11TH SUMMER SCHOOL 26th -30th August 2019 Riga (Latvia) "MEASURING OUTCOMES OF SOCIAL WORK" will be hosted by the University of Latvia, Faculty of Social Science
The Nordic-Baltic Doctoral Network in Social Work (NBSW) is a joint network of the doctoral schools, universities and other institutions in social work in seven countries. The network provides research training for PhD students in social work in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but also for PhD students in social work from countries outside the network.

On Monday, March 25th, at 15.00 an event will be held at the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia (Raina bulv. 7), where a photograph of the 25 March 1949 Soviet deportations will be premiered. This unique document, one of four photos known to exist, was found during a scientific expedition in 25 July, 2018 by Oskars Gruziņš. Gruziņš, a PhD student in communication science at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia, found the photo as a result of his research in the Maria Sklodowska-Kiri innovative training network "Children born of war- past present, and future" (CHIBOW).

EU’s Marie Curie Innovative Training Network’s Early Stage Researcher, Oskars Gruziņš, discovers one-of-a-kind films of immeasurable importance to the history of Latvia.

On January 24, 2019, at 17.00, the event "Riga 1941–1944, through the lens of a German officer’s Cinema Camera" will take place at the temporary premises of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia (Raiņa bulvāris 7). During the event, unique cinematographic materials, found during the Marie Skłodowska Curie Innovative Training Network project “Children Born of War – Past, Present and Future (CHIBOW),” will be premiered.

The 2nd international conference Riga Readings in Social Sciences (RRSS) took place on November 22-23, and was organized by the Advanced Social and Political Research Institute (ASPRI), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia. The main theme of this year conference was "Baltic Sea Region: One Hundred Years On".

The Final Conference of the project SEMPRE, that will take place in the University of Latvia on November 27-28, 2018., offers an exciting programme, including
• a video interview with PETER BERESFORD, Professor of Citizen Participation, University of Essex and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Brunel University London;
• discussion on the role of social innovation in European Territorial Cooperation with KATHARINA ERDMENGER, Head of Division for European Spatial Development Policies and Territorial Cohesion, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community,
• presentations of microprojects implemented within the framework of the project.

The second international conference Riga Readings in Social Sciences (RRSS) organized by the Advanced Social and Political Research Institute (ASPRI), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia will take place in Riga on November 22-23. The main theme of the 2nd RRSS conference is "Baltic Sea Region: One Hundred Years On". The conference this year will host more than hundred participants from 16 countries (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Russia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Kazakhstan). Working language: English.

On October 26, the Youth Forum “Media Literacy in the Era of Algorithms: Youth Voices” concluded at the Academic Center for Natural Sciences of University of Latvia by highlighting the role of young people as agents of change through improving the media and information literacy skills of each and every member of civil society. The event was held as part of the UNESCO-initiated Global Media and Information Literacy Week, and brought together around 250 participants from more than 20 countries.