Blog: Staying Well Through Parenting Leave
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 […]
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Blog: Nationalism and the Changing Politics of Immigration in Scotland and Catalonia
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
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?
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
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
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: SPA Career-Launch Research Grants Open [Deadline 27 July 2026]
Social Policy Association, Summer 2026 Deadline for applications: 27 July 2026 (Decisions to be communicated by 21 August 2026.) Webinar for prospective applicants: 6 July 2026, 12 noon […]
News: The Chartered Institute of Housing: Undergraduate Internship Opportunity
Job Title: Undergraduate/graduate Salary: £13.84 per hour Location: Hybrid – Home / CIH office Hours: 150 hours over 4 – 8 weeks The Chartered Institute of Housing is the […]
Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor
Update: deadline extended to Friday, 12th June 2026 The Journal of Social Policy (JSP) is a highly impactful UK and international journal which is going from strength […]
News: Chair of Editorial Board, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy: Call for applications
Update: deadline extended to 5pm, Friday 19 June 2026. The Social Policy Association (SPA) invites applications for the Chair of the Editorial Board of the […]