DiMe-Sozial | Journal for Social Work, Media and Digitalisation
DiMe-Sozial | Social Work, Media and Digitalisation is a Diamond Open Access journal focusing on the challenges facing the profession and discipline of social work as a result of the digital transformation. The journal is published biannually. Submissions undergo a quality-assuring peer review process before publication. The journal creates a space for discourse in order to bring together Social Work perspectives on the subject area. This opens up the opportunity for discussion in addition to Media Pedagogy approaches. The aim is to provide an opportunity for exchange on questions of Social Work theory and practice through technological developments, social implications and to bundle these discourses.
The journal DiMe-Sozial | Social Work, Medien und Digitalisierung provides a space to discuss questions of social work theory formation in relation to media and digitalisation.
It provides information on empirical findings and research activities in the subject area.
It provides an insight into (practical) projects, methodological approaches and challenges of the Social Work profession in its various fields of action.
The journal offers students the opportunity to publish their theses and thus establish themselves in the scientific community and enrich it with innovative research questions and explorative findings.
Editorship and editorial team
- Prof. Dr Daniela Cornelia Stix, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
- Adrian Roeske, M.A., Institute for Information Management Bremen GmbH
- Prof. Dr Marc Witzel, Protestant University of Applied Sciences Dresden
- Prof. Dr Angelika Beranek, Munich University of Applied Sciences
- Julius Späte, M.A., Potsdam University of Applied Sciences
- Prof. Dr Thomas Pudelko, Berlin University of Applied Sciences for Social Work and Education
- Prof. Dr Cordula Endter, Catholic University of Applied Social Sciences Berlin
- Max Haberstroh, M.A., Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Issue headings
1. editorial
2. the topic
3. current developments in practice
4. teaching and digitalisation
5. research notes
6. discourse space
7. post-reading
8. theses
Issue topics
Issue 1 (winter issue): Social Work, Digitalisation and Media (January 2025)
Issue 2 (Summer Issue): AI and Social Work (working title) (June 2025)
For issue 1, we welcome submissions for the sections 3) Current developments in practice, 4) Teaching and digitalisation, 5) Discourse space and 6) Research notes.
Timetable
Winter issue: Submission of abstracts by 15 April; full texts by 1 August; publication 15 Jan.
Summer issue: Submission of abstracts by 15 October; full texts by 1 February; publication 15 June.
Submissions via: https: //www.dime-sozial.de
