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Presidents of IASSW 1928-2028

Presidents of IASSW

Global leaders for social work education

This historical overview traces the history of IASSW through portraits of the sequence of its presidents.

Period	President Photo’s	Name of President
1928/29-1946		Alice Salomon (Germany, than – USA) Alice Salomon (Germany) -President 1929-1946
1946-1953		René Sand (Belgium) René Sand (Belgium) President 1946 – 1953
1954-1961		Jan Floris de Jongh (Netherlands) Jan Floris de Jongh (Netherlands) President 1954-1961
1961-1968		Eileena Younghusband (United Kingdom) Dame Eileen Younghusband (United Kingdom) President 1961-1968
1968-1976		Herman D Stein (USA) Herman D. Stein (USA) President 1968 – 1976
1976-1980		Robin Huws Jones (United Kingdom) Robin Huws Jones (United Kingdom) President 1976- 1980
1980-1988		Heiner Schiller (Germany) Heinrich Schiller (Germany) President 1980 – 1988
1988-1996		Ralph Garber (Canada) Dr. Ralph Garber (Canada) President 1988 – 1996
1996-2004		Lena Dominelli (United Kingdom) Lena Dominelli (United Kingdom) President 1996 – 2004
2004-2008		Abye Tasse (Ethiopia) Prof. Abye Tasse (Ethiopia) President 2004-2008
2008-2012		Angelina Yuen (Hong Kong)Angelina Yuen (Hong Kong)
2012-2016		Vimla Nadkarni (India) Vimla Nadkarni (India)
2016-2024		Annamaria Campanini (Italy) Annamaria Campanini (Italy)
1978-2010		Katherine A. Kendall Honorary President

President of IASSW

Profile Details

Name: Antoinette Lombard
Email: antoinette.lombard@up.ac.za

Position within Board of Directors and Terms of Serving: President, 2024 to 2028.

Affiliation and Position (other than IASSW): (Degrees): Professor in Social Work, University of Pretoria,
South Africa

Membership of organisations (other than IASSW): Association for Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA), Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI), International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD).
Educational Qualification/s: (Degrees): PhD (Social Work); M.A. (Social Work); B.Soc.Sc. (Social Work)
Languages written and spoken: English; Afrikaans
Interest Areas (social work teaching, research and practice): Social development developmental social work; environmental social work; disaster risk management; child participation; international social work.
Current Activities (social work teaching, research, practice, others): Supervising master’s and doctoral studies.
Guest lecturer in green social work: MCI Internationale Hochschule GmbH, Department of
Social Work, Innsbruck, Austria.
Co-researcher: South Africa – Sweden University Forum (SASUF) project on child participation
of children in alternative care.
Co-PI: Review of African social work historical documents.

Note

This Preface

as well as the chapters you can download through the links beside the different Presidents, are from the book Seibel F. W., Global Leaders for Social work Education. The IASSW President 1928-2008, Brno, ECSPRESS- Edition.

Preface

Presidents of IASSW 1928-2008

Testimonial

What people say about us

Very excited to be one of the recipients of the IASSW International Project which allowed me to have a great network and do impactful research. Being a member of this large professional network allowed me to update and contribute to the profession in many ways.

Dr Kiran Thampi
Head-School of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), India.
IASSW helps social work faculty worldwide to keep abreast of international social work education developments

and provides faculty with multiple ways to get involved in cross national education and research initiatives and funding opportunities.

Mary Ann Forgey
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service New York
Being part of the IASSW allows us to define together how we want Social Work to be in today’s and future societies.

Dr. Francisco Ródenas-Rigla
University of Valencia (Spain)