Occasional Papers
1. ThRIvE-Publication Series I OPUS 4 | Perspectives in International Social Work
Volume 4: Agency in Crisis - How Losing a Sense of Agency Contributed to the Development of Aggressive Attitudes and Behaviors in Refugee Hosting Communities on the Island of Lesvos
Hecker, S. (2025). Agency in Crisis - How Losing a Sense of Agency Contributed to the Development of Aggressive Attitudes and Behaviors in Refugee Hosting Communities on the Island of Lesvos, 16th of June 2025. In: Hannah Reich, Lisa Mends, & Aimée Ghanem (eds.), Perspectives in International Social Work (4). THWS. URN Link: urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-58348
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Volume 3: The integration of new immigrants in Taiwan
Cheng-Hsiang Hsueh (Autor:in), 2020, The integration of new immigrants in Taiwan. An interview-based analysis, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1032634
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Volume 2: Social Work in the Face of Crises and Disasters - Part Two
Kahi, Hiam Samaha & Ghanem, Aimée (2021): Social Work in the Face of Crises and Disasters - Part Two. A brief review of some social workers' field experiences in Lebanon during the 1975-1990 war. In: Hannah Reich, Lisa Mends, & Aimée Ghanem (eds.), Perspectives in International Social Work (2). THWS. URN Link: urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-30081.
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Volume 1: Social Work in the Face of Crises and Disasters - Part One
Kahi, Hiam Samaha & Ghanem, Aimée (2021): Social Work in the Face of Crises and Disasters - Part One. A case study: Lebanon in the years between 1975 - 1990 and after the Beirut Explosion, 4th of August 2020. In: Hannah Reich, Lisa Mends, & Aimée Ghanem (eds.), Perspectives in International Social Work (1). THWS. URN Link: urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-30073.
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2. ThRIvE-Publication Series II OPUS 4 | International Social Work Education: Methods, Tools & Approaches
Volume 4: Strengthening the Resilience of International Social Work Students with Mindfulness-based Intercultural Resilience Training (MBICRT): A pilot study with pre and post test data analysis
Reich, Hannah; Mends, Lisa; Ghanem, Aimée (2025): Strengthening the Resilience of International Social Work Students with Mindfulness-based Intercultural Resilience Training (MBICRT): A pilot study with pre and post test data analysis. In: Hannah Reich und Lisa Mends (eds.), International Social Work Education: Methods, Tools & Approaches (4). THWS.
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Volume 3: Workbook: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) (Arabic)
Reich, Hannah (2023): الذھنیة الیقظة على القائم التوتر من الحد : التدریبات كتاب (Workbook: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction). Translated by Bushra Abyad. In: Hannah Reich und Lisa Mends (eds.), International Social Work Education: Methods, Tools & Approaches (3). THWS. URN Link: urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-43283.
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Volume 2: Workbook: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) (English)
Reich, Hannah (2023): Workbook: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. In: Hannah Reich und Lisa Mends (eds.), International Social Work Education: Methods, Tools & Approaches (2). THWS. URN Link: urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-43278.
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Volume 1: Introduction into the Methods of Interpretive Social Research: Principles of Conducting and Evaluating Narrative Interviews (Arabic)
Albaba, Ahmed (2021): Muqaddima fī ʾasālīb al-baḥṯ as-sūsīūlūğy at-taʾwīly: Mabadiʾ al-muqābala as-sardiyya wa turuq taḥlīlihā. Introduction into the methods of interpretive social research: Principles of conducting and evaluating narrative interviews. In: Hannah Reich und Lisa Mends (eds.), International Social Work Education: Methods, Tools & Approaches (1). THWS. URN Link: urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-19696.
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