SLAM - Social Work Labour Market in Luxembourg - FHSE - University of Luxembourg I Uni.lu

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 Jan 2021
Duration in months:

12
Funding:

University of Luxembourg
Principal Investigator(s):

Arthur LIMBACH-REICH

About

What is SLAM? – Research interest and objectives SLAM is the short term for the research project “Social Work Labour Market in Luxembourg”. The study deals with the professional requirements and expectations of the social sector in Luxembourg with regard to social work. In our study we focus on the employment situation and the employment trajectories of graduates of the BA-programme in Social and Educational Sciences (BSSE) of the University of Luxembourg. The overall ambition is to obtain indicators for a future-oriented and sustainable professionalisation of academic professionals in the social sector. Our current study complements previous and ongoing research at the University of Luxembourg on the topic of employability and lifelong learning with a long-term perspective. The study fits in with comparable international studies and allows a comparison in the context of the Greater Region as well as in an international context. What are the methods? – Research design of SLAM With particular attention to the alumni’s perspectives and experiences, the project asks which professional profiles and which ideas of professionalisation can be identified among former BSSE-students. In addition to a quantitative online survey, anonymised structured interviews will be conducted with former BSSE-students in a mixed-methods approach to explore their professional biographies in the social sector in Luxembourg from their perspective.