The organisers of the 2024 Social Policy Association Annual Conference (3rd – 5th July, University of Strathclyde) invite presentations and symposia which engage with the idea of social policy futures. Social policy research has always […]
By Neil Small, Emeritus Professor of Health Research, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, UK (see contact details at bottom*). Keywords: Culture: hospitals: childcare: neoliberalism: care failures. Culture as diagnosis and prescription It can […]
By Carolyn Snell, University of York and Lucie Middlemiss, University of Leeds — As winter approaches, we are acutely aware of the challenges associated with the cost of living crisis, with families bracing themselves in […]
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 for a period of three years from June 2024. It […]
The trustees of the UK Social Policy Association (SPA executive committee) have sent the below letter to the board of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) following the recent decision to suspend Research England’s Equality Diversity […]
Following the call circulated earlier this summer, the Social Policy Association (SPA) is delighted to announce that four new Social Policy Groups have been approved for a 2-year period (on first instance). The new groups […]
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 Communication between Social Policy and Scientific Research”. Titled ‘Social Policy […]
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 a number of SPA members to become Fellows of the Academy. This is a mark of distinction and […]
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 Opportunity Grant from the Social Policy Association. Please see full […]
The Social Policy Association (SPA) warmly congratulates our members recognised by the Academy of Social Sciences. Anya Ahmed, Professor of Wellbeing and Communities at Manchester Metropolitan University, is an eminent research methodologist with expertise in […]
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