PhD in Social Work
- One of a kind programme in Switzerland
- Open to students with a master degree in Social Work from a Swiss university of Applied Sciences or a master degree in Social Sciences, Law or Economics from a Swiss university
Information session - PhD Programme in Social Work
Thursday 28 November 2024, 12h-14h
- Rue A.-L. Breguet 2, room 2.310
- Hybrid
- Information and registration : upcoming
Information session - PhD Programme in Social Work
Thursday 21 March 2024
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Presentation
In partnership with the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts (HES) this programme:
- Contributes to the interdisciplinary study of social problems, their developments and dynamics.
- Focuses on affected individuals, families, groups and communities and provides knowledge about their experiences, their constructions of meaning and their ways of dealing with disadvantage and exclusion.
- Engages in analysis and reflection on social action and creates - through evaluation and systematic intervention research - a scientific basis for evidence-based professional intervention and the development and innovation of social work offerings.
- Produces knowledge about social work organisations and contextualises them within the landscape of available services and in relation to the social security system.
Cohort 2024-2025
Cohort 2023-2024
Cohort 2022-2023
Doctoral programme and course descriptions
Doctoral programme
Course descriptions 2023-2024
- Starting a PhD thesis, entering the PhD process, scientific writing
- Social work research methods: developping a PhD project
- Social work theories: epistemologies, classics and current issues
- Social work theories: decolonizing social work
- Research design in social sciences: a question of coherence
- Qualitative and mixed methods in social work & social sciences
- Quantitative research methodologies in social work & social sciences
Practical information
- Flyer PhD Programme ITTS
- The 7 steps to start a PhD at ITTS
- General information for PhD students
- PhD admission directive
Important documents
Partnership
Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts (HES)
HES-SO
- Social Work
- Doctorat (BADOC) In French