We are pleased to share that the School of Social Work, HES-SO Valais, announces two fully funded positions, including one doctoral candidate (100 %) and one postdoctoral researcher (80 %), within the research project Social Work as Police Work. Please consider applying and share this opportunity widely!
What: One fully funded doctoral position and one postdoctoral position in Social Work, also inviting candidates with background in criminology, sociology, anthropology, public policy, or migration studies.
Where: School of Social Work, HES-SO Valais, Switzerland
When: 4 years, starting 01 September 2025
Deadline: Feb 21t, apply through the link below.
Details:
The aim of the project is to explore the growing intersections between social work and policing and how they impact social work practice across three European welfare states: Switzerland, Sweden, and Ireland. The principal objectives of the project are to empirically analyse when and how social work professionals refer cases to the police and other situations where they perform roles related to policing and crime control. Theoretically, the project will assess how the incorporation of policing functions into social work influences professionals’ engagement with structurally marginalised groups and how this reshapes the broader societal role of social work.