2021
Read more about the winning entries of the 2021 SPA Awards here.
Excellence in Doctoral Research Award
Susan Watson – for the paper “Words do hurt me” – The impact of vituperative communication on social networking sites on gender-based violence”.
Policy Press Outstanding Teaching Award
Liam Foster, University of Sheffield
Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Journal of Social Policy
Mary Daly, for her paper “Children and their Rights and Entitlements in EU Welfare States”, in Journal of Social Policy, volume 49, issue 2.
Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Social Policy & Society
Andrew Baker & Richard Murphy, for their article “Modern Monetary Theory and the Changing Role of Tax in Society”, in Social Policy & Society, volume 19, issue 3.
Cambridge University Press Awards for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
Marcello Natili for his article “Worlds of last-resort safety nets? A proposed typology of minimum income schemes in Europe” Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, volume 36, issue 1.
2020
Excellence in Doctoral Research Award
Chloe Alexander
The Richard Titmuss Book Award
Jackie Gulland for her book “Gender, work and social control: a century of disability benefits”
Policy Press Outstanding Teaching Award
The University of Glasgow Social and Public Policy teaching team
Public Understanding of Social Policy Award
Baron (Frank) Field of Birkenhead
Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Journal of Social Policy
Lydia Morris, for her article “Reconfiguring Rights in Austerity Britain: Boundaries, Behaviours and Contestable Margins”, in Journal of Social Policy volume 48, issue 2.
Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Social Policy & Society
Mary Anne MacLeod, Angela Curl and Ade Kearns, for their article “Understanding the Prevalence and Drivers of Food Bank Use: Evidence from Deprived Communities in Glasgow”, in Social Policy & Society, volume 18, issue 1.
Outstanding Achievement in Social Policy Award
Jane Millar, Professor of Social Policy at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath
2019
Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research
Jessica S.C. Ng
The Richard Titmuss Book Award
Daniel Edmiston: ‘Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship’
Policy Press Outstanding Teaching Award
Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham (collective award)
Cambridge University Press Awards for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Journal of Social Policy
Elena Bárcena-Martín, M. Carmen Blanco-Arana and Salvador Pérez-Moreno: ‘Social Transfers and Child Poverty in European Countries: Pro-poor Targeting or Pro-child Targeting?’
Cambridge University Press Awards for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Social Policy and Society
Paul Hickman: ‘A Flawed Construct? Understanding and Unpicking the Concept of Resilience in the Context of Economic Hardship’
International Recognition Award
Nick Ellison
2018
PGR/ECR Award
Maria Smith
International recognition
Tess Ridge
Public recognition
Aditya Chakrabortty
Outstanding teaching
Teresa Crew
Richard Titmuss book award
Fred Powell: ‘The Political economy of the Irish Welfare State: Church, State and Capital’
Cambridge University Press Awards for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Journal of Social Policy
Jane Millar & Fran Bennett: ‘Universal Credit: Assumptions, Contradictions and Virtual Reality’
Cambridge University Press Awards for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Social Policy and Society
Katherine Smith and Ellen Stewart: ‘We Need to Talk about Impact: Why Social Policy Academics need to Engage with the UK’s Research Impact Agenda’
2017
Special International Recognition Award
Wolfgang Streeck
Special Recognition Award
Pete Alcock
2016
Special International Recognition Award
Kathryn Edin
Special Recognition Award
John Clarke
Gillian Parker
Best Postgraduate Paper
Ruth Patrick
2015
Special Recognition Award
Lesley Doyal
Rudolf Klein
Robert Pinker
Best Non-Academic(s)
Rev. Paul Nicolson
Best Postgraduate Paper
Rita Griffiths
2014
Special Recognition Award
Gary Craig
Caroline Glendinning
John Veit-Wilson
Best Non-Academic(s)
Anna Coote (New Economics Foundation)
Carey Oppenheim (Early Intervention Foundation)
Best Postgraduate Paper
Faraz Vahid Shahidi
2013
Special Recognition Award
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Ian Gough
Bob Deacon
Best Newcomer
Christopher Deeming
Best Postgraduate Paper
Emilie Whitaker
2012
Special Recognition Award
Alan Deacon
David Byrne
Fiona Williams
Nicholas Deakin
Outstanding Contribution from a Non-academic
Richard Best
Best Postgraduate Paper
Ilana Shpaizman
2011
Lifetime Achievement
Jane Lewis
Outstanding Contribution from a Non-academic
Simon Duffy
Dexter Whitfield
2010
Lifetime Achievement
Ruth Lister
Jan Pahl
Outstanding Contribution from a Non-academic
Karl Wilding and the Research Team at the National Council for Voluntary
Organisations
Best Newcomer
Helen Dickinson
2009
Lifetime Achievement
Michael Hill
Outstanding Contribution from a Non-academic
Patricia Hollis
Best New Publication
Jacqueline Walker: ‘Pilgrim State’
Best Postgraduate Paper
Christopher Deeming
2008
Lifetime Achievement
David Donnison
Peter Townsend
Outstanding Contribution from a Non-academic
Katherine Rake
Best Newcomer
Tania Burchardt
Best Postgraduate Paper
Cornelius Grebe
2007
Lifetime Achievement
Jonathan Bradshaw
Hilary Land
Alan Walker
Outstanding Contribution from a Non-academic
Child Poverty Action Group
Best Newcomer
Sharon Wright
Best New Publication
John Macnicol: ‘Age Discrimination: an historical and contemporary analysis’
2006
Lifetime Achievement
Adrian Sinfield
Best Newcomer
Jon Glasby
Tess Ridge
Best New Publication
David M. Smith: ‘On the Margins of Inclusion: Changing labour markets and social
inclusion in London