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28 June 2026

Evidence and practice in child and family social work at the DARE conference

Mary Baginsky and Nicole Steils were in Zurich

Group of people at an academic conference

In the picture, left to right: Dr Maija Jappinen (University of Helsinki), Dr Mary Baginsky (KCL), Dr Birgit Jentsch (National Centre for Early Prevention (NZFH) / German Youth Institute); Dr Nicole Steils (KCL); Dr Siddhartha Baviskar (University College Copenhagen); and, in front, Dr Charlotte Bredahl Jacobsen (University College Copenhagen)

At the DARE conference 2026, Reader in Social Care at King's, Dr Mary Baginsky, led a seminar with the colleagues pictured on Bridging the gap between evidence and practice in child and family social work: case studies from four countries.

The 9th Biennial International Symposium "Decisions, Assessment, Risk and Evidence in Social Work" (DARE) was held at Zurich University of Applied Sciences 25-26 June 2026.

In this story

Mary Baginsky

Reader in Social Care

Nicole Steils

Research Fellow