Join us at the 8th DARE conference in Zurich

Dear colleagues,

We warmly invite you to the 8th conference on Decisions, Assessment, Risk, and Evidence in Social Work (DARE), which will take place in Zurich on 20-21 June 2024.

The biennial DARE conference brings together academics, practitioners, and policy makers to share and discuss the latest evidence in social work on:

• professional judgement
• assessment tools
• decision processes
• risk assessment and management
• the use of evidence
• and other ethical, emotional, technological and contextual aspects of decision making, assessment, risk and evidence

At the conference, you will have the opportunity to strengthen your network and launch new research and practice development initiatives in social work.

This year’s program includes 51 oral presentations, 2 symposia, 3 workshops, and 12 posters. An overview of all accepted submissions is available at our conference website. The final program will be published in early May.

We are particularly happy to announce our three distinguished keynote speakers:

• Professor Emeritus Brian Taylor, Ulster University, on “Decisions, Assessment and Risk: Where Are We Now?”
• Professor Cheryl Regehr, University of Toronto, on “Stress, Trauma and Decision-Making in Social Work”
• Professor Rhema Vaithianathan, Auckland University of Technology, on “Can using predictive risk models reduce racial bias? Evidence from Child Welfare and Homelessness Systems”

Registration is open now.