Social work research addresses some of the thorniest challenges we face as a society. If you pick up a newspaper, you are looking at the primary areas of social work research. Whether it is poverty and economic mobility, the mental health crisis, the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic, challenges faced by immigrants and refugees, technology’s impact on society, or the ongoing effects of the multiple pandemics of COVID, anti-Black racism, antisemitism, anti-Asian hate, and homophobia – THESE are the precisely daunting societal issues that social work researchers are tackling.
