Sven Hessle is a professor emeritus of social work at Stockholm University in Sweden. He has over 45 years of experience in social work education and research, focusing on family and child welfare in poverty areas around the world. Hessle has authored over 40 books and numerous research articles. He has held visiting professor positions around the world and received several international awards for his contributions to the field of social work.

1. Curriculum Vitae (shortened) 08/06/2015
Name: Sven Hessle
Position: Professor of Social work – (Chair Emeritus)
Work adress: Department of Social Work at Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 70 642 70 99
E-mail: Sven.hessle@socarb.su.se
Web: www. socarb.su.se/IJSW
Degree and Education
1968 Psychologist (Authorization)
1975 Ph D Stockholm University
1983 Associate Professor at Gothenburg University
1987 Associate Professor at Swedish Council for Social Research
1993 - Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University
(1999 Professor of Honour at Guizhou University for Ethnic Minorities. 2002 Professor of Honour at Beijing Normal
University)
Research
Numerous research projects within the field of Family and Child welfare in poverty areas in different parts of the world as well
as International social work.
Publication
Numerous research reports and articles. 40 books, most of which are in Swedish, but some translated to different
languages, e g. Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Russian, Engllish
In English latest publ: Dervisbegovic, M & Hessle, S (Eds).(1998). Social Work in Post War Conditions. Sarajevo
University, Stockholm University & UNICEF. Hessle, S & Vinnerljung, B (1999). Child Welfare in Sweden – an
overview.. Stockholm Studies in Social work, No 15, Stockholm University. Callahan, M & Hessle, S .(Eds). (2000).
Valuing the field. Aldershot: Ashgate Publ Ltd; Hessle, S (Ed.).(2001). International Standard Setting of Higher Social
Work Education. Stockholm Studies in Social Work, No17, Stockholm University. 2005 Hessle S, Zavirsek D, eds.:
Sustainable Development in Social Work – The Case of a Regional Network in the Balkans. International Projects Series,
No 4, Stockholm University, Department of Social Work. (Also with a version in the Serbo-Croatian Language, published
at Banja Luka University, Faculty of Philosophy.) Hessle, S. (2007). Globalisation: Implications for International
Development Work, Social Work and the Integration of Immigrants in Sweden. In Dominelli, L. Revitalising Communities
in a Globalising World. Aldershot: Ashgate Publ, (pp 231 – 243) 2007 Hessle, S. (2007). Social work profession in
Sweden, in Weiss, I och Welbourne, P (eds.). Social work as a profession: a comparative cross-national perspective.
Birmingham: Venture Press. Hessle, S, (2012). Variations and Issues of Survival of European Welfare State Models in the
Twenty-First Centrury. In Healy, L M & Link, R.(Eds). Handbook of International Social Work.Oxford Univ Press (pp 430
– 438)
2013: Child Welfare Devlopment in Sweden, Chapter 2. In Welbourne, P and Dixon J (eds.) Child Protection and Child
Welfare. A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
2014: Hessle, S (ed). Social Work – Social Development, Vol I- III, Ashgate Int Ltd.
International Experiences
• International projects and networks within the research territory of Children and Families in poverty areas as well as
International social work, e g in former Yugoslavia or other Balkan states, Russia, Vietnam, Brazil, China, Australia,
South Africa, Brazil, Kurdistan/Iraq, Ethiopia, Tanzania.......
• Visiting professor in different universities, e g School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley (Fulbright), Dohto University
at Mombetsu/Japan; Helsinki University in Finland; Doshisha University in Kyoto/Japan (Distinguished professor),
Guizhou Univ. Ethnic. Minor., Addis Abeba University; Tallinn University; University of Dar es Salaam; Beijing
Normal University;
Others
• 1991 – 2014: Editor-in-chief and founder of the International Journal of Social Welfare. Vol I – 23; .
• Participating in different editorial boards of international journals, e g International social work; Social Work
Education, International Perspectives in Social Work, Journal of Family Care, Revista Crítica de Historia de las
Relaciones Laborales y de la Política Social
• International expert in commissions for evaluating production of scholars in different international academic settings
• Member of International task force group (IASSW) for establishing standards for social work higher education
• Board member of the Institute of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing University
• Member of the Swedish International Development Agency Research Committee (Board) 2004-2010.
• Senior advisor and quality consultant for Unicef, Sida and Norad in development projects
• 2006 Received the Katherine Kendall Award from IASSW for exceptional international contributions
• 2008 Nominated to give The Friedlander lecture at U.C. Berkeley in March 2008
• 2011 Nominated to give The Terry Hokenstad International Lecture at CSWE in Atlanta in Nov 2011.
• 2012 Scientific and Programme Chair for the IASSW, ICSW, IFSW international conference in Stockholm 2012
• 2013 Nominated to give The Herman Stein lecture at Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences in March 2013
• 2014 Received The Harald Swedner Award from ICSD, The International Consortium for Social Development, for
exceptional international contributions for social development.
• 2015 International expert commission by Israel Governement for evaluation of Academic Social Work Education and
Research in Israel