Awards

Nominations for the 2024 Social Policy Association Awards are now open!

You can make nominations via the nomination form here (Word document). 

Nominations will close at 5pm on 1st March 2024. The winners of the awards will be presented at the SPA 2024 conference at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, 3rd-5th July.

If you have any queries about our awards programme, please contact SPA awards officer Hayley Bennett, at: hayley.bennett@ed.ac.uk.

You can read more information about the awards and the available categories below.

General Information

Each year the Social Policy Association (SPA) calls for nominations for its annual SPA Awards, to be announced at the SPA Annual Conference in July.

The SPA awards aim to:

1) Advance the interests of the SPA and its members through increased reach and status

2) Recognise and endorse the work of academics who are both researching and teaching social policy, and who as SPA members contribute to advancing the discipline

3) Recognise and endorse the work of individuals and organisations who as social policy practitioners and/or advocates, are using academic work produced by the social policy academic community and/or are working with academics to promote the public understanding of social policy

Process of awards

Where the awards are made on the decision of the SPA-appointed judging panel, the panel will comprise four judges appointed by the Executive to serve for 3 years and will normally include:

  • The SPA President
  • 1 judge drawn from outside the academic community
  • 2 judges appointed from SPA membership

General rules of the Awards

Those making a nomination must do so with the full knowledge of the person being nominated. Please read the rules and criteria for each award carefully before submitting a nomination. Current members of the SPA-appointed judging panel are not eligible to nominate.

Award categories:

See previous award winners 2006-2023