Janestic Mwende-Twikirize

Position within Board of Directors and Terms of Serving: Secretary, 2024-2028
Affiliation and Position (other than IASSW): Associate Professor of Social Work, Makerere University, Uganda
Membership of organisations (other than IASSW): Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA), Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, National Association of Social Workers in Uganda and Migration and Social Transformation Network.
Educational Qualification/s: (Degrees): PhD in Social Work and Social Development, MA in Social  Sector Planning and Management, BA(Social Work and Social Administration)
Languages written and spoken: English, Luganda, Runyankore
Interest Areas (social work teaching, research and practice): Social work theory, International social work, indigenization and decolonial perspectives, child protection, Social service workforce strengthening
Current Activities (social work teaching, research, practice, others)
 Teaching social work theories, methods and techniques at Makerere University
 PI- Enhancing school retention through community social labs and problem based fieldwork
 PI: Collaboration to design and develop an Ubuntu-inspired virtual
 learning and teaching platform with multiple digital resources and test it in different countries
 across the globe (IASSW funded international project) https://ubuntuplatform.ushahidi.io/
 Co-PI for an international academic partnership on ‘building resilient communities through inclusive education’( https://resilient.uia.no )
 Co-PI: Review of African social work historical documents
 Erasmus mobility partnership -Technical University of Applied Sciences Wurzburg, Germany

Email : janestic@gmail.com