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Dr. Leonie le Sage serves as Professor of Professional Identity at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, appointed in 2020. She leads the Lectorate Professional Identity of the Social Worker within the Research Centre Urban Talent, focusing on strengthening social work professional identity amid interprofessional collaboration challenges in care and technology. Her work addresses crises in social work through methodologically rigorous and normatively critical approaches to sustainable metropolitan environments.
Her research interests center on:
- Developing robust professional profiles for social workers
- Integrating social work values with practical actions
- Addressing blurred boundaries between social work and related professions
- Creating policy frameworks for identifying social inequalities
- Designing interprofessional collaboration models for vulnerable populations
Professor le Sage contributes significantly to social work education through curriculum development, having chaired the Educational Theory curriculum committee and co-drafted national training documents. She serves on the National Training Forum for Social Work board since 2018 and collaborates with the Professional Social Workers' Association (BPSW) on professional identity initiatives.
Her notable projects include:
- Laurensfonds-subsidised research on integrated family approaches to poverty
- Research Centre Urban Talent projects on learning and family support systems
- Developing graduating programs for Social Work study programs
