It’s been a few months but happy to share a new publication. A futures focused article with some great colleagues. #SWfutures
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s been a few months but happy to share a new publication. A futures focused article with some great colleagues. #SWfutures
Happy to see the final version of our manuscript fully in print with a limited number of free copies at the following Link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/38X7F...
#SWfutures
#SWfutures
Pedagogies of possibility: Case studies from using foresight tools in the social work classroom
Social workers engage across sectors to advocate for social justice, empower individuals and communities and work toward more equitable futures. Foresight practice, or the systematic scan of past a...
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy to see the final version of our manuscript fully in print with a limited number of free copies at the following Link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/38X7F...
#SWfutures
#SWfutures
Finally received my copy of #AnticipatorySocialWork and I’m so grateful to have a minor contribution towards the end along with my colleagues from the SWFutures Lab. #SWfutures
July 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Finally received my copy of #AnticipatorySocialWork and I’m so grateful to have a minor contribution towards the end along with my colleagues from the SWFutures Lab. #SWfutures
✅ How to see the future coming — and prepare for it [TED talk w/Jane McGonigal] www.ted.com/talks/jane_m... < she challenges the idea that the future is unthinkable/unimaginable & shows how to develop skills to anticipate new risks/feel more ready for what's next #swfutures #futureofwork
How to see the future coming — and prepare for it
As a futurist who helps people prepare for all different kinds of possibilities, Jane McGonigal thinks we overuse words like "unthinkable" and "unimaginable." She introduces three hypothetical scenari...
www.ted.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
✅ How to see the future coming — and prepare for it [TED talk w/Jane McGonigal] www.ted.com/talks/jane_m... < she challenges the idea that the future is unthinkable/unimaginable & shows how to develop skills to anticipate new risks/feel more ready for what's next #swfutures #futureofwork
March 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
@dupatton.bsky.social just gave a much deserved shout-out to @lauraburneynissen.bsky.social and #swfutures for the Social Work Futures Lab as a stellar example of collaborative innovation in social work research & practice. #SSWR2025 #SocialWorkSky
January 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
@dupatton.bsky.social just gave a much deserved shout-out to @lauraburneynissen.bsky.social and #swfutures for the Social Work Futures Lab as a stellar example of collaborative innovation in social work research & practice. #SSWR2025 #SocialWorkSky
Desmond highlights Laura Nissen's #SWFutures work as an exemplar of collaboration. #SSWR2025
cc: @jimmysw.bsky.social
cc: @jimmysw.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Desmond highlights Laura Nissen's #SWFutures work as an exemplar of collaboration. #SSWR2025
cc: @jimmysw.bsky.social
cc: @jimmysw.bsky.social
Great interview. Worth adding to the #swtech thread about #SocialWorkAI & #AgenticAI. How can we continue interrogating the future imaginations promulgated by what Ruha Benjamin calls "the artificial intelligentsia?" #swfutures @jbsinger.bsky.social @stuckonsw.bsky.social @jcreswellbaez.bsky.social
Ruha Benjamin: "In my view, the AI that we should be investing more in is not 'artificial,' it's 'ancestral' intelligence. It's the collective know-how, the wisdom that has been cut off from us in part because of who it's associated with." Listen/read: www.techpolicy.press/imagining-20...
Imagining 2025 and Beyond with Dr. Ruha Benjamin | TechPolicy.Press
Dr. Ruha Benjamin is the author of Imagination: A Manifesto (Norton Shorts, 2024).
www.techpolicy.press
January 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Great interview. Worth adding to the #swtech thread about #SocialWorkAI & #AgenticAI. How can we continue interrogating the future imaginations promulgated by what Ruha Benjamin calls "the artificial intelligentsia?" #swfutures @jbsinger.bsky.social @stuckonsw.bsky.social @jcreswellbaez.bsky.social
4/8 Risks of AI in Social Work
- Data Quality: Poor-quality data hampers AI effectiveness.
- Security: Client data must be protected from breaches.
- Bias: AI may inherit biases from training data, harming vulnerable populations.
@bryangvictorphd #SWFutures
- Data Quality: Poor-quality data hampers AI effectiveness.
- Security: Client data must be protected from breaches.
- Bias: AI may inherit biases from training data, harming vulnerable populations.
@bryangvictorphd #SWFutures
November 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
4/8 Risks of AI in Social Work
- Data Quality: Poor-quality data hampers AI effectiveness.
- Security: Client data must be protected from breaches.
- Bias: AI may inherit biases from training data, harming vulnerable populations.
@bryangvictorphd #SWFutures
- Data Quality: Poor-quality data hampers AI effectiveness.
- Security: Client data must be protected from breaches.
- Bias: AI may inherit biases from training data, harming vulnerable populations.
@bryangvictorphd #SWFutures
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt is "Circles." One of the first skills I learned in my MSW program was how to put chairs into a circle. Ecosystems is visualized as concentric circles. What's old is new. So many possibilities. #SWTech @igraywill @JimmySW @lauranissen #SWFutures
November 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt is "Circles." One of the first skills I learned in my MSW program was how to put chairs into a circle. Ecosystems is visualized as concentric circles. What's old is new. So many possibilities. #SWTech @igraywill @JimmySW @lauranissen #SWFutures
Spend your next 8 minutes viewing a Hopeful Future for Extended Foster Care.
On the Threshold of Change youtu.be/owE6OUOlyFg?si… #SWfuturese#Signalsls
On the Threshold of Change youtu.be/owE6OUOlyFg?si… #SWfuturese#Signalsls
On the Threshold of Change
YouTube video by Institute for the Future (IFTF)
https://youtu.be/owE6OUOlyFg?si…
September 4, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Spend your next 8 minutes viewing a Hopeful Future for Extended Foster Care.
On the Threshold of Change youtu.be/owE6OUOlyFg?si… #SWfuturese#Signalsls
On the Threshold of Change youtu.be/owE6OUOlyFg?si… #SWfuturese#Signalsls
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is: "a world without the resources we need." Politicians campaign on making a better world, but so often they underfund or eliminate the things we actually need (e.g. good public transportation, public libraries, etc). @igraywill @JimmySW #SWFutures
November 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is: "a world without the resources we need." Politicians campaign on making a better world, but so often they underfund or eliminate the things we actually need (e.g. good public transportation, public libraries, etc). @igraywill @JimmySW #SWFutures
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt is "alternate pasts." I chose to go with 1890 postcard of a Black social worker working on a computer. @igraywill @JimmySW @lauranissen @alicitadelfina #SWTech #SWFutures
November 18, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt is "alternate pasts." I chose to go with 1890 postcard of a Black social worker working on a computer. @igraywill @JimmySW @lauranissen @alicitadelfina #SWTech #SWFutures
I'm really impressed with #midjourneyV61. I asked Midjourney to create a cityscape with Van Gogh's colors and Klimpt 's gold. Truly beautiful creations.
#SocialWorkAiArt #SWTech #SWFutures
#SocialWorkAiArt #SWTech #SWFutures
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 AM
I'm really impressed with #midjourneyV61. I asked Midjourney to create a cityscape with Van Gogh's colors and Klimpt 's gold. Truly beautiful creations.
#SocialWorkAiArt #SWTech #SWFutures
#SocialWorkAiArt #SWTech #SWFutures
Help me congratulate @melaniesage for her upcoming keynote at @LoyolaChicago's Focus on Teaching and Learning conference: The Balancing Act: Teaching and Learning with AI from a Place of Integrity
#SWTech #SWFutures
https://www.luc.edu/fotl/august2024keynotespeakerinformation/
#SWTech #SWFutures
https://www.luc.edu/fotl/august2024keynotespeakerinformation/
: Loyola University Chicago
www.luc.edu
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Help me congratulate @melaniesage for her upcoming keynote at @LoyolaChicago's Focus on Teaching and Learning conference: The Balancing Act: Teaching and Learning with AI from a Place of Integrity
#SWTech #SWFutures
https://www.luc.edu/fotl/august2024keynotespeakerinformation/
#SWTech #SWFutures
https://www.luc.edu/fotl/august2024keynotespeakerinformation/
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is social workers doing home visits. I envisioned #SWFutures where social workers are traveling across galaxies. The future looks cold, huh? #SWTech @igraywill @JimmySW @alicitadelfina @lauranissen
November 18, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is social workers doing home visits. I envisioned #SWFutures where social workers are traveling across galaxies. The future looks cold, huh? #SWTech @igraywill @JimmySW @alicitadelfina @lauranissen
For all my #SWTech and #SWFutures tweeps (can I use that any more or is it xeeps?). The
@internetarchive is a phenomenal repository of the past. The loss of 500k books is a signal... and points to possibles future. Have you used the archive? If yes, how?...
@internetarchive is a phenomenal repository of the past. The loss of 500k books is a signal... and points to possibles future. Have you used the archive? If yes, how?...
November 18, 2024 at 6:16 AM
For all my #SWTech and #SWFutures tweeps (can I use that any more or is it xeeps?). The
@internetarchive is a phenomenal repository of the past. The loss of 500k books is a signal... and points to possibles future. Have you used the archive? If yes, how?...
@internetarchive is a phenomenal repository of the past. The loss of 500k books is a signal... and points to possibles future. Have you used the archive? If yes, how?...
Latest publication in collaboration with members of the Social Work Futures Lab.
#SWfutures #SocialWorkEducation
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/38X7F...
#SWfutures #SocialWorkEducation
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/38X7F...
Pedagogies of possibility: Case studies from using foresight tools in the social work classroom
Social workers engage across sectors to advocate for social justice, empower individuals and communities and work toward more equitable futures. Foresight practice, or the systematic scan of past a...
www.tandfonline.com
June 21, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Latest publication in collaboration with members of the Social Work Futures Lab.
#SWfutures #SocialWorkEducation
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/38X7F...
#SWfutures #SocialWorkEducation
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/38X7F...
Speaking of #SWfutures... Life Magazine 1914 had an issue dedicated to what life in 1950 would be like. Off by about 50 years :-). The whole issue is amazing - suggests men will lose dominance. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924069224909&seq=507
November 18, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Speaking of #SWfutures... Life Magazine 1914 had an issue dedicated to what life in 1950 would be like. Off by about 50 years :-). The whole issue is amazing - suggests men will lose dominance. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924069224909&seq=507
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is "The Future is Transformative." I liked what #Midjourney6 did with this prompt. #SWFutures #SWTech @igraywill @lauranissen @JimmySW @alicitadelfina
November 18, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is "The Future is Transformative." I liked what #Midjourney6 did with this prompt. #SWFutures #SWTech @igraywill @lauranissen @JimmySW @alicitadelfina
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt was inspired by the #swfuturesforum2024: "Mutant moments shape the future." #SWTech #SWFutures
@igraywill @alicitadelfina @JimmySW @hcdawes @newsocialworker @lauranissen
@igraywill @alicitadelfina @JimmySW @hcdawes @newsocialworker @lauranissen
November 18, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt was inspired by the #swfuturesforum2024: "Mutant moments shape the future." #SWTech #SWFutures
@igraywill @alicitadelfina @JimmySW @hcdawes @newsocialworker @lauranissen
@igraywill @alicitadelfina @JimmySW @hcdawes @newsocialworker @lauranissen
Here's a version with the modifier "Afrofuturism" at the end. #SWfuturesForum2024 #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures
November 18, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Here's a version with the modifier "Afrofuturism" at the end. #SWfuturesForum2024 #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures
Quotes from the #SWfuturesForum2024 as imagined by AI image generators. "At the end of the day all of us have a relationship to space and time" #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures @lauranissen @JimmySW
@oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill
@oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill
November 18, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Quotes from the #SWfuturesForum2024 as imagined by AI image generators. "At the end of the day all of us have a relationship to space and time" #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures @lauranissen @JimmySW
@oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill
@oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill
Good morning! Looking forward to #SWfuturesForum2024 Day 3! I asked #Midjourney to imagine "there are multiple futures. Which ones will you be part of creating?" #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures @lauranissen @JimmySW @oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill
November 18, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Good morning! Looking forward to #SWfuturesForum2024 Day 3! I asked #Midjourney to imagine "there are multiple futures. Which ones will you be part of creating?" #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures @lauranissen @JimmySW @oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill