SPA Welcomes Appointment of Dr Kitty Stewart as Academy of Social Sciences Fellow
The Social Policy Association (SPA) warmly congratulates Dr Kitty Stewart, LSE, on her appointment as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and also […]
Articles by Markus Ketola
SPA Conference 2023: First Plenary Speakers Announced
This year’s SPA conference will held at the University of Nottingham from the 5th to the 7th of July. The conference and accommodation will be […]
SPA Awards: Nominations Now Open! (Closing Date 24 March)
Nominations for the 2023 Social Policy Association Awards are now open! You can make nominations via an online nomination form here. Nominations will close at 12pm […]
SPA Opportunity Grants Open: Deadline Friday 3 March 2023
The Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grant programme for Spring 2023 is open for applications. Deadline for applications: 3 March 2023 (Decisions to be communicated by 17 March […]
SPA Conference 2023: Registration and Abstract Submission Open
The 2023 annual Social Policy Association conference will take place at University of Nottingham, 5th-7th July. Abstract submission and conference registration are now open! Read more below […]
Measuring the Adequacy of Social Security – Issues and Challenges [SPA Blog]
By Jussi Tervola (Doctor of Social Sciences), Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and Eeva Nykänen (Doctor of Laws), Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare […]
COP27 – Just Transition-Washing? [SPA Blog]
By Dr Matthew Scott and Kelli Kennedy, SPA Climate Justice and Social Policy (CUSP) policy group. — Now that the dust has settled from COP27, […]
Family and Household in Social Policy Webinar Series (2nd, 9th and 13th December 2022)
The Family and Household in Social Policy webinar series aims to open the following questions for debate within the academic community of social policy: How […]
SPA Blog: Participation Income Outperforms Basic Income as a Future Social Security Model
In this SPA blog, Heikki Hiilamo, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Helsinki, discusses the proposal of participation income (PI) as a new […]
Post-Covid Labour Shortages, Bad Jobs and Social Security: Reflections on the British and French Debates
In this SPA blog, Daniel Clegg explores how French and British policymakers have treated the role of social security in the post-Covid labour market. — […]