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Blog: Thirty Years After Welfare Reform, the Trump Administration is Starving the Poor into Work

September 10, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Three decades after Clinton-era welfare reform, the second Trump administration has initiated its own changes to the system which strengthen work requirements for Medicaid and […]

Blog: Not Just a Form to Fill In: Why the SPA’s New Code of Ethics Matters for Social Policy Research

September 10, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Professor Colin Clark (University of the West of Scotland) and Professor Alessio D’Angelo (University of Derby) Ethics is not what happens before the research begins. […]

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News: SPA Members Appointed as Fellows to the Academy of Social Sciences

September 7, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The Social Policy Association (SPA) is delighted to congratulate our members who have been recognised by the Academy of Social Sciences for their outstanding contribution. […]

Blog: Staying Well Through Parenting Leave

August 31, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Kathryn Hartley, Jessica Hobbs, Emily Humphreys, Clare Matysova Imagine life as a mum of young children on a low income: you might be juggling two […]

Blog: Nationalism and the Changing Politics of Immigration in Scotland and Catalonia

August 31, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Dean Ross, Doctoral Researcher in Politics and International Relations at the University of Glasgow. [Image: Dean Ross, Edinburgh, 2023.] Over the last two decades, […]

Blog: Beyond Integration: Everyday Belonging

August 11, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Paria Goodarzi (see author bio at bottom). This blog is based on work presented at the Unbordered Futures conference at the University of Edinburgh […]

Blog: ‘Space’ and ‘Place’: from Conspirators in Sovereignty, to Comrades in Solidarity?

August 6, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Phoebe Malone, PhD Researcher, University of Glasgow. [Image: Phoebe Malone, Dunkerque, 2023.] Keywords: Space, Place, Spatial Governance, Migration, Asylum, Borders, Solidarity, Resistance, Abolition, Discourse, […]

Blog: Signs and Symbols: Assessing the UK Government’s National Plan to End Homelessness

August 6, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The UK Government’s homelessness strategy represents a welcome shift in national conversations about homelessness, but its strengths may be more symbolic than structural. By Colin Clark, […]

Blog: Unpaid Carers Action Plan: Recognise, Refer, Reach

August 5, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Melanie Henwood. [Photo by Dominik Lange on Unsplash]. An Action Plan for unpaid carers was published in the final days of the Starmer Labour […]

News: Social Policy Research and Impact Celebrated at 2026 SPA Awards

July 20, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Excellence in social policy research and impact has been recognised by the 2026 Social Policy Association awards. The list of winners for each category is […]

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