Human Service Week 2026

Global View on 2040, our world is undergoing profound social, technological, political, and environmental transformation. By 2040, human services will operate in societies shaped by demographic change, digitalization, climate challenges, shifting health needs, and evolving democratic structures. 

What do we want human services and societies to look like in 2040? Where do we see common expectations – and where do country differences matter?  We will be working in an online format with teachers and students from different countries.

Participants of the preparatory group: 

• Prof. Dr. Marcin Boryczko, Dr. Alicja Zbierzchowska, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Poland

• Prof. Dr. Jurema Tomelin, Univille, Joinville, Brazil

• Prof. Dr. Klaus Schellberg, Prof. Dr. Uwe Kaspers, Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Jaime Dempero, Prof. Martyna Kozlowska, PhD, Université de Québec à Montréal, Canada

• Universidad Los Libertadores, Colombia

• Prof. Dr. Dieudonne Maniragaba, Protestant University of Rwanda, Rwanda