Centre of expertise CESRT

<b>About CESRT</b> <p>Comparative European Social Research and Theory (CESRT) is a centre of expertise of the Hogeschool Zuyd (hszuyd). </p> <p>Established to promote applied research in higher professional education, CESRT is designed to deepen current social work education programmes, to professionalise teachers and to enhance social professional practice.</p> <br> <p>The development and application of research and theory in social work education and practice is approached from a comparative and European context. The approach is based on the conviction that globalisation affects both the education and the profession of social work. </p> <br> <p>The processes of social exclusion and inclusion are central in CESRT. </p> <p>They encompass notions of participation and accessibility to society's main institutions and traditions, e.g., education, health care, work, leisure, social services, public services and human rights. They echo the consequences of the shifts in responsibilities between the state, the market and civil society. They symbolize the risks of insecurity and uncertainty for many peple in today's society. On the whole, the processes of social exclusion and inclusion contain challenges shared throughout Europe and have a direct impact on social work educators and practitioners. </p>