Liverpool Hope University is hosting the SPA 2026 conference, taking place from 1st to 3rd July. Registration is now open, and the deadline for abstract and symposia submissions is Monday, 16th March 2026. Vew all information on our conference webpage ⬇️⬇️ social-policy.org.uk/what-we-do/c...

Issue 19 (4) online now. Featuring a series of pieces on research ethics (respectively around HIV cures, with refugees, and in participatory health), plus articles from social work in the digital age to assisted dying. Plus an interview with Manish K. Jha www.tandfonline.com/toc/resw20/1...

📣Contribute to a Social Policy masterclass with PhD students! The SPA and the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership are looking for social policy experts to talk about their use of research methods in a 2026 masterclass. Read how to get involved ⬇️ social-policy.org.uk/events/news-...

I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit. Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social largerfamilies.study/publications...

🔊The SPA Opportunity Grants scheme for Autumn 2025 closes this Friday 10th October! 💷Up to £1K or £5K available to support social policy events. Details here: ▶️https://social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-grants/

The ever-fruitful @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social Opportunity Grants scheme is now open for its autumn 2025 round. As always, applications are warmly welcomed. Deadline 10 October. Details here: social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-...

📣Upcoming SPA-supported workshop on skills and the green transition in the UK at the University of Edinburgh. 13:00 - 17:15, Thursday 18 September Organised by Dr. Steven Ballantyne (Freie Universitat Berlin) and Dr. Elke Heins (University of Edinburgh). ▶️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborat...

Our new issue is live, at www.tandfonline.com/toc/resw20/c.... Open access: 'Slow Ethics in an Age of Fast Technology' (Sarah Banks et al); McAuliffe & Greenslade's 'Updated Inclusive Model of Ethical Decision Making'; and Hu & Mohd Balwi, 'The Development of Ethical Codes for Social Work in China'

📣 Call for new SPA Policy Groups (and Groups Extension) The SPA has launched a call to our members to apply to form new policy groups or register interest in joining an existing group. The deadline to apply for a new group is Monday 13th October 2025. ➡️ social-policy.org.uk/news/call-fo...

'While caring is good in a caring society, it is frustrating in an uncaring one.' Markus Holdo's 'Democracy Care in the Neoliberal City' draws on interviews with street-level bureacrats in Sweden in theorising the role of care in making democracy work. Now online: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Call for proposals! There's still time to submit your proposal for the 'Shaped by the past, sustaining the future: Ethics and social welfare in an uncertain world' symposium. Submission deadline: 31st January. See below for more info.

The Social Policy Association is now on BlueSky! Follow us here for information on social policy initiatives and events in the UK and internationally. The SPA executive plans to consult our members and decide on our future social media platforms early in the New Year.

This useful list is up to 80 people now, but room for plenty more. For avoidance of doubt I’m applying no entrance criteria beyond ‘doesn’t look like a bot.’ Do please recommend other folk as well as letting me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/CDRvpoJ

Our current issue (18.3) features articles on equality and youth work, the role of autoethnography and heuristics in human sciences research and practice, moral distress among Finnish social workers, and a book review symposium on Michal Krumer-Nevo's Radical Hope www.tandfonline.com/toc/resw20/1...

Like many others we are revising our social media presence, in response to current developments online and politically. As the journal continues to evolve and thrive, we look forward to engaging with our growing audience here. Welcome!