Susanne Elsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 243705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susanne Elsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Elsen |
| SIGNATURE | ELSEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1580-7435 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Addressing the Contradictions of Social Work: Lessons from Critical Realism, the Social Solidarity Economy, and the Hull-House Tradition of Social Work
Social Work, which is a profession and an academic discipline, has two major contradictions that pertain to its co-dependency with the capitalist hegemony and its inconsistent ontology, epistemology, and methodology. Addressing these contradictions is essential for Social Work to achieve its current mission and core mandate of promoting social change, social development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. In this theor…
The Social Solidarity Economy Organizations of People of African Descent in Europe: A Systematic Scoping Review
The Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) plays a crucial role in the lives of People of African Descent (PAD). The SSE is where PAD find refuge and meet their socioeconomic needs. It also enables them to actively contribute to the economy and societies. However, the endeavors and contributions of PAD in the SSE have not been well recognized or documented, especially in the context of Europe. The purpose of our study was to fill this knowledge gap by m…
Reinforcing protective structures against labor exploitation of seasonal workers. Social innovation research in South Tyrol
Soziale und solidarische Ökonomie, ökosoziale Transformation und ihr potenzieller Beitrag für Gemeinwohl und Klimaschutz
Im Mittelpunkt dieses Beitrags steht die Frage, ob und wie soziale und solidarische Ökonomien (SSE) zur ökosozialen Transformation beitragen können. Es geht um Ansätze diversen Wirtschaftens (Gibson-Graham et al. 2013), welche gleichzeitig positive soziale und ökologische Effekte erzielen können. Nicht berücksichtigt wird die Bandbreite kulturell eingebetteter solidarischer Ökonomien, die den Lebensunterhalt großer Teile der Bevölkerung des globa…
Die Gutachterinnen und Gutachter zum 51. Jahrgang (2022)
The Social Solidarity Economy and the Hull-House Tradition of Social Work: Keys for Unlocking the Potential of Social Work for Sustainable Social Development
Social work (SW) is criticized for its (i) inconsistent ontology, epistemology, and methodology and (ii) co-dependency with the capitalist hegemony, which is the main cause of multiple crises that primarily affect the most vulnerable. Addressing these issues is of paramount importance if SW is to achieve its core mandate of promoting social change, social development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. The purpose of t…
Ruralità tra risignificazione e centralità nuova: Giovani agricoltori e transizione alla multifunzionalità nelle valli Trentine e Altoatesine
After decades of marginalization and peripheralization, what was previously considered the "difficult countryside" is now starting to reattract young populations that choose to live and work in rural areas. This contribution presents a case study focused on the return of young farmers to mountain agriculture in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It analyses (i) the mecha-nisms that support the entrance into agriculture of both newcomers and farmers un…
Fruit production and exploited labor in northern Italy: Redefining urban responsibility toward the agrarian ground
Immigrants play a crucial role in the development of capital-intensive, industrialized agriculture and often find themselves living in derelict, stigmatized neighborhoods where they become not only objects of fear and exclusion but also objects of racketeering, exploitation, and profit-making dynamics. Global trends and migration flows trigger new concerns among policymakers who realize that food production is not only a rural issue. Discussing t…
Preventing and redressing exploitation. Methods of anti-trafficking social work outreach in Northern Italy
This contribution presents the strategies enacted by anti-trafficking outreach workers as jointly codified with the authors in the context of project FARm (www.project-farm.eu). The project aimed at identifying and addressing root causes of labour exploitation in agriculture in Northern Italy, by activating networks of local stakeholders in the generation of knowledge and preventive interventions. It addressed four topics: a. emersion of exploita…
Extending the concept of social farming: Rural development and the fight against organized crime in disadvantaged areas of southern Italy
Empowering refugees and asylum seekers in the Italian agriculture sector by linking social cooperative entrepreneurship and social work practices
The present study investigated the potential of social cooperative activities and social work practices in the Italian agriculture sector in promoting sustainable integration forms for refugees and asylum seekers. The study adopted a qualitative approach using case study as the main research method. As the results show, the complexity and diversity of needs of refugees and asylum seekers make collaboration between formal and informal actors incre…
Getting out of the seclusion trap? Work as meaningful occupation for the subjective well-being of asylum seekers in South Tyrol, Italy
This study explicitly links social aspects of the subjective well-being of asylum seekers and the lack of valued and meaningful occupation during the asylum application process. In bringing subjective personal experiences together with the structural level, the paper addresses the opportunities asylum seekers must have in order to develop their occupational potential. Snowball sampling of 25 asylum seekers in South Tyrol, Italy was completed betw…
Die Kunst des Wandels, Ansätze für die ökosoziale Transformation
Social economy: Community action towards social integration and the prevention of unemployment and poverty
In these times, when unemployment, marginalization and poverty are spreading while world capitalism takes its course, new approaches for guaranteeing subsistence at the community level need to be explored. Social economy provides people with an alternative which is work-intensive, equitable, and integrative. It is based on the principles of grass-roots democracy and can be facilitated through community-based social work. First, this paper outline…
Getting out of the seclusion trap? Work as meaningful occupation for the subjective well-being of asylum seekers in South Tyrol, Italy
This study explicitly links social aspects of the subjective well-being of asylum seekers and the lack of valued and meaningful occupation during the asylum application process. In bringing subjective personal experiences together with the structural level, the paper addresses the opportunities asylum seekers must have in order to develop their occupational potential. Snowball sampling of 25 asylum seekers in South Tyrol, Italy was completed betw…
Empowering refugees and asylum seekers in the Italian agriculture sector by linking social cooperative entrepreneurship and social work practices
The present study investigated the potential of social cooperative activities and social work practices in the Italian agriculture sector in promoting sustainable integration forms for refugees and asylum seekers. The study adopted a qualitative approach using case study as the main research method. As the results show, the complexity and diversity of needs of refugees and asylum seekers make collaboration between formal and informal actors incre…
Fruit production and exploited labor in northern Italy: Redefining urban responsibility toward the agrarian ground
Immigrants play a crucial role in the development of capital-intensive, industrialized agriculture and often find themselves living in derelict, stigmatized neighborhoods where they become not only objects of fear and exclusion but also objects of racketeering, exploitation, and profit-making dynamics. Global trends and migration flows trigger new concerns among policymakers who realize that food production is not only a rural issue. Discussing t…
Social economy: Community action towards social integration and the prevention of unemployment and poverty
In these times, when unemployment, marginalization and poverty are spreading while world capitalism takes its course, new approaches for guaranteeing subsistence at the community level need to be explored. Social economy provides people with an alternative which is work-intensive, equitable, and integrative. It is based on the principles of grass-roots democracy and can be facilitated through community-based social work. First, this paper outline…
Reinforcing protective structures against labor exploitation of seasonal workers. Social innovation research in South Tyrol
The Social Solidarity Economy and the Hull-House Tradition of Social Work: Keys for Unlocking the Potential of Social Work for Sustainable Social Development
Social work (SW) is criticized for its (i) inconsistent ontology, epistemology, and methodology and (ii) co-dependency with the capitalist hegemony, which is the main cause of multiple crises that primarily affect the most vulnerable. Addressing these issues is of paramount importance if SW is to achieve its core mandate of promoting social change, social development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. The purpose of t…
Preventing and redressing exploitation. Methods of anti-trafficking social work outreach in Northern Italy
This contribution presents the strategies enacted by anti-trafficking outreach workers as jointly codified with the authors in the context of project FARm (www.project-farm.eu). The project aimed at identifying and addressing root causes of labour exploitation in agriculture in Northern Italy, by activating networks of local stakeholders in the generation of knowledge and preventive interventions. It addressed four topics: a. emersion of exploita…
Social economy: Community action towards social integration and the prevention of unemployment and poverty
In these times, when unemployment, marginalization and poverty are spreading while world capitalism takes its course, new approaches for guaranteeing subsistence at the community level need to be explored. Social economy provides people with an alternative which is work-intensive, equitable, and integrative. It is based on the principles of grass-roots democracy and can be facilitated through community-based social work. First, this paper outline…
Die Kunst des Wandels, Ansätze für die ökosoziale Transformation
Getting out of the seclusion trap? Work as meaningful occupation for the subjective well-being of asylum seekers in South Tyrol, Italy
This study explicitly links social aspects of the subjective well-being of asylum seekers and the lack of valued and meaningful occupation during the asylum application process. In bringing subjective personal experiences together with the structural level, the paper addresses the opportunities asylum seekers must have in order to develop their occupational potential. Snowball sampling of 25 asylum seekers in South Tyrol, Italy was completed betw…
Empowering refugees and asylum seekers in the Italian agriculture sector by linking social cooperative entrepreneurship and social work practices
The present study investigated the potential of social cooperative activities and social work practices in the Italian agriculture sector in promoting sustainable integration forms for refugees and asylum seekers. The study adopted a qualitative approach using case study as the main research method. As the results show, the complexity and diversity of needs of refugees and asylum seekers make collaboration between formal and informal actors incre…
Extending the concept of social farming: Rural development and the fight against organized crime in disadvantaged areas of southern Italy
Preventing and redressing exploitation. Methods of anti-trafficking social work outreach in Northern Italy
This contribution presents the strategies enacted by anti-trafficking outreach workers as jointly codified with the authors in the context of project FARm (www.project-farm.eu). The project aimed at identifying and addressing root causes of labour exploitation in agriculture in Northern Italy, by activating networks of local stakeholders in the generation of knowledge and preventive interventions. It addressed four topics: a. emersion of exploita…
Die Gutachterinnen und Gutachter zum 51. Jahrgang (2022)
The Social Solidarity Economy and the Hull-House Tradition of Social Work: Keys for Unlocking the Potential of Social Work for Sustainable Social Development
Social work (SW) is criticized for its (i) inconsistent ontology, epistemology, and methodology and (ii) co-dependency with the capitalist hegemony, which is the main cause of multiple crises that primarily affect the most vulnerable. Addressing these issues is of paramount importance if SW is to achieve its core mandate of promoting social change, social development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. The purpose of t…
Ruralità tra risignificazione e centralità nuova: Giovani agricoltori e transizione alla multifunzionalità nelle valli Trentine e Altoatesine
After decades of marginalization and peripheralization, what was previously considered the "difficult countryside" is now starting to reattract young populations that choose to live and work in rural areas. This contribution presents a case study focused on the return of young farmers to mountain agriculture in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It analyses (i) the mecha-nisms that support the entrance into agriculture of both newcomers and farmers un…
Fruit production and exploited labor in northern Italy: Redefining urban responsibility toward the agrarian ground
Immigrants play a crucial role in the development of capital-intensive, industrialized agriculture and often find themselves living in derelict, stigmatized neighborhoods where they become not only objects of fear and exclusion but also objects of racketeering, exploitation, and profit-making dynamics. Global trends and migration flows trigger new concerns among policymakers who realize that food production is not only a rural issue. Discussing t…
Soziale und solidarische Ökonomie, ökosoziale Transformation und ihr potenzieller Beitrag für Gemeinwohl und Klimaschutz
Im Mittelpunkt dieses Beitrags steht die Frage, ob und wie soziale und solidarische Ökonomien (SSE) zur ökosozialen Transformation beitragen können. Es geht um Ansätze diversen Wirtschaftens (Gibson-Graham et al. 2013), welche gleichzeitig positive soziale und ökologische Effekte erzielen können. Nicht berücksichtigt wird die Bandbreite kulturell eingebetteter solidarischer Ökonomien, die den Lebensunterhalt großer Teile der Bevölkerung des globa…
Addressing the Contradictions of Social Work: Lessons from Critical Realism, the Social Solidarity Economy, and the Hull-House Tradition of Social Work
Social Work, which is a profession and an academic discipline, has two major contradictions that pertain to its co-dependency with the capitalist hegemony and its inconsistent ontology, epistemology, and methodology. Addressing these contradictions is essential for Social Work to achieve its current mission and core mandate of promoting social change, social development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. In this theor…
The Social Solidarity Economy Organizations of People of African Descent in Europe: A Systematic Scoping Review
The Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) plays a crucial role in the lives of People of African Descent (PAD). The SSE is where PAD find refuge and meet their socioeconomic needs. It also enables them to actively contribute to the economy and societies. However, the endeavors and contributions of PAD in the SSE have not been well recognized or documented, especially in the context of Europe. The purpose of our study was to fill this knowledge gap by m…
Reinforcing protective structures against labor exploitation of seasonal workers. Social innovation research in South Tyrol
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