The Routledge International Handbook on Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals answers the question: What is the contribution of social development and social work to the Sustainable Development Goals?

David Androff is Professor and Associate Director for Doctoral Education of the Arizona State University School of Social Work, USA. His research focuses on human rights, social development, and immigrants and refugees. He is the author of Refugee Solutions in the Age of Global Crisis: Human Rights, Integration, and Sustainable Development published in 2022. He was elected Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research in 2023 and received the Partners in Advancing Education for International Social Work Award from the Global Commission of the Council on Social Work Education in 2022.

Janianton Damanik is Professor at the Department of Social Development and Welfare, Universitas of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He is a member of the International Consortium of Social Development and Indonesian Association of Social Development and has many international publications on social development issues, poverty reduction, and sustainable tourism. His current research interest is community development and livelihoods.