One of the highlights of the Social Policy Association calendar is our awards ceremony. This year our awards were presented on Thursday 4th July at Glasgow City Chambers as part of our annual conference hosted by the University of Strathclyde.
The prolific judging panel for the awards was composed of Professor Jane Millar, Professor Jon Glasby, Professor Rod Hick, and Helen Barnard of the Trussell Trust, who joined as a new judge this year. Helen Barnard also kindly presented framed certificates to award winners at the ceremony.
The goals of the SPA’s awards include to recognise and endorse the work of academics who are involved in researching and teaching social policy, and contribute to advancing the discipline.
The winners of this year’s awards were as follows. You can also see a photo gallery of the awards ceremony below, with those winners who were able to attend the ceremony.
1) Outstanding Achievement in Social Policy Award: Jochen Clasen, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Social Policy, University of Edinburgh.
2) Excellence in Doctoral Research Award: Ewan Robertson, Teaching Fellow in Comparative Social Policy, University of Edinburgh, for: “Puzzling over Powering? Explaining In-Work Benefit Trajectories in France and the United Kingdom, 1990s – 2020s”
3) The Richard Titmuss Book Award: Sharon Wright, Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow, for: “Women and Welfare Conditionality Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare”
Cambridge University Press Awards for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship:
4) – Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy: Valon Hasanaj, for: The shift towards an eco-welfare state: growing stronger together. 2023; 39(1): 42-63. doi:10.1017/ics.2023.2
5) – Social Policy and Society: Charlotte Pearson, Nick Watson, Richard Brunner, Jane Cullingworth, Shaffa Hameed, Nathaniel Scherer, and Tom Shakespeare, for: Covid-19 and the Crisis in Social Care: Exploring the Experiences of Disabled People in the Pandemic. 2023; 22(3): 515-530. doi:10.1017/S1474746422000112
6) – Journal of Social Policy: Catherine Needham, Kerry Allen, Emily Burn, Kelly Hall, Catherine Mangan, Hareth Al-Janabi, Warda Tahir, Sarah Carr, Jon Glasby, Melanie Henwood, and Steve Mckay, for: How do you Shape a Market? Explaining Local State Practices in Adult Social Care. 2023; 52(3): 640-660. doi:10.1017/S0047279421000805
Following the ceremony, Dr Hayley Bennett, SPA Awards Officer, said:
“On behalf of the SPA executive it’s a pleasure to celebrate the winners of the SPA 2024 awards. We also thank all of those who took the time to make a nomination. It has been extremely exciting and encouraging to see the valuable contributions produced by social policy scholars that demonstrates the quality, depth and breadth of our community and membership.
The winners of the SPA awards are decided via a thorough process that wouldn’t be possible without the SPA executive members who contributed to the shortlisting process, former SPA Awards Officer Prof. Ellen Stewart for her many years managing the awards portfolio, and the generous award sponsors (Cambridge University Press and Policy Press). I also give notable thanks to the four judges for their thoughtful work engaging with all the nominations and shortlists to agree on this year’s winners. The judges are Prof. Jane Millar, Prof. Rod Hick, Prof. Jon Glasby, and our new judge Helen Barnard (Director of Policy, Research & Impact The Trussell Trust), who all volunteered their time to support our social policy community”.
We also look forward to announcing the opening of nominations for our 2025 awards programme early next year.
SPA Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony Gallery
Image credits: Social Policy Association / Guy Hinks.
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