The 29th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) will feature the work of 41 affiliates of the Center for Social Development (CSD) across 72 events. Faculty, staff, and associated researchers will contribute to 11 symposia, 3 roundtables, 16 oral presentations, 5 flash talks, and 30 poster presentations. They will convene […]
Tag: Yunju Nam News
At SSWR conference, CSD affiliates receiving awards, organizing sessions, and presenting
Affiliates of the Center for Social Development (CSD) are once again making significant contributions at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). The 2024 conference runs from January 10 through 14, 2024, in Washington, DC. Faculty Director Trina Shanks, the Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work at the […]
Special issue focuses on financial capability, asset building
“Financial capability and asset building” is the theme of the 60th anniversary issue of Social Work. Articles by several researchers at the Center for Social Development were published in the October 2016 issue of the flagship journal of the National Association of Social Workers.
New measure of economic security shows what families need for stability
What does it take for a family in the US to not merely get by, but to have long-term economic security and ongoing opportunities? This was the question that inspired the creation of the Basic Economic Security Tables Index and accompanying Report.
Members of Seoul Welfare Foundation learn about local innovations in social welfare policy
The research project will focus on the impacts of one of the Foundation’s major social programs, a matched savings program called the Hope Plus Savings Account Program, which is modeled on Individual Development Accounts in the United States.
Lecture sheds light on innovative matched savings program in Korea
A visit from members of the Seoul Welfare Foundation in early May will mark the official launch of a research collaboration between the Foundation and the Center for Social Development.
CSD publishes new data on child savings
The Center for Social Development announces the publication of the March 2009 SEED Account Monitoring research report.