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Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Counseling and Human Services, College of Education, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.

In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Dissertation: Providing Family Centered Care Within Pediatric Integrated Care Settings , Emily D. Bebber

Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of 911 Dispatchers With Compassion Fatigue: An Interpretive Phenomenology , Angela Johnson

Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Self-Identified Politically Conservative Students in Graduate Counseling Programs in Public Universities , Elizabeth A. Orrison

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Dissertation: Mental Health Counselors’ Perceptions of Professional Identity as Correctional Counselors in an Integrated Behavioral Health Care Setting , Jeanel L. Franklin

Dissertation: Complex Thought for Complex Work: Preparing Cognitively Complex Counselors for Work in Diverse Settings , Alexandra C. Gantt

Dissertation: Trauma and Crisis Counselor Preparation: The Relationship of an Online Trauma and Crisis Course and Counseling Self-Efficacy , Julia Leigh Lancaster

Dissertation: An Investigation of Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on the Tasks of Mental Health Counselors in Hospital Settings , Suelle Micallef Marmara

Dissertation: Broaching Race and Race-Related Issues: Phenomenological Inquiry of Doctoral Student Supervisors of Counselor Trainees , Judith Wambui Preston

Dissertation: A Phenomenological Investigation of School Counselor Antiracist Social Justice Practices , Stephanie Deonca Smith-Durkin

Dissertation: Counselor Perceived Competence Diagnosing Disorders from DSM-5 Diagnostic Categories Survey Results and the Development and Validation of Scores on the Diagnostic Self-Efficacy Scale , Erin Elizabeth Woods

Dissertation: The Experiences of School Counselors Providing Virtual Services During Covid-19: A Phenomenological Investigation , Allison Kathryn Worth

Dissertation: A Comparison of Sorority Women and Non-Sorority Women’s Alcohol Use: Perception, Rate of Use, and Consequences , Betsy Zimmerman

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Dissertation: Effectiveness of College Counseling Interventions in International Student Adjustment to United States Higher Education Systems: A Meta-Analysis , Joshua Ebby Abraham

Dissertation: What Are We Missing?: A Comparison of Experiences of Race-Based Trauma by Black Americans and Black Jamaicans , Bianca R. Augustine

Dissertation: Site Supervisors' Perspectives on Supervision of Counselor Trainees in Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Settings: A Q Methodology Approach , Yeşim Giresunlu

Dissertation: The Impact of a Crisis Intervention Team Program on Psychiatric Boarding , Kurtis Hooks

Dissertation: A Case Study on the Application and Implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Students with Emotional Disabilities in Alternative Education , Kira Candelieri Marcari

Dissertation: Initial Development of the Escala de Fortaleza en Jóvenes para Padres , David Moran

Dissertation: Incivility of Coworker Behaviors and Minority Firefighters’ Belongingness in the Workplace , Alyssa Reiter

Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of Three Years of Data on Outcomes of Therapy Groups for Inmates in the Virginia Department of Corrections , Abie Carroll Tremblay

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Dissertation: Improving Veterans’ Psychological Well-Being with a Positive Psychology Gratitude Exercise , Clara Im Adkins

Dissertation: An Examination of the Relationship Among Social Services Support, Race, Ethnicity and Recidivism in Justice Involved Mothers , Ne’Shaun Janay Borden

Dissertation: Development and Validation of the Students With Learning Disabilities School Counselor Self- Efficacy Scale: A Psychometric Study , Rawn Alfredo Boulden, Jr.

Dissertation: Minority Counselor Multicultural Competence in the Current Sociopolitical Climate , Kathleen Brown

Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of Group Treatment Outcomes for Veterans with Substance Use Disorders , Robert “Tony” Dice

Dissertation: Investigating the Impact of the FAVA Well-Being Protocol on Perceived Stress and Psychological Well-Being With At-Promise High School Students , Renee L. Fensom

Dissertation: Mental Health Counselors' Perceptions on Preparedness in Integrated Behavioral Healthcare in Underserved Areas , Kyulee Park

Dissertation: Group Treatment Effectiveness for Substance Use Disorders: Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction , Jill D. Parramore

Dissertation: Best Practices in Clinical Supervision: What Must Supervisees Do? , Johana Rocha

Dissertation: A Phenomenological Investigation of Counselors’ Experiences With Clients Affected by Problematic Internet Pornography Use , Kendall R. Sparks

Dissertation: Counselor Education Doctoral Students’ Research Self-Efficacy: A Concept Mapping Approach , Zahide Sunal

Dissertation: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychoeducational Groups for the Treatment of Psychopathology Resulting from Child Sexual Abuse , Alexis Lynnette Wilkerson

Dissertation: School Counseling Professionals’ Experiences Using ASCA’s Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success to Achieve College and Career Readiness , George Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Career Oriented Military Spouses Pursuing Education for Career Advancement , Melody D. Agbisit

Dissertation: Reshaping Counselor Education: The Identification of Influential Factors on Multisystemic Therapy , T'Airra C. Belcher

Dissertation: An Investigation of Posttraumatic Growth Experienced By Parents After a Miscarriage , Barbara Elizabeth Powell Boyd

Dissertation: The Psychometric Properties of the School Counseling Internship Competency Scale , Melanie Ann Burgess

Dissertation: Intersectional Identities and Microaggressions: The Experience of Transgender Females , Cory Daniel Gerwe

Dissertation: Comparing Higher Order Value Differences By Religious and Spiritual Association and Implications for Counseling: An Exploratory Study , Gregory C. Lemich

Dissertation: The Effects of Supervisory Style and Supervisory Working Alliance on Supervisee Disclosure in Supervision: A Moderated Mediation Analysis , Chi Li

Dissertation: A Comparison of College Student-Athletes With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Nonathletes With ADHD: Academic Adjustment, Severity of Mental Health Concerns, and Complexity of Life Concerns , Sonja Lund

Dissertation: An Experimental Study of Research Self-Efficacy In Master’s Students , Nicola Aelish Meade

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Dissertation: Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Family Adjustment Measure with Lower-Income, Ethnic Minority Parents of Children with Disabilities , Vanessa Nicole Dominguez-O'Hare

Dissertation: Risk and Resiliency Factors Affecting the College Adjustment of Students with Intersectional Ethnocultural Minority and LGBTQ Identities , Stacey Christina Fernandes

Dissertation: The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Adult Relationship Health for Economically Marginalized, Racially and Ethnically Diverse Individuals , Sandy-Ann M. Griffith

Dissertation: An Exploration of Practicum Students' Experiences of Meaning-Making Through Altruism , Debra Paige Lewis

Dissertation: Addiction Counselors' Perceptions of Clinical Supervision Practices , Marla Harrison Newby

Dissertation: Exploring the Variant Experiences Through Which Racial/Ethnic Minorities Select Art Therapy as a Career , Mary Ritchie Roberts

Dissertation: Psychosocial Determinants of Medication Adherence among HIV-Positive Individuals in Mexico City , Anthony Vajda

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Dissertation: Cross-Racial Trust Factors: Exploring the Experiences of Blacks Who Have Had White Mentors in the Counseling Profession , Eric Montrece Brown

Dissertation: Personality, Motivation, and Internet Gaming Disorder: Understanding the Addiction , Kristy L. Carlisle

Dissertation: The Relationship Between Trauma Exposure and College Student Adjustment: Factors of Resilience as a Mediator , Amber Leih Jolley

Dissertation: Establishing the Psychometric Properties of the Understanding Mental Health Scale: A Dissertation Study , Michael Thomas Kalkbrenner

Dissertation: Attitudes and Actions that Adoptive Parents Perceive as Helpful in the Process of Raising Their Internationally Adopted Adolescent , Marina V. Kuzmina

Dissertation: Towards a New Profession: Counselor Professional Identity in Italy. A Delphi Study , Davide Mariotti

Dissertation: Exploring the Relationship Between Depression and Resilience in Survivors of Childhood Trauma , Marquis A. Norton

Dissertation: Understanding the Experiences of Women with Anorexia Nervosa Who Complete an Exposure Therapy Protocol in a Naturalistic Setting , Gina B. Polychronopoulos

Dissertation: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Examining Experiences and Perceptions of Campus Safety for International Students , Sonia H. Ramrakhiani

Dissertation: The Role of Self-Care and Hardiness in Moderating Burnout in Mental Health Counselors , Traci Danielle Richards

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Dissertation: Examining Changes in College Counseling Clients’ Symptomology and Severity over an Eight Year Span , Caroline Lee Bertolet

Dissertation: Initial Development and Validation of the Transgender Ally Identity Scale for Counselors , Jamie D. Bower

Dissertation: A Counselor’s First Encounter with Non-Death Loss: A Phenomenological Case Study on New Counselor Preparation and Experience in Working with Non-Death Loss , Charles P. Carrington

Dissertation: The Relationship Between Counselors' Multicultural Counseling Competence and Poverty Beliefs , Madeline Elizabeth Clark

Dissertation: Counselors’ Perceived Preparedness for Technology-Mediated Distance Counseling: A Phenomenological Examination , Daniel C. Holland

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Dissertation: Factors Associated with Family Counseling Practices: The Effects of Training, Experience, and Multicultural Counseling Competence , Amanda A. Brookshear

Dissertation: An Examination of Supervisory Working Alliance, Supervisee Demographics, and Delivery Methods in Synchronous Distance Supervision , Robert Milton Carlisle III

Dissertation: A Phenomenological Investigation of Counselors' Perceived Degree of Preparedness When Working with Suicidal Clients , Heather Danielle Dahl

Dissertation: African American Pastors and Their Perceptions of Professional School Counseling , Krystal L. Freeman

Dissertation: A Phenomenological Investigation of Wellness and Wellness Promotion in Counselor Education Programs , Brett Kyle Gleason

Dissertation: Examining Disordered Eating Amongst Sorority Women , Andrea Joy Kirk

Dissertation: Bhutanese Counselors' Experiences with Western Counseling: A Qualitative Study , Susan V. Lester

Dissertation: An Exploration of Health Providers' Responses to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Malaysia , Kee Pau

Dissertation: A Mixed Methods Study of the Intersection of Sexual Orientation and Spiritual Development in the College Experience , Kevin C. Snow

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Dissertation: Ethical and Legal Knowledge, Cognitive Complexity, and Moral Reasoning in Counseling Students , Matthew W. Bonner

Dissertation: A Grounded Theory of the College Experiences of African American Males in Black Greek-Letter Organizations , David Julius Ford Jr.

Dissertation: The Experiences of School Counselors with Court Involvement Related to Child Custody , Crystal E. Hatton

Dissertation: A Grounded Theory of Suicidality in Children Ten and Younger , Katherine Angela Heimsch

Dissertation: School Counseling Program Models Utilized By School Districts , Tracy L. Jackson

Dissertation: The Relationship Among Counseling Supervision Satisfaction, Counselor Self-Efficacy, Working Alliance and Multicultural factors , Jennifer Dawn Logan

Dissertation: Development of the Profession of Counseling in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania: A Grounded Theory Study , Mueni Joy Maweu Mwendwa

Dissertation: Resident Assistants' Self- Efficacy for Participation in Counseling Activities , Miranda Johnson Parries

Dissertation: Role Ambiguity of Counseling Supervisors , Aaron Gabriel Shames

Dissertation: Degree of Implementation of the American School Counselor Association National Model and School Counselor Burnout , Katrina Marie Steele

Dissertation: College Health and Mental Health Outcomes on Student Success , Daniel Joseph St. John

Dissertation: Supervisor Perceptions of Their Multicultural Training Needs for Working with English Language Learning Supervisees , Hsin-Ya Tang

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Dissertation: Experiences of Resident Assistants with Potentially Suicidal Students: Identification, Referral, and Expectations , Katherine M. Bender

Dissertation: Counselor Demographics, Client Aggression, Counselor Job Satisfaction, and Confidence in Coping in Residential Treatment Programs , Erik Braun

Dissertation: School Personnel Perceptions of Professional School Counselor Role and Function , Caron N. Coles

Dissertation: Factors That Influence Minority Student Enrollment at Various Levels of Postsecondary Education , LaShauna Mychal's Dean

Dissertation: Experiences and Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals Considered Effective in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder , Bonita H. Erb

Dissertation: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Gatekeeping Among PhD Counselor Educators , Carol A. Erbes

Dissertation: Investigating Similarities and Differences as Measured by the DUREL and GSQ Between Three Subgroups Attending a Local AA Meeting to Develop a Profile of Long Term Attendees , Keesha Masean Kerns

Dissertation: Experiences of the Process and Outcomes of Group Dream Work , Penny Makris

Dissertation: Initial Development and Validation of the Rural Competency Scale , Cassandra Gail Pusateri

Dissertation: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study of the Transformation From High School Dropout to Second Chance Alumni , Jayne E. Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Dissertation: Counselor Beliefs and Perceived Knowledge Regarding Clients with Learning Disabilities , Tamekia R. Bell

Dissertation: Using the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms - 34 (CCAPS-34) to Predict Premature Termination in a College Counseling Sample , Sean B. Hall

Dissertation: The Development and Validation of the Preference for Adherence to Theoretical Orientation Scale , Tiffinee S. Hamilton

Dissertation: Factors Impacting Counselor Competency When Counseling Sexual Minority Intimate Partner Violence Victims , Ryan Hancock

Dissertation: An Exploration of the State-Trait Continuum in Counseling and Positive Psychology , Michael A. Keefer

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206 Interesting Social Work Research Topics You Should Consider

social work research topics

Many students struggle to find suitable social work research topics. This field has many subjects that learners can explore in their dissertations. The simplest social work definition describes it as a set of functions that enable you to improve other people’s lives. A social worker helps children and adults cope with daily issues, personal issues, family issues, and relationship troubles.

Considering the scope of this field, selecting an ideal social work research topic can be challenging. Learners have many pressing issues that they can cover in their papers. Nevertheless, choosing an interesting topic is essential in writing a winning dissertation.

Social Work Research Paper Outline

Once you’ve chosen a topic for your social work dissertation or research paper, the next step is to outline it. Your outline should highlight the components of your work, incorporating the argument. Also, identify your stance on an issue, tying up the other parts of the paper because it will enable you to create a thesis statement. Here are the key sections to highlight in your outline.

Introduction: The intro should present your study’s background while providing relevant details of the problem. Use a strong opening phrase to grab your readers’ attention and engage them so they can read the rest of the paper. The introduction should present your study’s context, formulate its primary goal, and end with an effective thesis statement. Main body: This section should feature the main arguments. It highly depends on your research type and the methods you use. It may include a literature review analyzing other scholars’ findings and identifying gaps in previous studies. Also, this section explains the methods you use in your research, results, and discussions. Conclusion: The conclusion should summarize the findings and wrap up the dissertation. You can restate your thesis statement to remind readers about your position on the issue and your goal. The best approach is to reward the thesis statement persuasively while encouraging readers to think about the problem. Also, you can recommend further research explaining why the topic is worth exploring.

After drafting an outline, you can proceed to research and write your social work paper. Edit and proofread the work or seek professional assistance to ensure its quality.

General Social Work Research Topics Ideas

Maybe you want to write a thesis on general topics in this study field. In that case, here are ideas you can explore in your paper.

  • How substance abuse influence parenting
  • Teenager adoption- Happiness and hardships that come with it
  • How to address the inclination to commit suicide
  • Should society question the stigma surrounding mental sickness?
  • Foster homes and group therapy- Is it effective?
  • How does the lack of child support affect childcare
  • Investigating autistic children and social displacement
  • How does clinical depression affect adolescent children
  • How does continuous mobility influence orphan toddlers
  • Analyzing the stigma surrounding depression
  • How to manage intrinsic PTSD for medical veterans
  • Exploring the stigma surrounding disability
  • How homelessness influences a person’s psychology
  • How does displacement influence aggressiveness among street children
  • How the works of several agencies affect child protection
  • Exploring perceptions and attitudes of oppression between the community and health professionals
  • Addressing cultural perspectives- Transiting to social work
  • The social worker’s role in deciding to end life
  • Lifelong learning model- Exploring evidence-based practices
  • The reflection law- a learning model or self-indulgence in social work

These are general ideas worth exploring in your social work dissertation. Nevertheless, please select any of these titles when confident you will be comfortable working on them.

Common Social Worker Research Topics

Maybe you’re searching for something your readers can quickly identify with when reading your paper. If so, this section lists some of the best ideas to investigate in your social work thesis.

  • How to create dyslexia patients’ awareness
  • Analyzing similarities and differences between ADHD and dyslexia
  • How alcoholism affects personal, family, and social lifestyle
  • How a family can exacerbate depression
  • Why academic and social integration matter for kids suffering from down syndrome
  • Investigating the social exclusion of kids with down syndrome
  • The effectiveness of anti-depressants- A clinical study
  • How alcoholism affects a person’s psyche
  • The positive impact of sponsors on recovering addicts’ lives
  • Investigating family support and its effects on alcohol recovery
  • Why group therapy matters for foster home children
  • How clinical depression affects teenage girls
  • How the lack of support affects child care in America
  • How ADHD affects foster home children
  • How mental illness misdiagnosis affects people
  • How to address suicidal tendencies in military units
  • Why social interrogation matters when dealing with stigma surrounding mental illness
  • How parents’ bipolar affects their children’s lives and parenting
  • Is childhood displacement the cause of antisocial lifestyle among foster children?
  • The joys and struggles of teenagers’ adoption
  • Investigating the undisclosed rape violence cases among military women- How it affects their service and lives
  • How substance abuse affects parenting
  • Child-parent separation- Investigating the stigma it brings
  • Positive impacts of divorce on children’s lifestyle and health
  • Addressing substance abuse issues among teenagers
  • How death affects a family’s well-being
  • Family support study- Is it a viable option for alcohol recovery?

Most people will identify with these topics because they touch on issues with which they are familiar. However, investigate the matter you select carefully to develop a winning dissertation.

Exciting Social Work Research Questions

Maybe you want to answer a question in your thesis paper. If so, consider any of these questions as a topic for your essay.

  • How can you support an adult living with a disability?
  • What are the social and psychological impacts of student loans?
  • What are the psychological, physical, and emotional effects of incarceration of pregnant mothers?
  • What challenges do minority children face in foster homes?
  • Transformative change- Can police brutality enhance it?
  • How can society deal with the rising obesity in America?
  • How can we support bipolar patients?
  • What are the effects of incarcerated individuals’ entry into the community?
  • What is the percentage of incarcerated adults among minority groups?
  • Does substance misuse increase alcoholism cases?
  • How does community violence affect LGBT lives?
  • What is the difference between Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2?
  • Can trauma inform children’s education in foster homes?
  • Can protesting police brutality promote transformative change?
  • Does divorce affect all children’s psyches negatively?
  • Does foster homes’ trauma cause kids’ disappearance from the facility?
  • Can implementing learning curriculums with a positive impact on dyslexic students enhance academics?
  • Does trauma-informed learning reflect parenting?
  • Do food and house security affect foster children throughout their lives?
  • Has the criminal justice system failed social lifestyle in America?
  • What are the primary workplace trauma signs?
  • How can society address workplace violence?
  • How do scarcity and poverty affect young children’s psychology?
  • How can you identify depression in a teenager?
  • Has the American healthcare system failed minority groups?
  • What are the risks of kids-parent separation?
  • What are the impacts of living with dyslexia?
  • Is depression a mental disorder?
  • What are the effects of racial disparity?

Any of these questions can be an excellent title for your dissertation. Nevertheless, consult various information sources to write a high-quality paper.

Human Services Research Paper Topics

Human services is a part of the social work field dealing with issues related to human services, factors affecting them, and how to address the challenges. Here are ideas to consider in this category.

  • How to address panic, anxiety, and depression in young children
  • The psychological impact of human trafficking on victims
  • Psychological effects of child trafficking
  • Similarities between adult incarceration and juvenile delinquency
  • How unemployment affects people
  • Factors that increase depression cases among the youth
  • Police system- Defunded, reformed, or abolished?
  • How the carceral system in America affects minority and low-income homes
  • Social integration of dyslexic and down syndrome patients
  • Effective ways to enhance welfare conditions
  • Food banks and their adverse psychological effects
  • The benefits of food banks on American lives
  • The impact of home violence on children
  • The result of high school bullying
  • Why welfare workers need support groups and therapy
  • How to enhance love in foster homes
  • Resilience practice among social workers
  • Juvenile delinquency impacts in America
  • The shortcomings of America’s carceral system
  • How to address the homophobia issue in the U.S
  • How homophobia affects LGBT+ adults
  • What causes family violence?
  • How to address spousal violence
  • How family cruelty affects lives
  • Undiagnosed bipolar cases and their effects
  • Impacts of misdiagnosed mental illnesses
  • How to enhance LGBTQ+ kids’ support systems
  • The result of home insecurity on the homeless
  • How to bridge the gap between community members and formerly incarcerated individuals
  • Incarceration- Abolished or reformed?

These human services topics are worth investigating in a research paper. However, take the time to research your chosen title to write an exciting piece.

Controversial Topics In Social Work

Some social work essay topics are controversial. Some people find these titles controversial because they provoke public interest. Here are some of them.

  • Flood and hurricane survivors and their hidden trauma
  • How hurricanes affect low-income neighborhoods
  • Trafficking- How it affects a society’s social well-being
  • Unreported abuse cases in homes and how they promote violence
  • Social, health, and psychological implications of the abortion ban for rape victims
  • Why the community should enhance awareness of AIDS stigmatization
  • Therapy continuous cycle- Why a therapist requires therapy
  • The unnoticed and hidden trauma among therapists and counselors
  • How court-sanctioned confinement promotes mental illness instead of facilitating correlation
  • How to address violence- Is it a social problem in the correctional system?
  • Sexual health education- Is it vital for incarcerated women?
  • How social media affects a person’s mental health and well-being
  • The effectiveness of different types of therapy for treating mental health disorders.
  • The prevalence of Eating Disorders in developed countries.
  • The role of family dynamics in the development and treatment of Eating Disorders.
  • How do different cultures view mental health and mental illness?
  • Is there a link between creativity and mental illness?
  • Does psychiatric medication use lead to higher recovery rates from mental illness?
  • What are the most effective interventions for helping people with substance abuse problems?
  • How to deal with grief and loss?
  • How can we better support people with chronic physical health conditions?
  • Drug abuse- Is it increasing in low-income neighborhoods?
  • The negative impacts of incarceration on the imprisoned people’s psychological well-being
  • Reasons to investigate confinement and its dangers
  • Ways to help addicts facing high drug vulnerability
  • How cognitive-behavioral therapy enhances the relationship between social workers and their situations or environments
  • The health benefits of hypnosis on individuals
  • Why treatment is essential for less represented groups
  • Distinguishing undiagnosed depression and clinical depression
  • A qualitative investigation of dyslexia among adolescents
  • How empathy can enhance the social work sector
  • Why qualitative examination of foster homes for peace and child safety matters

These are controversial topics to consider in this academic field. Prepare to take a stance and defend it if you pick any of these social work project ideas.

Social Work Topics For Presentation

Maybe you want to include a presentation in your paper. That’s because social work is a practical field requiring some displays. Consider the following titles for your essay if you want to include a presentation.

  • What are Stockholm syndrome and its effects?
  • How to understand syndrome victims better
  • How incest affects homes
  • Investigating sexually violated kids
  • Why free healthcare matters in foster homes and low-income neighborhoods
  • How adult incarceration and juvenile delinquency affect society
  • Juvenile delinquency and trauma
  • LGBTQ+ children trauma and adolescent transitioning
  • Foster kids and neglect-syndrome
  • Why diversity matters in the social work sector
  • Social workers- Understanding their trauma
  • Foster parenting- What are the positive impacts?
  • Do foster homes create a safe space?
  • Foster parents and their roles in preventing violence
  • Social workers and their role in preventing drug abuse
  • The effects of domestic violence
  • Psychological violence and its damages
  • How spirituality affects techniques in social works
  • Social works and their historical development
  • Social work and its importance in schools
  • Why teenagers’ therapy matters
  • Exploring the challenges facing social workers in the forensics sector
  • Investigating the struggles facing the minority groups
  • Studying abuse and violence in middle-class homes
  • Why finance matters in social works sustenance
  • The impact of compassion fatigue
  • Modern social workers and their challenges
  • Drug abuse and its effects on children
  • Why inclusivity matters in social works
  • Same-sex relationships- Why they matter to a social worker
  • Why high schools need drug sensitization
  • Investigating depression stereotypes

Pick any of these ideas and use them to draft a paper that includes a presentation. Nevertheless, research your topic extensively to prepare a winning dissertation.

Interesting Social Work Topics

Some issues in social work draw more attention than others because they are unique. Here are such topics.

  • The impacts of pregnancy on teenage mothers
  • The increasing pressure and effects of social media on teenagers’ lives
  • How welfare systems relate to low-income neighborhoods
  • Why are rehabilitation centers are essential in America than carceral systems
  • How cultural beliefs and gender roles affect marriages
  • Low labor and its role in workplace abuse
  • How the increasing housing cost affects young millennials
  • The part of abortion bans on psychological issues
  • How birth control roles affect society negatively
  • How are teenagers, the general community, and school related?
  • Analyzing first-time menstrual experiences and their impact on teenage girls within foster homes
  • Wellness therapy and its sustainability
  • Investigating poverty prevalence in the American Deep South- How it prevents the growth
  • The implications of relationships on social workers’ interactions
  • The negative impact of conversion therapy on the LGBTQ+ community
  • How an inclusive and functional healthcare system enhances social growth
  • Shelter homes women- Investigating their life experiences
  • The prevalent racial disparity in food bank systems in America
  • Understanding social relegations and stigma of welfare mothers
  • Client-therapist relationship- Investigating psychiatric therapists and their work

These topics address relevant issues that society often neglects. Pick any idea in this category and explore it further through research and analysis.

Social Work Thesis Topics

Educators will ask you to write different papers when pursuing social work studies. A sociology thesis is among the documents you might write when pursuing a master’s or Ph.D. studies. Here are topics to consider for these papers.

  • Investigating expecting mothers’ postpartum depression
  • How interdependency differs from codependency among youth adults
  • Emotional unavailability in homes- Does it enhance codependency?
  • Codependency- Is it a displacement feature?
  • Foster kids and future attachment methods
  • Social work and disability disparity
  • Disability challenges facing the healthcare system
  • Compassion integration in social works
  • ADHD- What are the most common myths about it?
  • How emotionally immature parents affect their adult children psychologically
  • Drug addiction and treatment plans
  • Addressing challenges facing visually impaired students
  • Investigating foster homes and child abuse
  • The emotional impact of a transition into a nursing home
  • Exploring immigrant families and parenthood
  • The intricacies of child labor

These are exciting topics to consider for your social work thesis. Nevertheless, prepare adequate time and resources to investigate any of these titles to develop a paper that will earn you the best grade.

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Table of contents

  • 1 What is a Social Work Research Paper?
  • 2 Tips for Selecting a Good Topic for a Social Work Research Paper
  • 3.1 Social Work Research Topics for Beginners
  • 3.2 Social Work Research Topics for College Students
  • 3.3 Human Services Research Paper Topics
  • 3.4 Interesting Social Work Research Paper Topics
  • 3.5 Controversial Social Work Research Paper Topics
  • 3.6 Social Work Thesis Topics
  • 3.7 Critical Social Work Research Paper
  • 3.8 Disputable Social Work Research Topics
  • 3.9 Social Work Topics for Presentation
  • 3.10 Social Work Research Paper for Literature Review

With these topics in mind, you can explore further into the field of social work and gain a better understanding of how research can help shape our society for the better. Read on to learn what is a social research paper, review helpful tips to select one, and explore a list of the 100 best social work research topics ideas.

What is a Social Work Research Paper?

A social work research paper is a document that presents facts, analysis, and research findings about a particular social work topic. Students often find it overwhelming to find the best social work topics for their research papers. Also, it’s not always possible to buy research paper and avoid the investigation altogether. Researching and writing about these topics can help students understand the causes of social issues and how to address them best.

It also provides insights into how to improve services for those who are most vulnerable and in need of assistance. The most popular social work research topics are those that treat issues of this kind, and they can be excellent as research papers.

However, focusing on the most popular research topics for social work is not the only option. It is important for students to analyze the topic they like and learn more about it. Even better if the work can somehow help solve a problem in their community. A research paper with factually accurate data and information can help you make your project look more engaging and informative. But it can also have an impact right away.

For these reasons, writing a research paper on social work can be a rewarding experience for students. It allows them to expand their knowledge along with developing a sense of empathy towards the community. Furthermore, it is important to select a topic that is relevant to the field of social work and provides enough scope for further exploration.

Tips for Selecting a Good Topic for a Social Work Research Paper

There are many topics in the field of social work that are important for understanding various aspects of social problems, their causes, and effective solutions. Research in this area can take many forms, including quantitative studies and qualitative interviews.

To write an effective social work paper, students should learn how to identify and assess topics that can add value to their project. Selecting topics that allow you to develop evidence-based interventions and include the necessary amount of information can be helpful. When selecting a topic, consider the various aspects of social work, such as its history, current trends, legal implications, and ethical considerations. Generally speaking, choose a topic that is flexible enough to conduct research and analysis.

Additionally, look for topics that allow you to focus on one particular area without getting overwhelmed by the amount of information available. Having access to adequate resources such as journals and books that provide in-depth information about your chosen topic is also helpful. Also, don’t forget to interview a social worker active in the field to have first-hand impressions. This will make it easier to select a good topic for your social work research paper.

You can also consider getting help for your research paper from professional writers. They can help you manage all aspects of the process, including choosing a suitable topic. In some cases, you can also get a “ write my research paper ” option. This allows you to get the job done by a professional or get a piece that you only have to fine-tune. Another piece of advice is to do a quick scan of available resources, both offline and online. Moreover, choose a unique and practical topic that differentiates you from other students.

Here are some additional tips to help you select a good topic for a social work research paper.

Read Extensively. Reading widely about a general topic that interests you is crucial. Consider writing down the ideas, information, and sources that interest you the most. You can then review the notes to select a topic. Consider your interests and expertise in the field of social work. If you are passionate about a particular topic or have prior experience in it, then this could be the perfect place to start your research. Doing quick research on each potential topic before choosing one will help you decide whether it’s worth writing.

Select a Relevant Topic. Make sure the topic you choose is relevant to the field of social work you intend to work on or you’ve been tasked to analyse. An irrelevant topic that does not have any connection with the subject will fail to interest the readers. This may lead to a dull paper or, if you’re a student, to a low mark or a fail. Select a topic related to social work application theories. Think about the latest trends in social work and identify topics that are currently being discussed or researched by other people. Explore different current events related to social work and determine if there is anything relevant that could be best for your paper.

Choose a Specific Topic .  A research topic that is too broad or too narrow can make it difficult to carry out research. If the topic is too wide, you may end up writing in general and not including the information that is necessary. Selecting a specific topic will allow you to conduct detailed research and provide reasonable arguments and solutions. With so many potential topics to choose from, it can be difficult to narrow down the choices and select one. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take to make this process easier. Firstly, understand the context of your research paper and set specific goals to select a topic that is both meaningful and manageable.

Consider a Flexible Topic. Go with a topic that is flexible and allows you to conduct research and analysis. Find a unique topic that matches your field of interest and add value to your research paper. Choosing a flexible topic will help you provide real benefits to the readers. A flexible topic will provide you with numerous opportunities to explore different aspects of a particular issue or event. Additionally, by selecting a flexible topic that allows for multiple arguments and solutions, you can ensure that your paper is comprehensive and engaging.

Discuss With Others. Another great way to select a good social work topic for a research paper is by communicating with other students and researchers. You can also discuss it with your professors and learn about their opinions. By discussing with other students or professors, you can get different perspectives on potential topics and gain valuable insights. Moreover, talking to other people about their experiences in social work can help you discover your interest and select the best possible topic for your research paper .

Selecting a good topic for your social work research paper may feel overwhelming. With careful thought and consideration, you can find a relevant and appropriate one for the paper. To help you in this process, here is a broad list of social work research topics.

Social Work Research Topics for Beginners

Social work research papers are a great way to explain the complex issues affecting individuals, families, and communities. Newcomers can still write a persuasive research paper in this field by sharing their own experiences.

If you are a beginner, then the following research topics for social work can be best for you:

  • The impacts that clinical depression has on adolescents
  • Impact of alcoholism on family members and personal lifestyle
  • Hardships and happiness in adopting a teenager
  • How to become social workers? What are the legal requirements?
  • Why do we need more women leaders in our community?
  • Why it’s important to raise awareness to stop domestic violence?
  • The importance of women denouncing domestic violence
  • The effects of alcohol on a person’s behavior and sociality
  • Depression and society: stigmas and stereotypes
  • The best strategies for ensuring the health and basic education for every child

Social Work Research Topics for College Students

College students can benefit from performing in-depth research on a specific topic and applying theories, concepts, and principles of social work in their research papers. To help you select a specific topic of your interest, here are some popular ones in the field of social work:

  • Possible solutions to limit child abuse in society
  • How to fight the bullying of disabled children
  • Effects of domestic violence on family members
  • Raising a child as a single parent: challenges and strategies
  • Helping bipolar patients: effective strategies
  • How divorce impacts children’s lifestyle and upbringing
  • Reasons and prevention of the increase in suicide rates among students
  • Drugs abuse among teenagers: an insight
  • The impact of interracial adoption on children’s development
  • Fighting human trafficking: strategies and issues

There are a few common problems that may arise when writing a social work research paper, such as difficulty in finding relevant sources, inability to properly structure the paper or difficulty in staying focused on the topic.

Human Services Research Paper Topics

Students interested in delivering care and support to individuals or communities in need can select a human services topic for their research paper. You can find a topic related to helping empower people, providing guidance in their everyday lives, or offering resources to meet their needs.

Here are a few example topics that you may select:

  • An essay on homophobia
  • Causes and impacts of child trafficking
  • Effective ways to deal with depression and anxiety among students
  • Impact of unemployment on the society
  • How to prevent the most common causes of depression among teenagers
  • Gender disparity and incarceration: an overview
  • Effect of feminism throughout the ages
  • How does racism affect society?
  • The importance of freedom of speech
  • Social structure for disabled people

Interesting Social Work Research Paper Topics

While the following social work research topics list will help you find a good topic, communicating with experts in this field is also helpful. Consider choosing a topic that will make an impact on society and provide value to your audience.

  • How does parental drug use impact children?
  • Changing career to social work: what does it take?
  • The development of social work throughout the history
  • Women and alcohol
  • What are the benefits of free education?
  • Why should the educational system be accessible to everyone?
  • Abortion: history and modern thoughts
  • Is feminism a plot of modern society?
  • Effective ways to decrease criminal activities
  • The influence of war and peace on children’s minds

Controversial Social Work Research Paper Topics

It is important to note that the following research paper topics may be controversial and complex. Approaching controversial research topics with sensitivity and conducting thorough research before drawing any conclusions can help you write a good research paper .

  • Does the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy enhance the lives of jailed people’s lives?
  • What do people think about war in our peaceful times?
  • Racial profiling for criminal cases: is it really effective?
  • Impact of abortion on women
  • The importance of receiving family support for LGBT teenagers
  • Effects of community on the mental health of minorities
  • Depression: Major symptoms and causes
  • How the criminal justice system benefits from social workers
  • Preventing suicide in schools: understanding reasons and finding solutions
  • Does poverty affect your mental health?

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Social Work Thesis Topics

A social work thesis is a research paper that focuses on a specific topic related to social work practice. A good thesis can demonstrate your ability to conduct independent research and apply theoretical concepts to address various social work issues and causes.

Explore this list to find a suitable topic for your social work thesis:

  • Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ individuals: definition and effects
  • Use of medication in treating mental health disorders
  • How does social media affect mental health?
  • Immigration policies: Impact on families and children
  • Race and racism affecting mental health
  • Restorative justice programs in the criminal justice system
  • Police brutality on communities of color
  • The impact of climate change on vulnerable populations
  • Strategies social workers can use to address income inequality
  • Healing from domestic violence: Tips and advice

Critical Social Work Research Paper

If you want to focus on ongoing critical issues in this field then here are a few interesting topics for you:

  • Effectiveness of therapy and why it works for some.
  • Mindfulness and its importance in the process of recovery
  • The effectiveness of wellness therapy
  • Is mental health neglected in low-income and poor households
  • Social integration of individuals with Down syndrome
  • Everything about drug rehabilitation programs
  • The impact of psychological abuse in promoting low self-esteem
  • The current role of government in improving welfare conditions
  • How does stress response in children with autism work?
  • In-depth analysis of children raised in abusive homes

Disputable Social Work Research Topics

By writing on disputable social issues essay topics , you can explain the current state of society and an important way to raise awareness on a variety of issues. From racism to gender inequality, there are plenty of topics that can be explored in a research paper. Before you start writing, gain insight into why certain disputable problems exist and explore potential solutions.

Here is a list of disputable research topics for social work:

  • Why some people become shopaholics
  • Best ways to improve the participation of adolescents in the development of the local community
  • What’s the effect of welfare policies in fighting poverty
  • A report on AIDS caregivers and their experience
  • Best practices to improve the health system in rural areas
  • What is fuelling racism on a global level?
  • Couple therapy in building relationships: Pros and cons
  • Addressing workplace violence: Steps for leaders and managers
  • An overview of social problems faced by autistic children
  • How income and behavioral health are connected

Social Work Topics for Presentation

You can make your presentation more engaging by adding relevant graphs, charts, or images. Start by selecting and researching a topic that is relevant to your audience. The following list of social work topics to research can help you create an engaging presentation:

  • Child welfare and protection
  • Immigration and refugees
  • Community development and empowerment
  • Mental health services and support
  • LGBTQ+ rights and advocacy
  • Aging and elder care
  • Homelessness and housing insecurity
  • Domestic violence and abuse
  • Disability rights and services
  • Social work integration in healthcare services

Social Work Research Paper for Literature Review

A  literature review should be written in a way that covers the most recent and relevant research in the field. Here are some common social work topics suitable for a literature review:

  • Understanding the significance of poverty on child development
  • Evidence-based practices in substance abuse treatment
  • Nutrition assistance programs
  • Juvenile justice system
  • Research on the gender pay gap
  • Why do some people experience homelessness?
  • The importance of early childhood education
  • Benefits of career counseling
  • Educational achievements of childcare in America
  • Welfare programs for immigrants

One of the most pressing challenges of social work researchers is finding reliable and relevant sources for their work. Online essay writers can be a great asset in this regard, as they can provide reliable information backed up by research and data. Furthermore, they can also provide creative and thoughtful insights into the topic at hand, making them invaluable resources for social work research.

While selecting a good social work topic can be challenging, the above-mentioned lists can help you write a good research paper. Once you select a topic, make sure it is relevant, interesting, and appropriate for your task or purpose.

From researching existing materials on your chosen topic to considering the scope of the project in terms of current trends in social work, there are a few things that will make your social work research paper stand out from others. Now that you have a comprehensive list of topics, you’re ready to find the best one for your needs and write a convincing and data-driven research paper for your audience.

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Social work research focuses primarily on studying problems experienced in social work field. The research, in this case, talks about challenges that caseworkers go through in their practice. Social work research topics cover various things, including problems in welfare work, and indicate how research can be used to gain a deep understanding of the issues. Have you been wondering how to develop an intriguing social work topic and possible areas to discuss in your research? Don't worry because this article by our online paper writing service covers all your concerns. The blog post will provide some social work research topic ideas that you can consider for your social work research.

What Are Social Work Research Topics?

Social work research topics are areas of study that involve applying research methodology to comprehend sectors that are challenging for social workers. These topic ideas concentrate on addressing some problems that caseworkers go through both in their lives and their field. Research topics for social work may vary. However, like any other research paper, writing social work research topics deals with application of related theories and concepts, as well as understanding the entire casework aspects. The research involves applying cause and effect, analytic, survey, and experimental procedures to find ways to address welfare challenges. The purpose of welfare work study is to understand the efficiency of various interventions used to address challenges people develop due to welfare deprivation.

Characteristics of Good Social Work Topics

As an individual seeking to conduct research in welfare work areas, you need to know some of the features that make social work topics to be of great value. Below are characteristics that will make topics for social work research incredible.

  • A good topic covers modern trends and incorporates the ideas in the social field.
  • The topic should break specific stereotypes using reasonable evidence.
  • It must also be supported by various studies that are peer-reviewed.
  • Topic chosen must be related to practices in the welfare field.

How to Choose a Social Work Topic?

A plan to decide on excellent social work topics to research starts with a general orientation into social work field. Here are some steps involved when choosing a social work research topic.

  • Pick a sector with research potential or simply the one you like.
  • Start with “why” and “what” questions and expand on them.
  • Read data on faculty’s research interests.
  • Read a proper research paper that find interesting and focus on literature review and background sections to gain insight into various issues.
  • Identify and browse journals that relate to your likes.
  • Lastly, you can look online for research topics that are ready and skim through them to gain new knowledge.

Once you pick a topic, don’t hesitate to contact our proficient research paper writers . Our experts are adept in many fields and can complete a research paper on any topic.

Social Work Research Topics List

Social work research topics cover various concepts and challenges related to caseworkers and their fields of practice. Below are comprehensive research topics in social work that are compelling to explore.

  • Parenting and how it is affected by drug abuse.
  • Hardship and benefits of teenage adoption.
  • Dealing with suicidal thoughts.
  • Societal view on mental sickness stigma.
  • Adverse impact of displacement on street kids.
  • Homelessness and associated psychological effects.
  • Managing PTSD among veterans.
  • Adolescents and associated clinical depression.
  • How group therapy helps to better the lives of foster residents.
  • Family role in reducing or increasing depression.
  • Effectiveness of anti-depressants.
  • Impact of death on wellbeing of a family.
  • Effects of divorce on lifestyle and health of children.
  • Ways to address military troops' suicidal tendencies.
  • Causes of suicidal thoughts in society.
  • Impact of disability on lives of parents.
  • Ways to address stigma associated with disability.
  • Children with autism are socially excluded.
  • Impacts of bullying on children’s wellbeing.
  • Complexities around child labor.
  • Debate for and against abortion.
  • Maltreatment of children in foster care.
  • Change in societal reaction to HIV/AIDS in the 1990s and now.
  • Rape and its psychological impact on the victim.
  • Ways to reduce human trafficking.

Unique Topics in Social Work

There are scholarly research topics in social work that draw extra attention from readers since they are unique in nature. Such topics often concentrate on issues neglected in society. Below are unique topics for social work research.

  • Is wellbeing therapy sustainable?
  • Teenage girls’ menstrual experiences in foster homes for the first time.
  • Poverty and how it impedes growth in the American Deep South.
  • Negative impact of conversion therapy on LGBTQ society.
  • Influence of inclusive healthcare system on ensuring good welfare lives of people.
  • Interracial marriages and their associated problems.
  • Effects of diversity on children with disabilities.
  • Effects of physical abuse on spousal intimacy.
  • Pornography as a primary contributor of incest in families.
  • Increase in violence against children and women.
  • Activism role based on culture in Native Americans ’ lives.
  • Sexual addiction of women to men.
  • Disparity in health services for immigrants.
  • Challenges experienced by people diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
  • Living with a spouse with memory problem.
  • Power issue in divorce mediation.
  • Issues related to having many partners.
  • Reintegration of those who survive substance abuse into the society.
  • Employment initiatives for women.
  • Dynamic systems applied to nations in war situations.
  • Transracial adoption and identity issue.
  • The hidden trauma in young counselors.
  • Ensuring access to medical services in villages.
  • Lowering the gender pay gap.
  • Reducing racism and antisemitism.

Controversial Topics in Social Work

Presently, there are several controversial issues in social work that may give rise to social research topics. Listed below are some controversial social work research topics.

  • Societal reaction to euthanasia.
  • Myths on adolescents’ substance abuse.
  • Societal groups that are most vulnerable to substance abuse.
  • Ways to deal with drug abuse in orphanages.
  • Ethical issues associated with human trafficking.
  • Family support role in reducing recidivism.
  • How imprisonment affects mental health.
  • Gender difference when dealing with imprisoned individuals.
  • Juvenile delinquents and reeducation strategies.
  • Whose role is it to develop resilience in social work?
  • What are strategies to build resilience among welfare workers?
  • Benefits associated with social health education among incarcerated women.
  • How unreported cases of abuse propagate violence.
  • Does constructivist therapy offer anything new to social work?
  • Should caseworkers support hypnosis use?
  • Who is responsible for misdiagnosis?
  • How does misdiagnosis affect lives of mentally ill individuals?
  • Health benefits associated with hypnosis on an individual.
  • Should parents be involved in preventing dyslexia?
  • Ways to address panic for both adults and adolescents.
  • Challenges faced by the LGBTQ community.
  • Do traffickers suffer psychological consequences of human trafficking?
  • Welfare workers’ roles in civil wars.
  • Various strategies to help anti-social students.
  • Was confinement sanctioning by the court a good move?

Interesting Social Work Research Questions

Before you start your research, it is essential to develop a social work research question that guides the type of information you will gather. Some of the social work research questions examples that talk about various interesting social work topics are listed below.

  • How can the US solve the rise in obesity cases?
  • How does taking student loans impact them psychologically?
  • How can America curb increasing addiction cases?
  • How do we help adults with learning disabilities?
  • How can we improve lives of pregnant incarcerated mothers?
  • What is America’s racial disparity prevalence?
  • How can PTSD patients receive support?
  • Does poverty have psychological effects on children?
  • What are workplace violence indicators?
  • What are strategies to ensure work-family balance?
  • What does society believe about divorce and its impact on children?
  • Do you think substance abuse can be regulated?
  • What are consequences of living with HIV/AIDS?
  • Do you feel traumatized living with dyslexia?
  • What are causes of bipolar disorder?
  • How does society treat those with bipolar disorders?
  • Who is more vulnerable to divorce?
  • Does the US criminal justice system play its role in reducing juvenile delinquency?
  • What are problems minority kids face at their foster homes?
  • Does substance misuse lead to alcoholism?
  • Role of police brutality in increasing transformative change?
  • What is the appropriate strategy to help patients with bipolar?
  • How can we avoid re-incarceration?
  • What does religion say about LGBTQ community?
  • How does ADHD affect children in foster homes?

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Hot Topics in Social Work

There are various topics in social work that a researcher can explore to address current hot issues such as COVID-19 pandemic. These topics are important since they help determine current and future solutions to an issue. Here are some social work issues topics that you can consider.

  • What are effects of Russian-Ukraine war on society?
  • Impact of COVID-19 on welfare workers’ psychological health.
  • Issues that arise in households with adopted children.
  • Social workers’ attitude towards older people.
  • Importance of religion in reducing stereotypes.
  • How building emotional intelligence helps caseworkers.
  • Demands that residents in a foster facility make.
  • Challenges single parents experience.
  • Support strategies for single parents.
  • Strategies to help sexually exploited children.
  • Factors leading to homelessness in the US.
  • Forms of abuse elders experience from young people.
  • Media role in shaping antisemitism stereotypes.
  • Approaches to working with elderly people who are cognitively impaired.
  • Parental role in shaping sexual orientation of their children.
  • When should a child be removed from a setting?
  • Child neglect and its effects on victim’s academic performance.
  • Psychological effects of children watching domestic violence.
  • Grief and its associated symptoms.
  • Methods for assisting kids who have seen domestic violence.
  • Ways to encourage domestic violence reporting.
  • Technology and addiction treatment.
  • Suicide prevention protocol in different localities.
  • Risk factors associated with secondary traumatic stress.
  • Ways to increase cancer screening rates.

Human Services Research Topics

Human services topics are important since they deal with human existence and ways to make it better. Human service topics focus on how social workers help to satisfy individuals’ and communities’ needs. Generally, social workers’ primary aim is to ensure people live in the most comfortable way possible. Some of the human service research topics are indicated below.

  • Adverse impact of unemployment.
  • Ways to deal with anxiety and depression among small children.
  • Reducing number of incarcerated individuals.
  • Impact of juvenile delinquency in the US.
  • Relevant ways to breed love in foster care.
  • Integration of dyslexic people into society.
  • Government intervention to enhance welfare conditions.
  • Importance of food banks for the US citizens.
  • High school bullying prevalence and impacts.
  • Factors leading to family violence.
  • Impact of homophobia on LGBTQ+ community.
  • Drawbacks of the US correctional system.
  • Effects of mental illness misdiagnosis.
  • The move to invalidate bullying in high schools.
  • Causes of panicking in kids.
  • Interventions to reduce unemployment rates in the US.
  • Strategies to show concern for individuals from communities with low income.
  • Challenges of homophobia in the UAE.
  • Social workers in reducing child abuse cases.
  • Strategies to enhance resilience among welfare workers.
  • The need for psychological therapy among welfare workers.
  • Important household policies that can reduce domestic violence.
  • Shortcomings of America’s carceral system.
  • Interventions for children raised in abusive homes.
  • Ways to improve learning experience for disabled children.

Best Social Work Research Topics Ideas

Social work plays a huge role in our daily lives. Therefore, exploring research topics ideas for social work will help us to understand welfare workers’ role in making our lives better. This section discusses various social work topics for research papers. It is categorized into subsections, starting with research paper topics, thesis topics, and dissertation topics. Here, you will also find social work capstone ideas, topics for discussion, essay, and presentation topics. Details for each subsection are provided below.

Social Work Research Paper Topics

As an individual in social work field, you will write several research papers and essays. Social work paper topics you can cover depend on your interests, trends, or any other factor. Some interesting topics related to social work you can consider include the following.

  • Social workers' perspectives on elderly.
  • Causes of people's unwillingness to take advantage of mental health care services.
  • Problems that foster children face that prevent them from completing their college degrees.
  • Welfare workers’ role in drug abuse prevention.
  • The significance of cultural awareness in casework.
  • Facilitation of prenatal and postpartum care for surrogate moms.
  • Assessing how PTSD affects psychological wellbeing.
  • Adoptive families face unique difficulties and concerns.
  • Benefits of play therapy interventions for school counseling.
  • Hemodialysis patients' mental health and the methods used to help them.
  • Importance of leisure pursuits for Alzheimer's patients.
  • Damages of psychological violence.
  • Trauma and adolescent transition among LGBTQ+ kids.
  • Understanding the neglect-syndrome of foster kids.
  • Understanding trauma for caseworkers.
  • Foster parenting's advantages.
  • Role of foster parents in violence prevention.
  • Domestic violence and its impacts.
  • Foster homes’ role in creating a safe space.
  • How diversity helps in social works sector.

Social Work Thesis Topics

There are several thesis topics in social work to research during your master’s program or PhD, which can vary depending on your interest or occupation. Below are some of the social work literature review topics that you can look into.

  • Effectiveness of group therapy for alcoholics.
  • Mental health services’ effectiveness for pedophilia survivors.
  • Inaccessibility of mental health care for members of underrepresented groups due to language barriers.
  • Prepartum depression and connection to expecting mothers.
  • Relationship between codependency and emotional unavailability.
  • Strategies to handle fatigue among welfare workers.
  • Burnout causes among social workers.
  • Challenges associated with child birth and labor.
  • Depression and the perception of welfare mothers.
  • Prevalence of mental health in the US.
  • The use of an integrated system in various foster homes within America.
  • Nurses’ commitment level and how it is associated with health outcomes.
  • Impact of legalizing abortion in some states.
  • Comparison between displacement in foster homes and war sites.
  • Analyzing displacement and associated challenges.
  • How immigrant families benefit from parenthood?
  • Issues that visually disabled students face at school.
  • Essence of welfare work sector diversity.
  • Learning about depression from the welfare mom's viewpoint.
  • Ways to improve healthcare system.

Social Work Dissertation Topics

Dissertation is a crucial part of your education life as a social worker. Therefore, dissertation topics in social work have to be properly framed and specific. Here are some of the dissertation topics for social work to consider.

  • Coping strategies of men during violence at home.
  • Rape and how it affects victim’s psychological development.
  • Acceptance rate of addiction by addicts within the US.
  • Vulnerable groups and government’s role in improving their lives.
  • Justification of gender pay gap in America.
  • Addiction to substance abuse and its role in the contemporary world.
  • Prevalence of homosexuality in the US.
  • Naturalizing human needs as a way to break down taboo and barriers.
  • The association between stigma and drug abuse persistence.
  • Drug abuse and how music increases its prevalence.
  • Rate at which American citizens care for their forefathers.
  • Technological role in shaping our sexual preferences.
  • Reasons why men and women commit suicide.
  • Existing protection policies for children in New York State.
  • Investigating US women who have experienced child sexual abuse.
  • Assessment of healing strategies for drug abuse survivors.
  • The role of parents in supporting their children’s ambitions.
  • Volunteering and its impact on self-satisfaction.
  • Therapies used to treat effective disorder in an American youth.
  • The need for sexual education among young girls with mental health issues.

Social Work Capstone Project Ideas

As a social worker, you should consider some social work project topics for your capstone project . Capstone project social work research topics are highlighted below.

  • Impact of domestic violence on marital satisfaction.
  • How does government support minority groups?
  • Media role in ensuring public safety.
  • Causes of child neglect.
  • How juvenile crime affects the US.
  • How government ensures food security.
  • Enhancing public safety in minority communities.
  • Problems associated with criminal justice system.
  • Social integration of individuals with Down Syndrome.
  • Role of school administration in reducing bullying.
  • Bullying and victims’ academic performance.
  • Trauma experienced by social workers.
  • Parenting and its role in children’s sexual orientation.
  • What causes panic in schools.
  • How child support is essential in divorced couples.
  • Child neglect and its causes.
  • Damages caused by psychological violence.
  • Trauma of adolescent transitioning in LGBTQ+ children.
  • Understanding foster kids’ neglect-syndrome.
  • Causes of increase in reincarceration among youths in America.

Social Work Topics for Discussion

Highlighted below are some social work discussion topics to consider.

  • Root causes of domectic violence.
  • Location-specific suicide prevention and crisis protocols.
  • How does drug dependence influence parenting?
  • Public policies for and against LGBT community.
  • Ways of providing support for bipolar patients.
  • Prenatal depression in expectant mothers.
  • How to cope with imprisonment stigma.
  • Ways to improve living standards in foster homes.
  • What are the best community service strategies for refugees?
  • How can backyard farming be used to empower women?
  • Utilizing gender sensitivity to help the LGBT community.
  • Cultural importance of generation gap.
  • Secondary traumatic stress: symptoms, risk factors & ways of managing.
  • How to motivate women to report family violence.
  • Various ways in which unemployment influences immigrants.
  • How peer service providers confront reproductive health issues.
  • The major problems faced by welfare workers.
  • Detrimental influence of alcohol and drug on adolescents.
  • Effectiveness of the prohibition of liquor.
  • Key reasons for heightened crime rates in modern society.

Social Work Essay Topics

Here are some of social work topics for essays that you should consider in your writing.

  • Global challenges faced by deported women.
  • Street hawking opportunities for teenagers.
  • Main factors that lead to incest.
  • Positive and negative effects of health care reforms.
  • How environmental welfare work is undertaken.
  • Care strategies for immigrants.
  • Impact of corporate social responsibility on community wellbeing.
  • Does welfare scheme affect worker’s performance?
  • The impact of sexual violence on adolescent girls.
  • How does diversity affect various communities?
  • Effect of play therapy interventions in school counseling.
  • Influence of poverty on children’s development and education.
  • How should welfare workers deal with pedophilia victims?
  • How should caseworkers prevent burnout?
  • How to establish a high school service-learning program.
  • Elder abuse: most prevalent forms.
  • The central issues associated with special education.
  • Personal perspective on the obstacles faced by vulnerable populations in search medical help.
  • What is the greatest risk of fetal alcohol exposure?
  • Ways to enhance caseworkers’ mental health.

Social Work Topics for Presentation

Presentation social work topics for research discuss different aspects of the field of social work. The research topics have to be practical for them to be presented well. Below are some good research topics for social work presentation.

  • Strategies to ensure equality during job recruitment.
  • Autism and its risk factors.
  • Causes of depression in kids.
  • What are risk factors of PTSD among victims?
  • Ways to reduce suicide cases in society.
  • Advantages and disadvantages of rehabilitation centers.
  • Community initiatives to cater for the elders.
  • Effects of misdiagnosis of mental illness.
  • Ethics of abortion.
  • Importance of early cancer screening.
  • Strategies to reduce unemployment rate among minority communities.
  • How foster parents can help in countering youth violence.
  • Euthanasia and how various religions view it.
  • Compare societal preparation to COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS.
  • Contemporary ways to substance abuse.
  • Eating disorder and its causes.

Research Topics for Social Work Students

College students also apply social work research topics in their study of related subject, which covers various aspects in the field of social work. Here are some of social work research topics for college students.

  • Resident’s experience in long-term care facilities.
  • Strategies to handle life when both parents suffer from Alzheimer’s.
  • Pregnancy experience among immigrants and how they approach it.
  • How does death affect the collective wellbeing of the family?
  • Enhancing digital literacy among immigrant students.
  • How socioeconomic disparity affects the old.
  • Social and mental effects of loans on students.
  • Social problems that autistic children face.
  • Conversion therapy’s negative effects on the LGBTQ+ community.
  • Impact of science on cancer treatment.

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Social work research topics deal with many things. They look into some of the problem generating areas within the social works field and the use of research methodology to understand these problems. They also try to sort these problems out and address some of the challenges encountered both in the lives of social workers and their primary field of practice.

Like every other research writing, writing a social work research topic requires the carrying out of in-depth research finding on the subject which requires the application of theories, the use of concepts, understanding the basic and advanced principles of social works, observing the intricacies within the field of study, finding ways to address these social issues through the use of experimental, survey, analytic, cause and effect researching procedure.

To craft an intriguing and compelling essay topic on social works, all of the aforementioned will need to be present as they help you not just in the topic formulation process but also in the research writing. Every research writing follows a particular style and writing on social works partakes in this process. Here are some social work-related research topics to put into consideration.

Social Work Research Topics

Social work as a field of work and field of study deals primarily with practicality. Even though the understanding of some of its underlying principles requires first the use and application of theories, social workers deal with practical applications daily. Writing a research topic on this field, therefore, requires that each topic will have undertones of practicality woven within it.

This is necessary as the primary goal of both social work research writing and the field itself is in carrying out investigations and the understanding of various issues that impact the lives of individuals and how they could be addressed. Research social worker research topics on it can look like.

  • The importance of group therapy for children in foster homes
  • Impacts of clinical depression on teenage girls
  • Lack of child support and its impact on child care in America
  • A look into depression and the stigma associated with it.
  • ADHD within foster homes and its impacts on children
  • The impacts of constant mobility in the lives of orphaned toddlers
  • Addressing the inherent PTSD in the lives of medical veterans
  • The social relegation of Autism children
  • Addressing the stigma surrounding disability
  • Disability and how it affects the lives of middle-aged parents
  • The recurring case of displacement and its violent effects on street children
  • How homelessness impacts people psyche
  • Misdiagnosed mental illness and its negative impacts on people
  • Suicidal tendencies within military units and possible ways to address them.
  • The need for the social interrogation of mental illness stigma
  • Parents living with Bipolar and how it impacts their parenting and children’s lives
  • How early childhood displacement amounts to antisocial lifestyle in foster children
  • Adoption of teenagers: the struggles and joys associated within
  • A look into the undisclosed cases of rape violence amongst women in the military and how it impacts their lives and service
  • Substance abuse and how it affects parenting
  • Understanding the trauma associated with child-parent separation
  • How divorce positively impacts the health and lifestyle of children
  • A close analysis of the myths associated with Welfare mothers
  • Addressing the issue of substance abuse amongst teenagers
  • Death and how it impacts the collective well-being of the family
  • A study into family support as a viable way for alcohol recovery
  • Alcoholism and its impacts on a person’s psyche
  • How sponsors positively impact the lives of recovering addicts
  • A clinical study of anti-depressants and their current effectiveness
  • The breeding of social exclusion of children with Down syndrome
  • Why social and academic integration is important for children with Down syndrome
  • Depression and how family exacerbates it
  • Alcoholism: it impacts on social, family, and personal lifestyle
  • An analysis of the difference and similarities between Dyslexia and ADHD
  • Creating awareness for Dyslexic patients

Social Work Research Questions

Social works as a field of study fall within the social sciences, as a result of this the field of study deals with the use of questioning as an approach to arrive at a conclusive and reflective answer (empirical evidence). This is why research in this field deals with data collection, data analysis, experimentations, investigation, etc. The research questions asked when researching within social works are important as it’s through it that informative research is carried out and meanings derived through it. Here are some social work research questions.

  • How does trauma inform the education of children in foster homes?
  • The protest of police brutality, does it have the potential of promoting transformative change?
  • Why does society insist that divorce impacts the psyche of all children negatively
  • Is informed trauma in foster homes the primary cause of children disappearing from foster homes?
  • Does the implementation of learning curriculums that positively impacts Dyslexic students improve their academics?
  • Is trauma-informed learning reflective of parenting?
  • Do house and food insecurity impact the lives of foster children for life?
  • How does community violence have effects on the lives LGBT+ community?
  • What are the ways the criminal justice system is failing America’s social lifestyle?
  • What are the signs of identifying workplace trauma
  • Workplace violence: how can it be addressed?
  • How do poverty and scarcity affect the psychology of young children?
  • What are the ways through which the American healthcare system is failing minority groups
  • What are the ways the misuse of substances breeds addictive behaviors?
  • How to point out the early signs of depression in teenagers?
  • Who is at greater risk of child-parent separation?
  • What are the consequences of living with Dyslexia?
  • Why is depression diagnosed as a mental disorder?
  • What are the defining differences between Bipolar I and Bipolar II?
  • How can bipolar patients receive support?
  • What percentage of incarcerated adults is from minority groups?
  • What are the results of racial disparity in America?
  • How does America’s racial disparity manifest in the healthcare system?
  • What are the challenges experienced by minority kids in foster homes?
  • How can the American government support welfare parents more?
  • How can addiction be controlled?
  • How does alcohol abuse affect college students’ academic performance?
  • What are the ways community reentry proves challenging for formerly incarcerated people?
  • What are the physical, emotional, and psychological effects of pregnant incarcerated mothers?
  • How can cases within addiction be curbed in America?
  • What are the ways to approach America’s carceral system?
  • What are the ways nursing homes can be better equipped for old folks?
  • What are the social and psychological impacts of student loans?
  • How can assistance be extended to adults with learning disabilities?
  • How can America’s rise in obesity be addressed?

Human Services Research Paper Topics

Human services research papers also fall within the social work research topics ideas to look into. This area of social works essay topics deal with issues which are primarily related to human service, how it’s being impacted, and ways to understand and address some of its challenges. Human services research paper topics that fall within it include.

  • How America’s carceral system affects low-income and minority homes majorly.
  • Social integration of Down syndrome and Dyslexic people
  • How the government can improve welfare conditions
  • The negative psychological impacts of food banks
  • How food banks benefit the lives of many Americans.
  • How home violence affects children
  • Understanding the effects of high school bullying
  • Welfare workers and why they need therapy and support groups
  • How to build love in foster care
  • The practice of resilience amongst social workers
  • The effects of juvenile delinquency in America
  • Understanding America’s carceral shortcomings
  • Minority groups at the expense of America’s carceral system
  • Addressing the issue of homophobia in America
  • Homophobia and how it impacts LGBTQ+ adults
  • Factors contributing to family violence
  • Spousal violence and how to address it
  • Family cruelty and how it impacts lives
  • Undiagnosed cases of Bipolar and its effects
  • Misdiagnosed mental illness and its effects
  • Improving support systems for LGBTQ+ kids
  • Home insecurity and how it impacts the homeless
  • Bridging the disparity of formerly incarcerated people
  • Understanding gender inequality when dealing with incarcerated people
  • The failure of America’s correctional system
  • Incarceration: Reformed or abolished?
  • Police system: Reformed, defunded, or abolished?
  • Factors contributing to increase in youth depression
  • Unemployment and its effects on people
  • Similarities between juvenile delinquency and adult incarceration
  • Psychological impacts of child trafficking
  • Human trafficking and its psychological effects on victims
  • Addressing depression, anxiety, and panic in little children

Interesting Social Work Topics

Within the field of social works, there are some topics and issues that draw extra attention due to their uniqueness. These topics often make for interesting research topics as they often draw on several relevant but often neglected issues or topics that are not paid due attention to. There are so many interesting social work topics that talk within this category and some of them include.

  • Understanding the experiences of women living within shelter homes
  • The racial disparity prevalent in America’s food bank system
  • A study and understanding of the stigma and social relegations welfare mothers are subjected to.
  • The challenges of living with both parents suffering from Alzheimer’s
  • A sociological and environmental outlook into the academic transition from high school to college and how it manifests in the lives of students.
  • An analysis of the client-therapist relationship of psychiatric therapists
  • An evaluation of the sociological impact of including sex education in the high school curriculum
  • An in-depth analysis of the emotional and psychological effects of induced child labor
  • Psychological, emotional, and physical effects of abusive parenting
  • Verbal and physical abuse in families and how it manifests in the lives of children
  • How emotional and psychological abuse encourages low self-esteem
  • A study of children raised in abusive homes
  • How physical abuse affects spousal intimacy
  • A critical study of the learning challenges of disabled children
  • How inclusivity in the social system will impact disabled children
  • Why there’s the need to encourage more flexible social structures for disabled people
  • A case study of the inherent challenges of interracial marriages
  • A case of study of how a functional and inclusive healthcare system improve social growth
  • How conversion therapy negatively impacts the LGBTQ+ community
  • How religion impacts social workers interaction with social issues
  • A study of the prevalence of poverty in the American Deep South and the ways it impedes growth
  • Sustainability of wellness therapy
  • An in-depth analysis of how first-time menstrual experiences impacts teenage girls in foster homes
  • The relationship between teenagers, school, and the general society
  • The negative impacts of birth control laws
  • How abortion bans are leading to more psychological issues
  • How the increases in the cost of housing in America is affecting young millennials
  • How low paid labor propagates workplace abuse
  • The impacts of gender roles and cultural beliefs in marriages
  • Why America needs more rehabilitation centers than carceral systems
  • The relationship between welfare systems and low-income neighborhoods
  • How teenage pregnancy impacts teenage mothers
  • The growing effect and pressure of social media in the lives of teenage children

Controversial Topics in Social Work

Social worker’s research topics also look into areas within the field of study that are often regarded as controversial. These topics are referred to as so due to their nature of occurrence which usually has provoked significant public interest. When writing on controversial topics in social work in this field, here are some of the topics that fall well within this category.

  • Rising cases of drug abuse in low-income neighborhoods
  • How incarceration negatively impacts the psychological well-being of incarcerated people
  • The dangers of confinement and why it should be looked into
  • Drug vulnerability and how to help addicts
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy and how it enables social workers to relate more to their environment and situations
  • Hypnosis and its health benefits on an individual
  • Therapy for the less represented groups and why it’s important
  • A clear distinction between clinical depression and undiagnosed depression
  • Misdiagnosis: how it’s affecting the lives of mentally challenged people
  • Understanding ADHD and the stigmas associated with it
  • An investigative study into the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy to improve the livelihood of incarcerated people
  • Understanding adolescents development about kids in foster cares
  • The social effects of living within an immigrant home in America
  • Social workers remuneration and how it impacts their dedication and diligence to their work
  • The negative impact of child-parent legally signed separation and ways through which it can be contained
  • A qualitative study of dealing with Dyslexia as an adolescent
  • Catering safe spaces for minority groups and the impacts of community on their mental health.
  • Child poverty, food insecurity, house insecurity: how they impact the academic abilities of children
  • Examining the use of empathy to facilitate the improvement of the social work sector
  • Why there needs to be more qualitative examining of foster homes for child safety and peace
  • The positive impacts within the foster home system and why it should be championed
  • Understanding sexual health education for incarcerated women
  • Addressing violence as a social problem within the correctional system
  • Court sanctioned confinement, how it promotes mental illness rather than facilitate correction
  • The hidden and unnoticed trauma prevalent in counselors and therapists
  • The continuous cycle of therapy: why therapists need therapy
  • The need to facilitate awareness on the stigma associated with AIDS
  • The social and health implication of abortion ban on women in low-income neighborhoods
  • The psychological, health, and social implications of abortion ban on rape survivors
  • The unreported cases of abuse in homes and how it propagates violence
  • Trafficking: the impacts of it on the social well-being of a society
  • Exploring the challenges of the hurricanes in low-income neighborhoods
  • The hidden trauma of hurricane and flood survivors

Social Work Thesis Topics

As a field of study on its own, social work will require you to write series of papers, research assignments and essays on a select topic of your choice. This is also compulsory if you are doing your master’s program or your Ph.D. You’ll be required to carry out evaluative or qualitative research on your area of interest. Some interesting social work essay topics to consider include the following ones.

  • The psychological impacts of adult children of emotionally immature parents
  • The treatment plan for diagnosed drug addiction
  • Navigating the challenges of visually impaired learners in the academia
  • Evaluating child abuse in foster care
  • The emotional effect of transitioning into nursing homes
  • A study of parenthood in immigrant families
  • The psychological weight of child abuse
  • Understanding child labor and its intricacies
  • Encouraging cognitive-behavioral therapy for foster parents
  • Trauma: Understanding the challenges of the foster kid
  • Abortion illegality as the increasing cause of teenage pregnancy
  • Understanding displacement and its nuances
  • The distinction between the displacement of children in war areas and children in foster homes
  • The psychological impacts of growing within a war zone
  • The barrier to working faced by formerly incarcerated people
  • Juvenile delinquency: how it harms rather than benefits children
  • Examining the American rehabilitation system
  • Examining the gender disparity in correctional facilities
  • The use of empathy: social workers in the discharge of duty
  • How to address compassion fatigue amongst counselors and social workers
  • The effects of structural racism on the welfare systems
  • Understanding depression from the welfare mom’s perspective
  • Myths associated with ADHD
  • Integrating compassion in social works
  • Building an inclusive system for foster kids
  • The disability challenges in the healthcare system
  • Disability disparity in the social works department
  • Future attachment styles in foster kids
  • Codependency: a feature of displacement
  • Home emotional unavailability as the rising cause for codependency
  • Understanding interdependency for the codependent
  • Distinctions between codependency and interdependency in youth adults
  • Prepatrum depression in expecting mothers

Social Work Topics for Presentation

One of the social work project ideas to look into while writing your paper is the possibility of including a presentation. As a practical field, social works research requires some level of presentation included. Here are some social work topics for presentation.

  • The historical development of social works
  • Importance of social works in school
  • Importance of therapy for teenagers
  • An exploration of challenges faced in forensic social works
  • Understanding the struggles of minority groups
  • A study of abuse in middle-class homes
  • Importance of finance in sustaining social works
  • The overall effect of compassion fatigue
  • Challenges of modern-day social works
  • Psychological impacts of child drug abuse
  • Importance of inclusivity in social works
  • Understanding same-sex relationships for the social worker
  • Importance of drug sensitization in high school
  • The abuse of drugs in low-income neighborhoods as an economic factor
  • Depression stereotypes
  • Effects and impacts of spirituality as a social works technique
  • Damages of psychological violence
  • Domestic violence and its impacts
  • Role of social workers in the prevention of drug abuse
  • Role or foster parents in the prevention of violence
  • Role of foster homes in creating a safe space
  • Positive impacts of foster parenting
  • Understanding trauma for the social worker
  • Importance of diversity in the social works sector
  • Understanding the neglect-syndrome of foster kids
  • Adolescent transitioning and trauma of LGBTQ+ children
  • Trauma and juvenile delinquency
  • Juvenile delinquency and adult incarceration
  • Importance of free healthcare for foster children and children in low-income neighborhoods
  • A study of sexually violated children
  • Understanding the impacts of incest in homes
  • The victim syndrome and how to better understand it
  • Understanding Stockholm syndrome

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Dissertation topics in human rights law constitute a diverse range of issues that affect human with respect to the law. At the international level, human rights have gained a lot of attention, and this offers different areas for research in the field of human rights. A list of human rights dissertation topics is developed to […]

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Dissertation topics in human rights law constitute a diverse range of issues that affect human with respect to the law. At the international level, human rights have gained a lot of attention, and this offers different areas for research in the field of human rights.

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Examining the human rights and the social determinants of health in the 21st century

Studying the opportunities and risks involved in artificial intelligence and human rights

A study of human rights in the age of artificial intelligence

Exploring communication rights in the context of human rights

Analysing the human rights of patients with HIV/Aids in developed countries

A literature review on the role of NGOs in advocacy of human rights

Exploring the expanding horizons of human rights in the 21st century

An analysis of the human rights situation of migrants and refugees in Libya

Analysing the shifting conceptions of human rights within the UK

To study the business and human rights in occupied territory

Investigating the importance of human rights education in developing countries to promote a better future

An analysis of shifting sands in the international economic systems based on international economic law and human rights

How does encouraging entrepreneurship support human rights in different countries?

An analysis of the voice of global consensus on the rights of children

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Disque, J. Graham, and James R. Bitter. "Integrating Narrative Therapy with Adlerian Lifestyle Assessment: The Social Construction of Change." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1996. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2833.

Wildermuth, Cristina de Mello e. Souza. "Engaged to Serve: The Relationship Between Employee Engagement and the Personality of Human Services Professionals and Paraprofessionals." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1225734665.

Fong, Chun-tat, and 方俊達. "Relations between developmental trajectories of burnout and holistic care climate among human service workers: alatent growth modeling approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45863325.

Dearman, Philip Ross. "Computerised information systems and professional autonomy : the record of social work." Monash University, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, 2005. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5128.

Knueppel, Alyce L. "Human service supervision standards and practices." Online version, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004knueppela.pdf.

Luke, Melissa, Krisopher M. Goodrich, and Janna L. Scarborough. "Integration of the K-12 LGBTQI Student Population in School Counselor Education Curricula: The Current State of Affairs." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1294.

Dorin, Casey Shane. "A client evaluation of the personal support and development network." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28713.

Dahan, Alison. "Les services à la personne." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO30059.

Besser, Lori L. "A comparison in the attitudes of students in human service fields and non-human service fields regarding individuals diagnosed with mental illness." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001besserl.pdf.

Guillaume, Annelyse. "Prendre en compte la singularité des acteurs en management, une source d'efficience pour les organisations : cas de recherches-interventions en établissements et services médico-sociaux." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LYO30019/document.

MONTEIRO, CARLOS A. "Estudo sistêmico da geração de conhecimento no IPEN." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2016. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/26605.

Byrd, Rebekah J., and Danica Hays. "School Counselor Competency and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/896.

Farley, Anne M. "Street-level democracy." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 204 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1257807131&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

Long, Lynn Hunt. "Relationship Between Extent of Extracurricular Participation, Employment, and Substance Use Among Middle and High School Students." UNF Digital Commons, 2004. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/288.

Beyneveldt, Tanya. "Emotion work and well-being of human resource personnel in a mining industry / T. Beyneveldt." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3625.

Gustafsson, Åsa, and Charlotte Larsson. "Personlig assistans : Förutsättningar för förverkligandet av de handikappolitiska principerna inflytande och självbestämmande." Thesis, University of Kalmar, School of Human Sciences, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-2607.

Personal assistance from a welfare perspective, offering a variety of reasons is perceived as a different design assistance than is usually there in the public social assistance depending on the strong foundations of the handicap principle autonomy and influence is in terms of how, what and when the operation is performed. The aim of our study was to highlight the handicap principle influence and autonomy in the operation of personal assistance. It is intended both to illustrate the legislature's intentions and ideologues expectations and also to examine a number of managers and personal assistants experiences of the conditions that exist for realize these principles. In order to answer our purpose and our issues, we have chosen a qualitative approach. We have first conducted a literature review and secondly implemented six interviews with personal assistants and managers. As theoretical analysis concepts are used formulations in the process and legislation as well as previous research on the handicap principle influence and self-determination and also Hasenfelds theory of human service organizations. We chose an integrated performance analysis and reporting of our study materials. The results showed that the proportion of the disability, relationships and the organization is of importance for the realization of the handicap principle influence and autonomy. This indicates an intent which is diverse and complex since there are several aspects to consider in organizations where people are the raw material.

Ilama, Ilda Ilse. "GRH et service à la personne.Qualité de l'emploi, implication organisationnelle et engagement au travail des aides à domicile : représentations et pratiques." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013MON20039/document.

Alaoui, Malek. "Application d’une démarche Living Lab au développement de services de TV sociale dédiés aux personnes âgées." Thesis, Troyes, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013TROY0027/document.

Greenhalgh, Roy. "Volunteers' personal support and learning systems operating between volunteers, paid staff and management in two voluntary human service delivery organisations in the south of England." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2013. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/367653/.

Williams, Heiletje Marili. "The effect of the human relations and health maintenance components of the SAPS self-management programme / Heiletje Marili Williams." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1631.

Blom, Björn. "Marknadsorientering av socialtjänstens individ- och familjeomsorg : om villkor, processer och konsekvenser." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 1998. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-61698.

Choain, Laurent. "L'éducation, fondement et avenir des politiques de ressources humaines et de développement du leadership dans les sociétés de services professionnels." Thesis, Paris 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA020003.

Chabot, Isabelle. "La couverture du « livre vivant » fait-elle son histoire? : Tournez la page pour découvrir l'expérience vécue de « lecteurs » de la Bibliothèque vivante à l'égard des personnes ayant un trouble mental." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/29990.

Albesa, i. Jové Esther. "Anàlisi comparada de les reformes en els sistemes europeus de cures de llarga durada. Els casos d’Alemanya, Anglaterra, Suècia i Espanya, 2008-2017." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666828.

Stamm, Eric. "La transmission des données personnelles de santé : analyse et proposition d'évolution. Le cas du contrôle de l'assurance maladie." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011LYO30045/document.

Willemse, Ursula Berenice. "The motivational function of the social work manager." Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1380.

Wallach, Vicki A. "Psychological empowerment among paraprofessionals within human service organizations." 2002. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=727403681&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1179198739&clientId=23440.

March, Charmaigne Caroline. "Ubuntu in action : towards the empowerment of state-appointed social workers in the Limpopo Province." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3615.

Fortuin, Levona. "Die belewenis van werksbevredeging deur grondvlak maatskaplike werkers." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1782.

Cotterell, P., G. Harlow, C. Morris, P. Beresford, B. Hanley, Anita R. Sargeant, J. Sitzia, and K. Staley. "Service user involvement in cancer care: the impact on service users." 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6814.

Xiuling, Lu. "Strategies of human resource management in China's community health service institutions: a case study in Guangzhou." Doctoral thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22872.

Molesworth, Brett R. C., University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Psychology. "Experiential training and risk management behaviour amongst pilots." 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/24284.

Mayet, Camille Anne-Sophie. "Employer branding of Infotel: a close collaboration between marketing and human resources." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/17366.

Louis, Tureka. "Design and Implementation Plan for the "I Am Potential" Financial Literacy Education Program." Doctoral diss., 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6130.

Maxey, Hannah L. "Understanding the Influence of State Policy Environment on Dental Service Availability, Access, and Oral Health in America's Underserved Communities." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/5993.

Kraus, Cornelius. "Personalentwicklung in der Altenpflege: Analyse des Konzepts und der Praxis des Führungsansatzes „Pflege den Pflegenden" unter Einbeziehung biblisch-diakonischer Grundprinzipien und Entwicklung eines integrativen Humoransatzes = Personnel development in the care for elderly: analysis of the concept and the application of the principle of leadership. -"care for the carers"- applying Biblical and pastoral principles on the basis of an integrative conception of humour." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1607.

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Human Resource Dissertation Topics

If you’re looking for some insightful human resource dissertation topics, you’ve come to the right place.

Human Resource management is a field that deals with hiring, retaining, and managing employees in a workplace. As a student taking a master’s degree in HRM, you’ll cover different concepts, frameworks and theories that relates to employee recruitment and management.

After years of taking the Human Resource Management course, your professor will require you to write and submit a dissertation on a research topic of your choice.

Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to think of a substantial topic fast. Often, you have to do a lot of research to come up with HRM topic that’s worth exploring, and that can take so much of your time.

So in this guide, we’ll make your work easier by suggesting some topic ideas that you can start to explore right away, so you can spend most of your time researching and writing.

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30+ Human Resource Dissertation Topics 

Help for Assessment’s guide to choosing dissertation topics remain unchanged. That means you have the freedom to choose a topic that focuses on an area that you find interesting to explore, provided it’s within the subject of human resource.

Another important rule to keep in mind when choosing your topic is to make sure the topic has sufficient literature. That way, it will be easy for you to collect data that can support and justify the content of your theor e tical framework . 

With that said, here are some HRM dissertation topics based on the sub-categories within which they fall: 

Competitive Advantage Dissertation Topics in HRM

There’s a high chance a company or organization’s unique and strong HRM strategy can be its competitive advantage.

However, for that to be the case, the strategy should not only stand out but also be one that’s difficult for other brands to replicate.

With that said, you should consider topics that focus on the way companies can achieve competitive advantages through HRM strategies that are difficult to imitate. Here are some examples:

  • How to put knowledge transfer into practice in IT professional services contexts.
  • Fast, inexpensive labor – Do Gig Economy workers get a competitive edge through exploitation?
  • What lessons may be drawn from Google’s Human Resources advantage?
  • Using digital technologies to improve HRM and organizational performance.
  • Keeping high-value employees to maintain a competitive advantage: a case study approach
  • Why is it so difficult to replicate Patagonia’s HRM strategy?

Employee Retention Dissertation Topics

Many organizations struggle to retain the best employees for reasons known to them internally. And it could also be that they don’t retain them because of the constant changes in the industries.

For your dissertation, you could focus on how organizations or companies can engage and retain the best talents and why doing so is important. Here are some topic ideas worth exploring:

  • An experimental approach to the topic of talent retention in the UK IT sector.
  • Can employee wellness programs based on mindfulness improve retention in high-stress industries?
  • What is the relationship between employee training, engagement, and retention?
  • Is it always preferable to keep employees? A methodical approach.
  • Staff retention is linked to employee learning and development.
  • Investigating HR managers’ perspectives regarding staff retention tactics in the banking industry.

Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Rewards Dissertation Topics

Employee motivation is a key factor to consider if you must sustain the smooth running of a company or organization.

While many people argue that pay, which is a form of extrinsic reward, is a good motivator, even intrinsic factors such as autonomy, good employee relationship, and flexible working hours play an important role in motivating employees to keep performing well.

Whether intrinsic rewards are better than extrinsic is an issue fully subject to debate, and therefore this can be an important area to consider in your dissertation. Here are some dissertation topics ideas that you might want to look at:

  • Why do some people continue to work after receiving a large fortune while others do not? A qualitative, interview-based method was used.
  • How crucial are wages and benefits in motivating millennial?
  • Are extrinsic rewards a good motivator in the caring professions?
  • Is there a difference in motivation between British and Chinese workers (intrinsic vs extrinsic)?
  • What is the relationship between employee autonomy and motivation? A look of administrative offices in the United Kingdom.
  • A case-study method to assisting employees in creating meaning through their job.
  • What role does flexible working play in employee motivation? A comparison of views before and after COVID-19.
  • Do any of the ‘Big 5’ personality qualities influence the relationship between reward preference (intrinsic vs. extrinsic) and employee motivation?

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Performance Management Dissertation Topics in HRM

Performance management in HR has become quite significant ever since the rise of New Public Management. However, the issue is still subject to debate, making this an interesting area to explore in a dissertation.

If performance management in human resource is something that interests you, here are some topics worth exploring: 

  • Analyzing the effectiveness of call center performance management systems.
  • Examining how performance management systems may be unproductive.
  • Analyze the efficiency of remote team performance management systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • An example of an excellent performance management system: balancing control with encouragement.
  • What are the views of Indian workers about performance management methods in the banking industry?
  • Can performance management systems help motivate employees?
  • Is performance management just another type of Taylorism?

HRM Training and Development Dissertation Topics

Investing in employees’ training and development is one of the core focus of the human resource.

Given how significant this aspect is, many companies and organizations go as far as to review their policies, not to mention investing in continuous employee training.

Here are some interesting dissertations topics that you might want to consider:

  • Is it true that training and development have an influence on the bottom line?
  • The effectiveness of digital vs. face-to-face training: Implications for a post-COVID era.
  • Investigating the relationship between training and development, employee engagement, and retention.
  • Unconscious bias training: Is it beneficial or harmful?
  • What talents are required in today’s volatile environment?
  • Examining the significance of feedback in training.
  • Is it profitable to spend in training and development in the gig economy?
  • Is there a relationship between training and development and employee engagement in temporary or casual positions?
  • How do organizations endure economic downturns (from the standpoint of training and development)?
  • Who need soft skills? An examination of the IT professional services business as a case study.
  • Who educates the trainers?

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75+ Human Resources Dissertation Topics in 2024

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The most trending HR dissertation topics include Remote Work and Employee Engagement, Leadership Style and Employee Motivation, HR Analytics and Strategic Decisions, and Role of Strategic HRM in Improving Employee Performance among others.

75+ Human Resources Dissertation Topics in 2024

Top HR dissertation topics are the Role of Organisational Culture in the Well-Being of Employees, Best Practices in HR Strategy, the Effect of Leadership Style on Employees, the Role of HR in Improving the Performance of Employees, and many others.

Enrolling in the MBA in Human Resources Management or a Diploma course in HR Management will require the students to work on a dissertation and thesis. The students must be well-acquainted with the style and pattern of writing a dissertation before starting one. The present article aims to discuss the most trending HR dissertation topics.

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What is a Human Resource Dissertation?

Popular hr dissertation topics in 2024.

  • HR Dissertation Topics on Organisational Culture
  • HR Dissertation Topics on Risk Management
  • HR Dissertation Topics on Employee Retention
  • HR Dissertation Topics on Strategy
  • HR Dissertation Topics on Diversity
  • HR Dissertation Topics on Performance Management
  • HR Dissertation Topics on Employee Motivation

How to Write an HR Dissertation?

A Human Resource dissertation is a research work that is done by the candidates upon enrolling in the Human Resources Management course. Any one topic is selected for a human resource dissertation. An elaborate amount of research is done on the topic while preparing the dissertation.

It is important to make the dissertation unique. A dissertation follows a few parameters and a certain style. It is important to understand the topic deeply before starting with the dissertation.

Students working on a dissertation must make a wise choice with respect to the topic of the dissertation. There are plenty of trending HR dissertation topics available. These topics can be categorised under various heads. The most trending topics in 2024 are:

1. HR Dissertation Topics on Organisational Culture

The HR dissertation topics on organisational culture are:

  • The impact of cross-culture HRM on the success of a business
  • HR management and its impact on the overall management of the workforce
  • How organisational culture and HRM practices are interdependent and how they build the work environment
  • Balancing the differentiation and standardisation of human resources management
  • Cultural disharmony among employees with respect to work and the impact on the management
  • How the organisational culture can be changed for good by the human resource management system
  • Balancing productivity and cultural transformation in the organisation
  • The impact of cross cultural competence on the newly emerging companies
  • The impact of organisational culture on the mental well being of the employees
  • How the leadership plays a vital role in shaping the organisational culture

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2. HR Dissertation Topics on Risk Management

The HR dissertation topics on risk management are shared below for the students to choose:

  • Formulating policies for risk management
  • HR audit in the company
  • Minimization of risk and its effect on the productivity of the employees
  • Safety policies and the impact on the work culture of the organisation
  • Safeguarding policies in favour of employees during crises: How it motivates the employees
  • Formulating special and unique policies that averts the risk faced by the employees
  • Is it right to keep firearms in the workplace? How does it motivate or demotivate the workforce?
  • The connection between employee protection and training and leadership.

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3. HR Dissertation Topics on Learning and Development

Following are the HR dissertation topics on the learning and development of the employees:

  • Training and development of the staff
  • HR analytics and metrics and their effect on the work culture
  • The effect of learning and development techniques on the productivity levels if the employees
  • HR policies regarding learning and development programs in small and medium-scale enterprises
  • How learning programs develop organisational competence
  • How effective is microlearning in the training and development of employees?
  • Role played by the platforms for learning on the development and training of the employees
  • Gamification and corporate learning
  • The role of cross-culture learning and development programs in the progress of the company
  • Is VR training effective in the acquisition and retention of employees?
  • HRM and new programs for the onboarding of employees
  • How do the learning and development programs affect employee engagement in an organisation?
  • How crucial is mentoring in the learning, development and performance of the employees?

Also Check: List of MBA HR Project Topics for Students

4. HR Dissertation Topics on Strategy

The HR dissertation topics based on strategies are given below:

  • Strategic planning of succession to create the future leadership
  • How important is a strategic approach of human resource management for employee retention?
  • The role of the HR and the management in bringing a strategic change in the organisation
  • Sustainable strategies formulated by the HR for enhancing employee performance and employee retention
  • How crucial is employer branding in talent acquisition and retention?
  • HR strategies to improve the performance of employees
  • Strategic planning of the workforce for the development of business
  • What role does an HR play in driving the creativity and innovation in an organisation?
  • How do HR strategies influence the goals of an organisation?
  • The role of digital transformation in shaping HR strategies
  • How value-based strategies influence employee performance and engagement
  • The role of intrinsic motivational strategies in the development of the organisation

Also Check: Courses After MBA HR: Eligibility, Advantages, Career Scope

5. HR Dissertation Topics on Diversity

The HR dissertation topics based on cultural diversity are mentioned below:

  • Investigating the difference between discrimination and diversity: How they impact organisations
  • Managing diversity through HRM: A conceptual framework and an international perspective
  • Managing diversity in the public sector: How do companies manage to remain successful?
  • Managing cultural diversity in human resource management
  • The managerial tools, opportunities, challenges and benefits associated with diversity in the workplace
  • Investigating the challenges of exclusion and inequality in organisations: Assessing HR’s role.
  • How does HRM Help in managing cultural differences and diversity
  • Can HR eliminate diversity-related discrimination in workplaces? Assessing its role
  • Training managers for diversity: How difficult is it for the companies and HR
  • Training the newly hired staff for diversity in a large and diversified business organisation

5. HR Dissertation Topics on Performance Management

The HR dissertation topics on performance management are given below for the students to choose:

  • Investigating different performance management techniques for retaining employees
  • The role of performance management activities in improving employees’ skills and abilities
  • Managing performance of workers through performance management techniques: A case study of Google
  • Employee performance and performance management systems: A qualitative study
  • Performance management examinations in human resource management of profit-oriented organisations
  • Exploring the essential elements of the performance management framework
  • Human resource management practices and business performance: The role of environmental uncertainties and strategies
  • The efficacy of performance management systems in the UK’s retail industry
  • Towards a framework for performance management in a higher education institution
  • Should wages be capped through performance management: A qualitative study

6. HR Dissertation Topics on Employee Motivation

Following are the human resource dissertation topics based on employee motivation:

  • To investigate the role of motivation in HRM: A study highlighting the most important motivation factors for future business leaders
  • Employee satisfaction and work motivation: Are they both related?
  • Evaluating the Role of Employee motivation in performance Enhancement
  • Human resource management: Motivation among workers in large and diversified business organisations
  • Effects of motivational programmes and activities on employee performance
  • Does motivation play a role in decreasing employee turnover? A case study of British Airways.
  • Motivation and performance reward: Are the two interrelated?
  • Work productivity and the role of employee motivation programmes and activities
  • To discuss the role of employee motivation in relation to retention levels
  • Differences and similarities between traditional and contemporary theories
  • The role of employee empowerment in employee motivation and satisfaction at British Petroleum.
  • The impact of open communication in improving employee engagement at Zara

The most crucial part of the dissertation is choosing the right topic. It is important to understand the topic. There are a number of HR dissertation topics available. The topic must be interesting so that enough research can be done. The best topic would be something relating to the sociological situation.

The most important features of a dissertation topic are given below:

  • Research Method: The research methods used for the collection and analysis of data must be outlined in the dissertation.
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Human Resource Management Dissertation Topics

Published by Alvin Nicolas at December 22nd, 2022 , Revised On February 2, 2024

The field of human resource management (HRM) is fascinating and ever-evolving. It combines psychological and business perspectives. You could consider completing your research in any of the key areas of human resource management, such as talent management, change management, employee training and motivation, workplace safety and compliance, and more.

If you are worried about finding the latest and relevant human resource management topics for your dissertation, there is no need to panic because we have got you covered here. This article provides some of the most valuable and powerful HRM topics.

If you have been asked to choose a topic for an HRM dissertation or thesis, you can look through our selection of dissertation topics in human resources to find a topic that will earn you your desired grade.

So without further ado, find below the suggested ideas to get started with your dissertation or thesis paper.

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  • Performance Management

Human Resources Management Dissertation Topics

  • An assessment of the significance of equal employment opportunities at work
  • Investigating the relationship between workplace diversity and equal employment opportunity
  • What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s function? (EEOC)
  • An examination of how workplace prejudice affects workers’ well-being
  • An analysis of employment discrimination that is direct versus indirect
  • How to implement knowledge transfer in environments that provide professional IT services.
  • A case study approach to high-value employee retention for competitive advantage.
  • What can be learned about Google’s human resources advantage?
  • Are gig economy workers being exploited for quick, inexpensive labour?
  • Improving HRM and organisational performance by implementing digital solutions.
  • Why is Patagonia’s HRM strategy so challenging to replicate?
  • The benefits of an integrated workforce management system for medium, small and micro enterprises.
  • Why technological innovations give workforce management a competitive edge.
  • Analyse the factors that influence an employee’s decision to leave a company.
  • Investigate the workforce management methods that contribute to a company’s success.
  • Investigating how workforce diversity affects organisational performance.
  • Examining how equal employment affects organisations.
  • An overview of the performance management cycle.
  • Describe the duties of an HR manager in creating employee engagement.
  • The effectiveness of performance appraisals for employees in multinational corporations.
  • A comparison of the issues of discrimination and diversity in a company.
  • An analysis of the phases of performance management from a qualitative perspective.
  • The link between employee performance and equal opportunities.
  • An evaluation of high-value employee retention can provide a crucial competitive advantage.
  • How does Google beat human resources to the punch? What can be learned from this?

Training and Development HRM Dissertation Topics

  • How can a training programme help a company overcome the economic crisis?
  • A comparison of hard skills and soft skills
  • The effectiveness of digital and face-to-face training: considerations for the post-COVID era.
  • Exploring the relationship between employee engagement, development and retention.
  • How can training be used to improve ineffective selection processes?
  • An examination of effective training methods to increase productivity.
  • A thorough investigation of training to assess bullying.
  • Training and development managers have specific duties.
  • A concise discussion of the importance of training and development.
  • Training and development strategies for outstanding growth.
  • Are employee engagement and training and development related to temporary or casual employment?
  • Identify the relationship between individual learning and hierarchical learning.
  • An overview of real-world education and data for CEOs to improve hierarchical execution. Create a contextual analysis for your essay.
  • Does a representative’s decision to leave a position suggest lack of learning and improvement?
  • An exploration of the pathway to learning and growth for a human resource in the open sector in the UK.
  • Describe the impact of different learning and preparation exercises on reps’ profitability.
  • Do training and development have a tangible impact on turnover?
  • What skills are needed in today’s turbulent environment?
  • Who trains the trainers?
  • Who needs soft skills? An examination of the professional IT services sector.
  • Use promotion and preparation as valuable tools to improve staff presentation.
  • Do planning and improvement impact the main issue?
  • The relationship between human resource management and employee turnover. The role that growth and learning play.
  • Increasing the competitive advantage of companies through thoughtful ICT training of employees.
  • The impact of various training and development initiatives on worker productivity.

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Strategic Management HRM Dissertation Topics

  • Using UK SMEs as an example, the relationship between strategic HRM and organisational performance.
  • A qualitative study of the implementation of strategic HRMS in Singapore.
  • How organisational support programs influence employee behaviour and job performance.
  • Identifying critical SHRM elements for small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK to strengthen competitive advantage.
  • Demonstrate the importance of the link between organisational success and strategic human resource management.
  • Describe the importance of leaders within an organisation as the most critical human resource.
  • Explain in detail the link between core HRM and business methodology.
  • Explain the relationship between essential HRM and a development mindset system.
  • Describe the limitations of essential HRM using relevant models.
  • A critical review of whether human resources managers must conduct job interviews in banks.
  • What is the relationship between organisational performance and employee satisfaction with pay and benefits?
  • Does paying for charity days promote employee engagement in the organisation?
  • Employee training on corporate goals and achievements: Discuss the Risk and benefits.
  • Contradictions between corporate and HRM strategy: A case study approach.
  • Designing effective recruitment and selection campaigns for teacher training programs is part of a successful strategy.
  • Effectiveness of employee involvement in increasing employee commitment to achieving organisational goals.
  • Application of SHRM theory in call centres. A case study of a call centre in the UK.
  • International car manufacturers. Parallels and divergences between SHRM tactics.
  • SHRM strategy support systems. A perspective assessment based on resources.
  • Understanding and evaluating SHRM systems used by UK SMEs.

Organisational Culture HRM Dissertation Topics

  • The impact of a hierarchical culture on the way progression is arranged
  • The relationship between the traditional culture of human service organisations and the practice of programme evaluation.
  • Describe the impact of traditional culture and structures on board information gathering.
  • What is the impact of the Six Sigma philosophy on the culture of authority?
  • Assess how a hierarchical culture affects job satisfaction.
  • The impact of representative engagement on authority culture.
  • Do we have a hierarchical culture in our administration? Support your assertions with credible evidence.
  • How intercultural competence affects new businesses.
  • Using the University of Cambridge as an example, human resource management strategies and organisational culture.
  • The interdependence of organisational culture and HRM practices in promoting organisational commitment.
  • Culture-based differences in work values and the implications for management.
  • Managing cultural change without compromising workplace effectiveness.
  • Introducing new employees to organisational culture and its impact on the organisation.
  • Changing organisational culture through new hires and the impact on organisation profitability.
  • Organisational management is improved through effective leadership, human resource management and culture.
  • Differentiation and standardisation between the HRM system. An in-depth study of multinational companies operating in the EU.
  • Investigate the value of taking different perspectives in diversity training.
  • What specific cases of workplace discrimination have vegans experienced?
  • Can flexible working arrangements promote greater diversity in teams?
  • What is the relationship between organisational effectiveness and diversity in Chinese SMEs?

Risk Management HRM Dissertation Topics

  • Risk management in companies and the function of human resource management.
  • Risk mitigation and its relationship to employee motivation and productivity.
  • The link between leadership, training and employee protection.
  • Employee morale is improved through employee protection and risk management.
  • How HRM can efficiently identify and prevent harmful situations in the workplace.
  • How Covid-19 testing drastically reduces risk situations in organisations.
  • Working with firearms, an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages for workplace safety.
  • How to protect workers’ health in the post-coronavirus era?
  • Conducting a company-wide HR audit.
  • Safe work environments and how they affect employee productivity.
  • An assessment of security risks for the prevention of natural disasters
  • Financial risk management: How can a company increase its profits?
  • An overview of operational risk control (concerning the UK).
  • The value of hazard prevention training in an organisation
  • Studies on the level of risk in online transactions.
  • An examination of risk control in supply contracts.
  • Risk management strategies and the impact of the supply chain initiative.
  • How do social and environmental elements directly or indirectly affect risk management?
  • How well are risk management techniques suited to starting a business?
  • How financial growth affects or advances a proposed enterprise?

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Rewards and Appraisal HRM Dissertation Topics

  • What is the relationship between staff autonomy and motivation? An analysis of UK administrations.
  • Why do some people who receive a significant cash windfall continue to work while others do not? A qualitative method based on interviews.
  • How important is workplace flexibility for retaining talent? A comparison of attitudes before and after COVID-19.
  • How to help workers find meaning in their work: a method using the healthcare industry as an example.
  • Are extrinsic rewards a good motivator in compassionate industries?
  • Extrinsic rewards for the twenty-first century: Exploring British workers’ attitudes and expectations regarding extrinsic rewards.
  • Do British and Chinese workers differ in terms of motivation?
  • A study on the driving forces behind the motivation of potential business leaders.
  • A study on the importance of motivation in HRM.
  • The relationship between happiness and motivation in the workplace.
  • The contribution of employee motivation to increased productivity.
  • Large, diverse companies and employee motivation.
  • The impact that motivational speeches can have on the overall productivity of workers in the workplace.
  • Low staff turnover and its relationship to employee motivation.
  • The relationship between incentives and rewards.
  • The impact of motivational talks and programs on workplace productivity.
  • The importance of employee motivation programs and how they affect high employee retention rates.
  • Contemporary and classical conceptions of motivation are compared and contrasted.
  • Analysis of the reward system in countries with growing economies.
  • Comparative study on the influence of rewards on workers’ motivation.

Performance Management HRM Dissertation Topics

  • An overview of the performance management methods of the leading international brands.
  • The goals of performance management in practice
  • Performance management techniques every HR manager needs to know.
  • The effectiveness of performance management in a technologically advanced world
  • How does performance analysis help retain employees?
  • The importance of performance management in the UK retail sector.
  • Major brands are using the latest trends to improve the performance of every employee.
  • Evaluating the efficiency of call centre performance management systems.
  • What do Indian employees think about the banking industry’s performance management systems?
  • Investigating how performance management systems are ineffective.
  • Can performance management systems increase motivation among employees?
  • A new iteration of Taylorism, are performance management systems?
  • An example of a successful performance management system: balancing control with motivation.
  • Analyse the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on remote teams’ use of performance management systems.

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Geography Dissertation Topics

Published by Carmen Troy at January 6th, 2023 , Revised On August 16, 2023

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Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources and political and economic activities.

Geography is related to the climate changes and ecological value of a region that helps determine the environmental situation of that region. Therefore, it is important to explore the different geographical ideas and theories. Geography is an interesting field and there is a range of issues that you could choose from for your dissertation.

This article lists several geography dissertation topics and research ideas so you can base your dissertation on a manageable and intriguing issue.

Here is our selection of geography dissertation topics that we think will definitely interest you and your supervisor.

Topic 1: Impact of Natural Catastrophes on Economic Growth and Human Development- A Case of 2011 Fukushima Crisis in Japan

  • Topic 2: How Do Natural Disasters Affect the Geosphere? Calculating the Effects of Earthquakes, Floods, and Volcanic Eruptions on Geosphere in Asia

Topic 3: Geography a Natural Friend or Enemy? The Role of Geography in Promoting/Demoting Climate Change Disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa

Topic 4: geo-mapping and land reforms: a study to find the role of geo-mapping, sensor data, and big data analytics in bringing land reforms to developing countries, topic 5: predictive analytics and natural disaster: a study to find the role of artificial intelligence (ai) in predicting natural disasters and epidemics.

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Research Aim: This research aims to analyze the impact of natural catastrophes on economic growth and human development. It will assess the socioeconomic effects of the 2011 Fukushima Crisis in Japan. It will show how it affected Japan’s economic growth by affecting the population, production levels, employment, investments, etc.? Moreover, how did it affect the Human Development Index (HDI)? Lastly, it will show how Japan managed to recover from this catastrophe? And what lessons can other countries learn from Japan to mitigate the socioeconomic effects of natural disasters?

Topic 2: How Does Natural Disasters Affect the Geosphere? Calculating the Effects of Earthquakes, Floods, and Volcanic Eruptions on Geosphere in Asia

Research Aim: This study intends to calculate the effects of earthquakes, floods, and volcanic eruptions on the geosphere in Asia. It will find whether there is an empirical relationship between geosphere disturbance and natural disasters? Or changes in the geosphere cause natural disasters in Asia? It will primarily test a causal relationship between natural disasters and geosphere disruption. Moreover, it will show whether there are ways to protect the geosphere or not?

Research Aim: This research assesses the role of geography in promoting/demoting climate change disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa. It will find ways through which geography saves or further exacerbate the climate change situation. It will analyze various natural disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa and see what geography’s role is in protecting or further hurting the population. Lastly, it will see the government’s efforts such as investment in eco-friendly projects, cutting down 〖CO〗_2 and increase in the number of trees to maintain their natural geography.

Research Aim: This study analyzes the role of geo-mapping, sensor data, and big data analytics in bringing land reforms to developing countries. It will review geo-mapping concepts and how sensor data gathered through geo-mapping can be used in big data analytics? Further, it will show how developing countries use geo-mapping and big data analytics to reform their rotten real estate sector. Moreover, comparing their efforts with advanced countries will recommend improving their geo-mapping and land reforms.

Research Aim: This research finds the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in predicting natural disasters and epidemics. It will assess various machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models and big data tools to show how they are used to predict natural catastrophes such as earthquakes, floods, storms, etc. It will test the reliability and efficacy of these model to recommend best models to predict further catastrophes in the future.

Geography Dissertation Research Topics

Topic 1: studying the fertility of soil after the volcanic eruption..

Research Aim: The research paper aims to find out the study of the soil’s fertility caused by a volcanic eruption. The consequences of volcanic eruptions affect the soil, which makes the soil difficult to cultivate.

Topic 2: Understanding Global Warming through Geography

Research Aim: The research paper has the purpose of understanding global warming through Geography. Global warming has severe impacts on the climates and people’s health because it is caused due to harmful UV rays.

Topic 3: Geography: Determining the Effects caused by Natural Calamities on a Region

Research Aim: The research paper aims to determine the effects that are caused due to natural calamities on a region. Natural calamities impact the region because of the destruction that occurs to life and property. Therefore, the study will understand the adverse effects of natural disasters on an area.

Topic 4: Evaluating the Ecological Value of the Forests

Research Aim: The research paper aims to evaluate the ecological value of the forests. Forests help build the region’s environmental conditions and provide a home to a massive amount of wildlife. So, the paper understands the value of ecology in forests.

Topic 5: Comprehending the Security of Nutrition and Food in Geography

Research Aim: The research paper aims to investigate the security of nutrition and food in geography. There is a big challenge related to the sustainability of the atmosphere growing food and the arrangements of the society so that the poor people can have an adequate amount of food and nutrition.

Topic 6: Geography Empathizes with Environmental Protection.

Research Aim: The research paper aims to understand the emphasis that geography puts on environmental protection. I maintain the ecological balance and provide people with a safe and healthy environment, and it is essential to protect the environment. Therefore, the research paper will discuss the importance of environmental protection through geography.

Topic 7: Importance of Water Conservation

Research Aim: The research paper aims to understand the significance of water conservation. Water preservation is essential because it will help the farmers cultivate when fresh water is scarce. Therefore, the paper will discuss the importance of water conservation.

Topic 8: The impact of drought on farmers: Geography

Research Aim: The research paper will discuss the impact of drought on farmers. Drought is the main reason why farmers suffer from severe economic pressure, which also affects the region’s food supply. Hence, the paper studies the critical aspects of drought and its impact on farmers.

Topic 9: Effect of Ocean Currents on the Weather of an Area

Research Aim: The research paper excavates the effect of ocean currents on the weather of an area. The ocean currents are the conveyer belt that transports warm water along with precipitation. Therefore, ocean currents do regulate global climatic changes.

Topic 10: Geography: To Understand the Transforming Thermal Regime of the Polythermal Glaciers

Research Aim: The research paper aims to comprehend the transforming thermal regime of the polythermal glaciers. The thermal regime of any glacier has significant ramifications depending on how it moves; it can be both temperate and polar depending on the temperature.

Topic 11: Analysing the usage of Greenfield in an Area

Research Aim: The research paper aims to analyze the usage of greenfields in an area. Companies’ greenfield analysis is done to understand the optimal location and number of all the distribution centres, and geography helps to understand this vastly.

Topic 12: Geography: An in-depth study about the Destinations of the Sources of Rivers

Research Aim: The research paper states the in-depth study about the destinations of rivers’ sources in geography. From the perspective of geography, the river sources’ destination will be studied where the flow and destination of rivers tend to change because of the absorption of sediments in their sizes and shapes.

Topic 13: Aspects Contributing to the Creation of a Sustainable Environment

Research Aim: The research paper aims to study the aspects contributing to creating a sustainable environment. To evaluate the sustainable environment, it is imperative to excavate the factors contributing to its formation.

Topic 14: Evaluating the Impacts of Acid Rain

Research Aim: The research paper aims to evaluate the impacts of acid rain. In geography, acid rain is taken as an adverse effect that leads to a big downfall both for the environment and in harming the crops. Hence, the paper states the adverse impacts caused to the life and cultivation of people due to acid rain.

Topic 15: Geography: Construction of Buildings Affecting the Soil

Research Aim: The research paper aims to view geography’s perspective in evaluating the effects caused to soil due to the construction of buildings. The soil fertility is almost lost because of building construction, and therefore the paper will be evaluating all the effects that building construction causes on the soil.

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