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Blog: Supply is not a silver bullet: Why we can’t just build our way out of the housing crisis

April 21, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Author: Steve Iafrati, University of Nottingham Politicians’ obsession with supply-side fixes to the housing crisis could exacerbate inequalities for people at the bottom of the […]

Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor

April 21, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The Journal of Social Policy (JSP) is a highly impactful UK and international journal which is going from strength to strength. Submissions to the journal are increasing, […]

Event: Social Policy and Society – May Elections Special Round Table

April 21, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Organiser: University of Derby – CASSPPR Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2026 Time: 2 PM – 3:30 PM Location: Online Please Register at: Social Policy and […]

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Blog: The New QAA Social Policy Subject Benchmark: What’s Changed and Why It Matters

April 16, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) has now published a new Subject Benchmark Statement (SBS) for Social Policy, marking the most substantial revision of the discipline’s […]

Blog: Promoting Connectedness Across Differences Through Social Mixing in West Lothian: Insights from Phase One of a Three-Phase Research Project

April 15, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By MD Rezaur Rahman, PhD Researcher, Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Email: mdrrahman@qmu.ac.uk. Image supplied by the author. — Meaningful […]

Event: SPA Pension Policy Group annual public event on Wednesday, 20th May 3pm – 4:30pm

March 30, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

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

March 30, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

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: Registration Closing Date: 09 April 2026, ‘Social Policy Education: Where are we and where are we heading?’

March 30, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Hybrid Teaching and Learning Day Conference from 10 am to 4 pm (UK time) on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Jubilee Conference Centre, University […]

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SPA Members Appointed as Fellows to the Academy of Social Sciences

March 17, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The Social Policy Association (SPA) is delighted to congratulate our members recognised by the Academy of Social Sciences for their outstanding contribution. Ellen Stewart, Professor […]

Blog: Digitising Social Protections: Exclusion and Barriers in Jordan’s ‘Takaful’ Programme

March 16, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Musa Majad,  MSc Development Studies student at the London School of Economics (LSE) Image: creative commons licence – https://medium.com/center-for-effective-global-action/what-is-cash-good-for-b128accca139). — The first objective of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development […]

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  • Blog: Supply is not a silver bullet: Why we can’t just build our way out of the housing crisis
  • Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor
  • Event: Social Policy and Society – May Elections Special Round Table
  • Blog: The New QAA Social Policy Subject Benchmark: What’s Changed and Why It Matters
  • Blog: Promoting Connectedness Across Differences Through Social Mixing in West Lothian: Insights from Phase One of a Three-Phase Research Project
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