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Across Europe, there is an intense search for new and sustainable approaches to providing welfare. Demographic change, new social risks and other factors call for new ideas to maintain and enhance the performance and quality of social services and to enable the participation of all citizens in an inclusive society.
Against this background, and based on the findings of the EU research platform INNOSERV and empirically obtained research results from text and video material, this book provides insights into current approaches and practices to improve and transform social services.
List of contents
Innovation Actors and Practices.- Innovation and Organisation.- Innovation, Quality and Evaluation.-User Orientation.- Technology and Digitisation.- Context Innovations.
About the author
Dr. Andreas Langer hat die Professur für Sozialwissenschaften an der HAW Hamburg inne. Seine Schwerpunkte sind Sozialpolitik/Soziologie, Professionstheorie, Management- und Organisationssoziologie, Wirkungsforschung kommunaler und regionaler Sozialpolitik, Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsethik.
Dr. theol. Johannes Eurich, geboren 1962, studierte Evangelische Theologie in der Schweiz und den USA. Nach fünfjährigem Pastorendienst wurde er 2000 in Praktischer Theologie promoviert und habilitierte sich in Systematischer Theologie 2007 an der Universität Heidelberg. 2007 wurde er Professor für Ethik in der Sozialen Arbeit an der EFH Bochum. Seit 2009 ist er Professor für Praktische Theologie/Diakoniewissenschaft und Direktor des Diakoniewissenschaftlichen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg. Er ist Mitglied der Sozialkammer der EKD und Vorsitzender des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des Sozialwiss. Instituts der EKD.
Summary
Across Europe, there is an intense search for new and sustainable approaches to providing welfare. Demographic change, new social risks and other factors call for new ideas to maintain and enhance the performance and quality of social services and to enable the participation of all citizens in an inclusive society.
Against this background, and based on the findings of the EU research platform INNOSERV and empirically obtained research results from text and video material, this book provides insights into current approaches and practices to improve and transform social services.
Report
"This book has created an added value to the workers in the field of innovation and social Services. It has guaranteed a learning experience for the Professionals in the field through the case studies and the authors perspective and conceptual development in the field." (Gloria Abdo, European Journal of Social Work, January 24, 2021)
