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

PDF Version English: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/20/docId/5834/start/0/rows/25

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

PDF Version English: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/20/docId/3008/start/2/rows/25

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.

PDF Version English: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/20/docId/3008/start/2/rows/25

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.

PDF Version English: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/20/docId/3007/start/3/rows/25

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.

PDF Version English: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/21/docId/6384/start/0/rows/25

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.

PDF Version Arabic: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/21/docId/4328/start/1/rows/25

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-43 278.

PDF Version English: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4327

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.

PDF Version Arabic: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/searchtype/series/id/21/docId/1969/start/3/rows/25

3. ThRIvE-Publication Series III OPUS 4 | Embodiment, Empowerment, Somatic Alignment: Creative and Communal Arts for Sustainable Futures

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Outreach

Podcast: "Im Gespräch mit Hannah Reich": In dialoge with Hannah Reich (German)

In this episode of the Zündstoff podcast by Stadt.Raum.Gestalten e.V., Professor Hannah Reich discusses how forum theatre creates new spaces for dialogue, embodied knowledge, and nonviolent understanding in both academic and social contexts. The Professor of Social Work at the Technical University of Applied Science Würzburg-Schweinfurt explains what we can learn from the body and how these insights can be transferred to the way we live and interact together.

Link to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CGdJoMbg50oAXLzlFhK1d