Abstract
The Global Transformation and Social Work Practice partnership made up of four universities – Fachhochschule Dortmund, University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Midland State University aims to build sustainable development goal (SDG) partnerships (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) between countries of the Global North and the Global South. DAAD is a German academic exchange organisation which has funded a four-year programme between these partner universities. The desire is to increase intellectual capital and research collaborations amongst students and social work academics from the four partner universities. This formed the basis of the main theme of a four-day Postgraduate Symposium on Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and Social Work Practice in Germany and Africa, hosted at the University of Johannesburg in July 2023.