Event: Pathways to Publication: Insights from Social Policy and Society
Online Event: Monday, December 7 2026. Time: 10:30 AM – 12 PM Organised by: Centre for Decent Work and Productivity, Manchester Metropolitan University Please Register […]
Policy Groups
Blog: Sharing parental leave evidence in Parliament: observations from the SPA Family Policy Group
By Linzi Ladlow (University of Lincoln and SPA Family Policy Group). Image credits: Sense about Science. Keywords: Evidence Week, parental leave, family policy, gender equality […]
News: Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2026
The Social Policy Association (SPA) Social Harm Policy Group welcomes submissions from undergraduate and taught masters students currently enrolled at universities worldwide to submit an […]
Event: Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond
SPA Employment Policy Group Resolution Foundation Office, London Wednesday, Apr 29 from 2:30 pm to 5 pm Attendance free: register via Eventbrite here. Description […]
Event: SPA Pension Policy Group annual public event on Wednesday, 20th May 3pm – 4:30pm
This year’s public online event from the SPA’s Pension Policy Group focuses on the topic of the state pension age. Our main speaker is Dr […]
Blog: The Public-Private Mix in Pensions – A Comparative Perspective
Aart-Jan Riekhoff (Senior Researcher, Finnish Centre for Pensions) Dirk Hofäcker (Professor of Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Duisberg-Essen) Traute Meyer (Professor of […]
Event: Friday 5th December 2025: SPA Tax and Social Policy Group Annual Conference on Poverty & Tax
The Social Policy Association’s Tax and Social Policy Group is holding its annual conference on the theme of Poverty and Tax in December. The event is […]
Call for Interest: Prospective SPA Policy Group on Citizenship, Migration and Social Policy
Message shared with SPA members on behalf of Dr Idil Akinci (University of Edinburgh) — Dear colleagues, I am seeking expressions of interest from SPA […]
Call for new SPA Policy Group (and Groups Extension)
The purpose of the Social Policy Association (SPA) is to advance research, teaching and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Social Policy, and to […]
Event: Global Billionaires and Geographical Justice: From Bonanza to Bust?
Date: Tuesday, 10 June Time: 6:00pm Venue: Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ This event is also available online. You are […]