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20142025

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Research interests

Research Grants:

May 2025 (awarded) - Sure+ research grant. Climate change curriculum integration in social work education: a survey-based study among undergraduate students. UAEU, SURE PLUS Research Program. Grant code G00005233.

September 2024 (active) - External one-year Immersive Learning Grant through Bodyswaps’ AI-powered Skill-Up simulations (UK). 

May 2024 (awarded_closed) - Sure+ research grant. In their voices: UAEU female students' perceptions of UAE role in the achievement of the UN's Agenda 2030 in developing countries. UAEU, SURE PLUS Research Program. Grant code G00004799.

April 2024 (not awarded) -  UAEU strategic grant application in colaboration with collaboration with The University of Edinburgh: "The contribution of UAE humanitarian aid to the achievement of SDG4 milestones on Zaatari camp: a descriptive-exploratory qualitative study". 

Active secondary research:

A systematic mapping study on social work and climate change.

Scoping review: alcohol and substance dependence in UAE. Leading: Professor Ansie Fouche.

Training Experience

Training & Industry Collaboration

May 2024 - April 2025: In articulation with the UAEU Continuing Education Center,  the Social Wellbeing Department is actively collaborating with Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) in the multi-stakeholders Social Work Upskilling Pilot Program for Social Work graduates across UAE.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Social work, Ph.D, Social work in uncertainty context: metamorphosing the Subject? A look beyond the mirror., ISCTE-IUL - Lisbon University Institute

Award Date: Dec 7 2011

Research interests

  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Vulnerability and human development
  • Interdisciplinary knowledge/complex thought
  • Imagination and creativity / transformative social work
  • Emotion and communication in social Work

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