The room that Ian and Roy built: Personal warmth and professional space.

The authors reflects on the phrase "qualitative social work" coined by Ian Shaw and Roy Ruckdeschel, which enabled them to promote creative ideas and approaches to help young scholars explore new spaces. They state that the current issue emphasizes research ethics and social work research with articles on topics such as Identity with regard to the Danish welfare system, health social work and Asperger’s Syndrome.