We prepare culturally responsive social work practitioners, organizational leaders and scholars to address social problems and promote social justice through teaching, research and service.
Programs
Institute for Nonprofit Organizations
The Institute offers interdisciplinary teaching, research, and service programs that focus on improving the leadership and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations.
Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights
The Center fosters a fair, inclusive society through community engagement, education and research that examines links between historic and present day inequalities.
CenHTRO
The center conducts research, develops programming, and influences policies that measurably reduce human trafficking and other forms of exploitation.
News
SSW's Center on Human Trafficking Research and Outreach Receives $2.2M Grant
The Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach at the University of Georgia School of Social Work will receive $2.2 million from the U.S. Department of State to expand research on labor trafficking in Southern Africa in the first stage of a long-term project.
The new award broadens the work of CenHTRO, which has previously received approximately $24 million from the State Department’s Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons for its global counter-trafficking projects.
Events
UGA Master of Social Work-Master of Public Health Information Session
10/11/2022 17:30-19:30Join a virtual information session to learn more about the Master of Social Work-Master of Public He...UGA SSW October Campus Experience | Gwinnett
10/22/2022 10:00-14:00Prospective Master of Social Work students are invited to join us for three mock classes, a compus t...
Global Engagement
Social work practice is informed by international issues.
We provide world-changers with opportunities for impactful study, research and service around the globe. From North and South America to Europe, Africa and Asia, we explore and learn about new ways to solve shared problems.