The book presents a theoretical and practical approach to international social work. It uses examples from Germany with a long tradition of social work and focuses on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which is in a pioneering phase in teaching social work while at the same time experiencing a highly explosive situation in global politics. Socio-political challenges such as violence, traumatization, (religious) fundamentalism, ethnicization, changing gender relations, flight and migration call for a professional examination of social work as a human rights profession in international comparison.

Cinur Ghaderi, PhD, is Professor of Psychology in the Faculty of Social Work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Bochum. She is Vice-President for Research, Transfer and Internationalization.Kristin Sonnenberg, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Bochum. She is Head of the BA Program in Social Work Studies. Luqman Saleh Karim, PhD, is Lecturer in the Department of Social Work, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani (UoS), Kurdistan Region of Iraq.Niyan Namiq Sabir, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Social Work, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani (UoS), Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Zhiya Abbas Qader, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani (UoS), Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Lisa-Marie Dünnebacke, M.A., was Scientific Associate within the CoBoSUnin project in the Department of Social Work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Bochum.