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Month: July 2025

Blog: Taking stock of Welfare State Determinants: A new approach to assessing robustness in quantitative comparative research

July 31, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

  By Michael Ganslmeier (University of Exeter) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford). — The growth of quantitative comparative social policy research Since Wilensky’s seminal work […]

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Call for new Co-Editor – Social Policy and Society

July 30, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Message for the attention of SPA members  — One of the current co-editors of the journal Social Policy and Society (Dr Ruby Chau) will complete […]

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Call for new SPA Policy Group (and Groups Extension)

July 30, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The purpose of the Social Policy Association (SPA) is to advance research, teaching and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Social Policy, and to […]

Blog: The future of Jobcentre Plus in Scotland: Multi-level messiness or a window of opportunity?

July 24, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Dr Hayley Bennett (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Sioned Pearce (University of Cardiff) The UK Government’s labour market policy reforms have attracted attention and controversy […]

Blog: Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities – Revisiting the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP) and Social Policy Association (SPA) Joint Annual Conference 2025, University of York

July 24, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Image: University of York/Alex Holland Social policy, whether as cash benefits, public services or regulatory measures, is an institutionalised form of solidarity. Welfare systems are […]

Blog: Will “banning” zero-hours contracts impact on those who are in them?

July 15, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Dr Sarah Hadfield, Visting Fellow at The School of Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University. — Labour has consistently claimed that it is banning […]

Social Policy Association Award Winners Celebrated at 2025 Conference

July 10, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Excellence in social policy teaching, research and impact has been recognised by the 2025 Social Policy Association awards. The list of winners for each category […]

Blog: Finding an antidote for anti-social politics and policy

July 7, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Peter Beresford, Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia and Co-Chair of the disabled people’s organization, Shaping Our Lives. Keywords: Neoliberalism, personal politics, […]

Recent Posts

  • Blog: Supply is not a silver bullet: Why we can’t just build our way out of the housing crisis
  • Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor
  • Event: Social Policy and Society – May Elections Special Round Table
  • Blog: The New QAA Social Policy Subject Benchmark: What’s Changed and Why It Matters
  • Blog: Promoting Connectedness Across Differences Through Social Mixing in West Lothian: Insights from Phase One of a Three-Phase Research Project
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  • Blog: Supply is not a silver bullet: Why we can’t just build our way out of the housing crisis
  • Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor
  • Event: Social Policy and Society – May Elections Special Round Table
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