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REVIEW article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1411781
This article is part of the Research Topic Reframing Gender Dialogues: Exploring Feminism in the Dialogic Society View all articles

Asserting the visibility of social work in science

Provisionally accepted
Ariadna Munté Ariadna Munté 1Maria Virginia M. Domandzic Maria Virginia M. Domandzic 1Ane López De Aguileta Ane López De Aguileta 1*Emilia Aiello-Cabrera Emilia Aiello-Cabrera 2Carmen Elboj Saso Carmen Elboj Saso 3Diana Valero Diana Valero 3Patricia Melgar Patricia Melgar 4
  • 1 University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2 Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • 3 University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
  • 4 University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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    Scientific evidence has shown that Social Work has frequently been considered a second-level discipline in the traditional sexist hierarchy, because pioneers and most social workers are women. The twofold objective of this article is to analyse the dynamics that overcome this consideration and to put forward actions to go further in the near future. The factors that limit these actions and those that make them possible are studied. This article exposes the dynamics of the current transformation of Social Work, namely, the increase in the importance of social impact in social research, the increase in interdisciplinarity, and the impact of interdisciplinary research.

    Keywords: co-creation1, interdisciplinarity2, scientific impact3, social impact4, social work5

    Received: 03 Apr 2024; Accepted: 18 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Munté, Domandzic, López De Aguileta, Aiello-Cabrera, Elboj Saso, Valero and Melgar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ane López De Aguileta, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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