New editors sought for JICSP
Kevin Farnsworth and Zoë Irving complete their very successful term of office as joint editors of the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (JICSP) […]
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SPA Award Winners 2021
The SPA Awards recognise the work of academics who are researching and teaching social policy, and who contribute to advancing the discipline. Despite the challenges […]
Introducing SPA’s new President, Baroness Doreen Lawrence
One of the Executive’s many tasks this year has been to replace Baroness, Professor Ruth Lister as President given that her term has, very sadly […]
Tribute to Professor Robert Pinker
The death of Robert Pinker earlier this year at the age of 89 on February 2nd marked the passing of one of the most distinguished […]
SPA Policy Groups
The SPA exists to advance the teaching, research, and dissemination of knowledge in the field of social policy, and to represent the interests of our […]
Time for a new Beveridge Report?
It has been 80 years since William Beveridge was commissioned to report on the ways that Britain should be rebuilt after the Second World War. […]
SPA Statement on Care and Collegiality during the Covid pandemic
The Social Policy Association Executive Committee wish to express our concerns about the pressures being placed on our members, along with other academics, policy-makers, practitioners […]
Supporting migrant children in lockdown: time for joined-up thinking
As England moved into its third national lockdown, all primary and secondary schools had to once again close their gates to most pupils, making ‘distance […]
Welfare state development in post-neoliberal Latin America
Can we measure the degree of welfare state development in Latin America beyond the popular social expenditure or welfare generosity indicators? And why have some […]
Why this winter’s lockdown will be even tougher than the first for low income families
With the return to stricter measures including home schooling, the early 2021 lockdown will bring all the challenges to low income families that they experienced […]