-video\"><\/i>Presentation by Marta Marques Castanheira, research and teaching assistant\t<\/a>\n<\/span>[vc_row_inner margin_top=&#8221;mt-half&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;mb-half&#8221;][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"unine-accordion unine-accordion__item \" data-group=\"accordion-group_groupe_1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"unine-accordion__header\" id=\"heading-unine-accordion-a693fc765e2790\">\n\t\t<button class=\"unine-accordion__button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#unine-accordion-a693fc765e2790\" aria-controls=\"unine-accordion-a693fc765e2790\">\n\t\tPractical informations\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<div id=\"unine-accordion-a693fc765e2790\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingunine-accordion-a693fc765e2790\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-group_groupe_1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/UNINE_itts_A5_flyer_nouvelle-deadline.pdf\">Flyer PhD Programme ITTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025_10_30_The-7-steps-to-start-a-PhD-at-the-ITTS.pdf\">The 7 steps to start a PhD at ITTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/seco\/en\/programmes\/doctorate\/current-doctoral-students\/\">General information for PhD students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025_01_28_ConferencePhDProgrammesCostCoveringITTS.pdf\">Financial support for conference\/symposium participation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_10_08_Learning-outcomes-according-to-Dublin-descriptors-of-the-PhD-in-social-work-1.pdf\">Learning outcomes of the PhD &#8211; Dublin descriptors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"unine-accordion unine-accordion__item \" data-group=\"accordion-group_groupe_1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"unine-accordion__header\" id=\"heading-unine-accordion-a693fc765e288a\">\n\t\t<button class=\"unine-accordion__button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#unine-accordion-a693fc765e288a\" aria-controls=\"unine-accordion-a693fc765e288a\">\n\t\tImportant documents\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<div id=\"unine-accordion-a693fc765e288a\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingunine-accordion-a693fc765e288a\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-group_groupe_1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/seco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/UNINE_FSE-calendrier_2025-2026.pdf\">Faculty calendar (2025-2026)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/etudier\/s-informer\/calendrier-universitaire\/\">University calendars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/d_admission_doctorat-ITTS_09novembre2023.pdf\">PhD admission directive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/r_doctorat_FSE.pdf\">R\u00e8glement du doctorat en Facult\u00e9 des sciences \u00e9conomiques<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/itts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025_04_24_PhDArticleBasedManuscripts_ITTS.pdf\">Supplement of the thesis regulation &#8211; 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