SPA Awards: Call for Exec member and Awards judges
The SPA is looking to co-opt an Exec member to manage the SPA Awards process and help us celebrate the excellence of work being done […]
Articles by Markus Ketola
2026 Australian Social Policy Conference: The University of Queensland (Brisbane), 30 September — 2 October
Join the Australian Social Policy Association at The University of Queensland (Brisbane) for the 2026 Australian Social Policy Conference! The 2026 Australian Social Policy Conference […]
News: New Social Policy Subject Benchmark Consultation Now Open
Over the last 10 months the QAA has been supported by an advisory board to revise the Social Policy benchmark. The consultation on the document […]
Call for Editor in Chief: International Journal of Care and Caring
The Editorial Management Board of the International Journal of Care and Caring (IJCC) invites applications for the post of Editor in Chief of the journal to run […]
Event: Facilitating Interdisciplinary Communication between Social Policy and Scientific Research (11 December 2023)
Academics at University of York and University of Sheffield invite all PGRs and ECRs interested in policy to join a free one-day event, “Facilitating Interdisciplinary […]
Academy of Social Sciences: Call for SPA nominations for new Fellows
Message to SPA members from Professor Ann Marie Gray, Chair of the Social Policy Association The SPA is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). In recent years we have successfully nominated […]
The Move to Universal Credit is Underway in Northern Ireland
By Dr Bridget Meehan, Policy Officer, Advice NI The inevitable Move to Universal Credit (UC) got underway in Northern Ireland this April. UC is the […]
‘Race’ in Social Research: Open and Inclusive Conference for PGRs and ECRs
The first one day ‘Race’ and Social Science Research: Postgraduate and Early Careers’ Conference will take place in early September 2023 (12th/13th/14th – date TBC). […]
SPS Annual Meeting and Lecture 2023 (Online): Welfare stigma, the work ethic and the welfare state: challenging and re-imagining the welfare-work nexus
Join the Social Policy and Society Editors for the sixth annual meeting and lecture from the journal, on Friday 9th June 2023 at 9.30am. Guest […]
Social Policy & Society, Chair of Editorial Board: Call for Expressions of Interest
The Social Policy Association invites applications for the Chair of the Editorial Board of the journal Social Policy & Society (SP&S), to run for a […]