Advancing social work research and practice: Celebrating ten years of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG)

Donna O'Leary; Ravit Alfandari; Laura Elizabeth Cowley; Teresa Bertotti; Joel Gautschi; Mark Gregory; Duncan Helm; Campbell Killick; Kristen Lwin; Michael Rölver; Alessandro Sicora; Kresta Munkholt Sørensen; Holger Suarez; Brian Taylor; Liesanth Yde Nirmalarajan

doi:10.1332/27551768Y2025D000000051

Advancing social work research and practice: Celebrating ten years of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG)

Donna O'Leary, Ravit Alfandari, Laura Elizabeth Cowley, Teresa Bertotti, Joel Gautschi, Mark Gregory, Duncan Helm, Campbell Killick, Kristen Lwin, Michael Rölver, Alessandro Sicora, Kresta Munkholt Sørensen, Holger Suarez, Brian Taylor, Liesanth Yde Nirmalarajan

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This article commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG), established under the umbrella of the European Social Work Research Association in 2014. We reflect on developments in DARSIG in the context of advancements in practice, service management, theory, collaborative research and teaching on decision making, assessment and risk. We conclude that DARSIG provides a mechanism for further advancing social work research and teaching across Europe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	356–365
Number of pages	10
Journal	European Social Work Research
Volume	3
Issue number	3
Early online date	17 Sept 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/27551768Y2025D000000051
Publication status	Published - Oct 2025

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O'Leary, D., Alfandari, R., Cowley, L. E., Bertotti, T., Gautschi, J., Gregory, M., Helm, D., Killick, C., Lwin, K., Rölver, M., Sicora, A., Munkholt Sørensen, K., Suarez, H., Taylor, B., & Nirmalarajan, L. Y. (2025). Advancing social work research and practice: Celebrating ten years of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG). European Social Work Research, 3(3), 356–365. https://doi.org/10.1332/27551768Y2025D000000051

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