Global Research and Projects

Objectives of Global Initiatives at UMSSW: UMSSW recognizes the importance of global social work through research, teaching, field opportunities and faculty engagement. In line with our JEDI principles, UMSSW emphasizes a decolonization lens through global social work practice, community engagement, partnership/exchange development and student opportunities.

Our Global Research Faculty
Learn more about our global research faculty.
Our Global Research Faculty
Center for Global Engagement
The campus hub for interprofessional global health and education.
Center for Global Engagement
Global Student Opportunities
Courses that include international travel and the international field placement program.
Global Student Opportunities

Partnerships with UMB campus

Global faculty/staff engagement and partnerships

Goal: to increase opportunities and emphasis on the exchange of knowledge and ways of knowing

Global Opportunities
- South Korea (Yonsei University School of Social Welfare, Seoul, South Korea)
- Costa Rica (University of Costa Rica, the Alicia and Yaya Initiative in Global Aging Research)
- Zambia University of Zambia Department of Social Work and Sociology
- Israel (University of Haifa School of Social Work)
- India (Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi, Kerala, India)
Faculty Development Institute
COIL

Global Impact

Exploring Global and Mental Health in Kerala, India: A Transformative Journey with the UMSSW
The Elm
Exploring Global and Mental Health in Kerala, India: A Transformative Journey with the UMSSW

Addressing Trauma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk in Non-Western Contexts
Associate Professor, Lynn Michalopoulos
Addressing Trauma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk in Non-Western Contexts