Contributors

Désirée Bender, Dipl. Päd., is a research associate at the Institute of Education, University of Mainz, Germany. Fields of interest: qualitative research, sociology of knowledge, transnationalism, discourse analysis, biography research, social support.

Lothar Böhnisch is a professor at the University of Dresden, Germany/Free University of Bolzano, Italy. Fields of interest: social work, gender (masculinity), social policy.

Adrienne Chambon is a professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Canada. Fields of interest: critical theory, arts and social work, history of social work, transnationalism.

Arielle Dylan is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work, St. Thomas University, Canada. Fields of interest: environmental social work and ecojustice, contemplative wellness practices, critical theory, relations between Aboriginal nations and the Crown in the Canadian context, international Roma experiences and community organising, transnationalism.

Kay E. Ehlers is a planner and social scientist in the City Administration of Hamburg, Germany. Fields of interest: concepts, management, and evaluation of (development) projects.

Luann Good Gingrich is an associate professor at the School of Social Work, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University Canada. Fields of interest: social exclusion and inclusion, transnational livelihoods, social policy and social welfare, intercultural/religious relations.

Tina Hollstein, Dipl. Päd., is a research associate at the Institute of Education, University of Mainz, Germany. Fields of interest: (illegal) migration, coping, transnationalism, social support, qualitative research.

Lena Huber is a PhD student and DFG scholarship holder at the Research Training Group “Transnational Social Support” at the Institute of Education, University of Mainz, Germany. Fields of interest: migration, poverty, coping, transnational social support, qualitative research (grounded theory and narrative analysis).

Stefan Köngeter, PhD, is a research fellow at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Canada. Fields of interest: transnationalism, professionalisation of social work, child and youth care.

Ernie Lightman is a professor at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Canada. Fields of interest: social policy.

Chin-ju Lin is an associate professor at the Graduate Institute of Gender Studies, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. Fields of interests: gender and ethnicity, family studies, intersectionality.

Wolfgang Schröer is a professor at the Institute of Social Pedagogy and Organisation Studies, University of Hildesheim, Germany. Fields of interest: transnational social work and social policy, child and youth care, history of social work and social policy.

Cornelia Schweppe is a professor at the Institute of Education, University of Mainz, Germany. Fields of interest: transnational and international social work, professionalisation of social work, poverty and social work, qualitative research methods, biography research, old age, social work in Latin America.

Wendy Smith is a senior lecturer at the Department of Management, Monash University, Australia. Fields of interest: discipline and area studies—social anthropology, management, Malaysian studies, Japanese studies, globalised new religious movements, management of religious diversity, social protection among Turkish migrants in Germany and Australia.

Elisabeth Tuider is a professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany. Fields of interest: sociology of diversity, gender studies and feminist theory, qualitative research methods, migration research, Latin American studies, cultural and postcolonial studies.

Frank T. Y. Wang is an associate professor at the Graduate Institute of Social Work, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. Fields of interest: aging, indigenous social work, long-term care.

Stephan Wolff is a professor at the Institute of Social Pedagogy and Organisation Studies, University of Hildesheim, Germany. Fields of interest: organisation studies, research methods, ethnomethodology, and conversation analysis.