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) at the end of December 2022. The Executive of the […]
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 faced again by everyone this year due to the Covid-19 […]
In the first of a series of guest blogs organised by the Climate Justice and Social Policy Group in the lead up to COP26, Dr Peter Matthews and Dr Steve Rolfe of the University of […]
Over the next few weeks, the SPA is partnering with the Climate Justice and Social Policy Group to publish a series of blogs reflecting on the importance of COP26 to social policy, and of social […]
R.H. Tawney is the patron saint of Labour thinking on welfare. More often cited than read, his chapter on ‘The Strategy of Equality’, first published in 1931, set the agenda for much that was to […]
Charles Booth, that great discoverer of urban poverty, inscribed the last volume of his Life and Labour of the People in London with the following words: ‘My work now completed has been from first to […]
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 for us, come to an end. It was a daunting […]
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 and original senior contributors to the understanding of social policy […]
We exist to advance the teaching, research, and dissemination of knowledge in the field of social policy, and to represent the interests of our members. To help us achieve this purpose, in 2020 we commissioned […]
The impacts of climate change have significant potential to heighten inequalities across society. As such, fundamental policy transformations are required to ensure just processes of adaptation and mitigation. However, while there is a good level […]
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