Blog: Building Britain? Labour’s First Year of Housing Reform
By Steve Rolfe, Steve Iafrati, Gareth James, Henri Baptiste, and Colin Clark (members of the SPA Housing Policy Group). Image: Igor Sporynin for Unsplashed — […]
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Social Policy Education: Where Are We And Where Are We Heading?
A Day Conference co-organised by the Social Policy Association (SPA), the International Centre for Public and Social Policy (IcPSP), and Social Policy and Society (SPS) […]
Blog: Is it always Groundhog Day for the Minister of Health? Looking back to 1976.
Alexander Fleming House was the home of the Department of Health and Social Security in the 1970’s (photograph by Stephen Richards and available under the […]
Sustainable Welfare Workshop: What is the role of social policy in moving towards a post growth society?
Date: Thursday, 12 March 2026 Time: 10 am to 4 pm GMT Where: Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Room 237C, Glasgow. This […]
Blog: The Hidden Cost of Italy’s Care System: Pension Gaps and the Precarious Future of Ukrainian Care Workers
By Maria Izzo, Doctoral Researcher in Health and Social Policy, University of Glasgow. — Nina, a Ukrainian woman in her mid-seventies, lives and works in […]
Call for Expressions of Interest for a team of multi-institutional researchers to participate in Evidence Week in Parliament (June/July 2026)
The Social Policy Association (SPA) has partnered with Sense about Science to offer a team of Social Policy researchers a funded opportunity to participate in […]
SPA Annual Conference 2026: Hope In Dark Times: Resistance and Radical Change
The Social Policy Association is pleased to announce that Liverpool will host the 2026 annual conference, taking place from Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd July. […]
News: Invitation to contribute to Social Policy masterclass with PhD students
Do you use one or more methodologies in your research in an area of social policy? Would you like to give a talk to PhD […]
News: Tribute to Professor John Ditch
Provided by Adrian Sinfield, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy , University of Edinburgh — My very good friend and collaborator of many years, John Ditch, […]
Blog: Making a Contribution: Reflections on my role as a UC Claimant Survivor advocating for co-designed welfare reform. Blog 2: Critical Perspectives on lived experience in Social Security Policy Research
Lisa Holden Just knowing that I am connected to a bigger picture is so important. Knowing I am not alone in my lived experience of […]