Digital Transformation and Social Well-Being

Antonio López Peláez is Professor of Social Work and Social Services at the National University of Distance Education (UNED, Spain,) and the International Council on Social Welfare Executive Director (since November 2020). He has held key leadership positions at UNED as Head of the Office of the Rector, director of the UNED's Segovia campus, director of the Master's Degree in Social Work, Welfare State, and Social Intervention Methods at the Law Faculty of the UNED and is spokesman for faculty members before the Academic Senate of the UNED. In the last 20 years, he has published extensively in scientific journals. He is co-editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Digital Social Work. Sang-Mok Suh is the Global President of the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), as well as president of the Korea National Council on Social Welfare, the representative body of the private social welfare sector in the Republic of Korea. During his career he served as member of the Korean National Assembly, Minister of Health and Welfare of his country as well as a high-level advisory board member to the United Nations Secretary General on Sustainable Development. Dr. Suh has written widely in the socio-economic field and is the author of many articles and several books on the Korean economy. Sergei Zelenev is the Special Representative of the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) to the United Nations (UN) in New York. Until May 2019 he served as Executive Director of the ICSW. Before assuming his position at the ICSW in 2012, Dr. Zelenev worked for almost three decades for the UN, both at headquarters in New York in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA), and in the field, in Africa (twice) and in the Caribbean. He has written widely in the areas of socio-economic policy, ageing, youth and intergenerational relationships and directed numerous UN studies on key policy issues.

1. Promoting Digital Inclusion: Intergenerational Aspects, 2. Social Welfare and Inclusion in Digital Societies: Surveillance, Data Capitalism and COVID-19, 3. ICTs, Public Participation and Social Inclusion in the European Union: Trends and Challenges in a Digital Society, 4. Manifesting an Inclusive Society: Using Universal Design Theory with ICT to Supercharge the Empowerment and Participation of Marginalised Populations, 5. Digital Social Work: Strategies to Incorporate Digital Media into Practice and Research, 6. Social Inclusion, Social Network and Community Social Work, 7. Access and Strategies for the Future of Online Social Work Services and Education: Disrupting Traditional Social Work, 8. ICT and Digital Social Work: The Case of Spain, 9. Digital Equity and Inclusion in Technology-Based Mental Health Services, 10. ICT and Social Welfare in Korea, 11. Cases of ICT Applications in Taiwan for Smart Living and Youth Mental Well-Being Under COVID-19, 12. The Leap Forward in ICT Development in the Social Welfare Sector of Hong Kong: Opportunities and impacts, 13. Digital Practice for Social Work in Zimbabwe: Success, Challenges and Opportunities, 14. ICT and Social Media - How to Avoid Social Exclusion?, 15. ICT in Improving Access to Welfare and Enhancing Transparency in Governance: The Case of Pune District Council, India, 16. Information and Communication Technologies in the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS): Right to Social Inclusion