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Transdisciplinary Approaches in Social Work
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03 November 2026

Melinda Madew is Professor of International Social Work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg.
Jens Müller is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Social Management at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigsburg.
Annette Franke is Professor of Social Work and Health at ReinMain University of Applied Sciences.
Jason Leung chairs the Department of Environmental Science at Benguet State University.
Mark Lusk is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Foreword - Linda Harms Smith
Preface
1. The Rise of a New Authoritarianism: A Challenge to Social Work - Mark Lusk
2. Critical Social Work Revisits Anarchism and Utopian Imagination - Nina Victoria Leistner
3. Social Work in Palestine: Between Professional Practice and Anti-Colonial Liberation - Raed Naim Amira
4. The Movement of Reconceptualization: Decolonial Paths in Nicaraguan Social Work - Jessica Eckhardt and Jaika Maem Gradiz Arce
5. Social Work between Algorithms and Cultural Rootedness – Decolonial Intersections in Catalonian Identity and Technology - Judit Castellví-Majó
6. Narratives on the Cosmology of Land Belonging - Jason Leung and Melinda Madew
7. Who Owns Sustainability? Decolonial and Ecosocial Work in the Haritha Kerala Mission - M.K. Joseph and Abshana Jamal
8. Reimagining Indian Knowledge Systems for Holistic Health and Environmental Sustainability: A Decolonized and Transdisciplinary Framework - Nycil Romis Thomas, Kiran Thampi and Lija Mary Mathew
9. Searching for the Politics of Care - Henk O. Vandaele
10. A Future Without Future? Post- and Decolonial Reflections on Social Work - Fabian Kessl