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Events

SPA 2024 Conference: PG/ECR Events Open for Booking

April 22, 2024 S-P-A-Administrator 0

As part of the SPA 2024 conference we are delighted to offer dedicated events for postgraduate students, PhD and early career researchers (PGs and ECRs) […]

SPA Teaching and Learning Roundtable Discussion ‘Social Policy Teaching in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities’ – online event on 18th April 2024

March 20, 2024 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The SPA is running an online roundtable discussion on challenges and opportunities in social policy teaching and learning, following on from the launch of the […]

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Understanding Well-being of Young Children Hybrid Conference

February 6, 2024 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Understanding Well-being of Young Children through an International and Cross-disciplinary Lens: a hybrid day conference for researchers, service providers and users, professionals and policymakers. Details:  […]

Event: Tackling housing decarbonisation in a cost-of-living crisis: the challenge for social policy (25th January 2024)

December 12, 2023 S-P-A-Administrator 0

One of the major steps towards mitigating climate change is to decarbonise domestic heating systems and reduce domestic energy use. To achieve this in the […]

Event: Facilitating Interdisciplinary Communication between Social Policy and Scientific Research (11 December 2023)

November 8, 2023 Markus Ketola 0

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 […]

Upcoming Roundable Event (3rd November): What’s Race Got to do with It?

October 9, 2023 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Please find details below of a flagship roundtable event taking place at the University of Edinburgh on Friday 3rd November. This event is supported by an […]

‘Race’ in Social Research: Open and Inclusive Conference for PGRs and ECRs

June 13, 2023 Markus Ketola 0

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). […]

Event: Family Policies in Asia – Comparative Perspectives (4 July 2023)

May 24, 2023 S-P-A-Administrator 0

This international event brings together scholars from across Asia to discuss current developments in family policy in China, South Korea, India and beyond. This is […]

SPS Annual Meeting and Lecture 2023 (Online): Welfare stigma, the work ethic and the welfare state: challenging and re-imagining the welfare-work nexus

May 16, 2023 Markus Ketola 0

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 […]

Family and Household in Social Policy Webinar Series (2nd, 9th and 13th December 2022)

November 21, 2022 Markus Ketola 0

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 […]

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