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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

You can still share your reflections on this years conference #york25 with us and follow @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social for updates on 2026 at Liverpool Hope!

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Jiaxin Liu @jiaxinliu.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

As a huge Doctor Who fan, I hate missing this session!

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Alessio D'Angelo @alessiodangelo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Also, it was great listening to a thought-provoking plenary by Megan Challis; and to welcome the new members of our Executive Committee. ... see you all in Liverpool in 2026!

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Alessio D'Angelo @alessiodangelo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Unfortunately, this year I could only attend the last day of the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social Annu Conference - impeccably hosted by the University of York. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it; managing to catch up with many friends from all over the world (quite a few from East Asia, this year!).

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Masashi Yamabe 山邊聖士 @mymb.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Thanks for the past three days! #York2025

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@haylesben.bsky.social identifies four key roles / ways of potentially understanding the roles local and devolved welfare play & notes they are not mutually exclusive - compensating, complementing, contesting, challenging (or inspiring)

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@haylesben.bsky.social is arguing that there is value in trying to develop a new conceptual framework to understand what is happening in the uk around the changing role of local and devolved welfare

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Steph Morris also reinforces how the fear and the possibility of conditionality and sanctions and mandated work reality activities creates anxiety for people, already struggling with their mental health < @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social >

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

@annieirvine.bsky.social and Cindy Leung point to problems with an over medicalisation of approach within the work capability assessment

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Chris Grollman and his team wonder what else might have caused the increase in abortions observed, given that the arrival of the two-child limit wasn’t the cause? Brexit perhaps, they suggest < @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social >

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Danni Konstantinidou shares the key takeaway from her analysis of social transfers looming across diverse countries

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Last day at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social & hearing from @annieirvine.bsky.social & Cindy Leung on what’s wrong with the Work Capability Assessment <A Friday conference 🧵>

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Merita Mesiäislehto @merita.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Honoured to receive the best paper award of @jicsp.bsky.social together with Sanni Välimäki, @jlammit.bsky.social and Johanna Närvi. Thank you🙏🏻 And thank you for an inspiring conference in York @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social ! @flux-consortium.bsky.social

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Cara Leavey @caraleavey.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Lovely few days at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social, so good that my only pics are some bunnies playing in the sun. Ending with a great session presenting some of my PhD research on work in deindustrialised communities (thank you @sionedps.bsky.social for chairing!)

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Genki HARADA　原田玄機 @haradagenki.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I’ｍ looking forward to presenting "The Expansion Mechanism of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Postwar Japan : A Life Course Perspective from Childhood to Adulthood" on 4 July. "Social Policy in Japan" 10:45-12:15 003 #York2025

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Last morning of @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference and what a few days it’s been! Returning to Glasgow feeling grateful for fantastic colleagues and the important work they are doing #york2025

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Lovely that last paper at this year's @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social for me is from one of University of York's doctoral researchers, Danni Konstantinidou looking at short-term and lagged effects of social transfers on poverty & deprivation

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Critical thinking, assessment design, AI, and… ? 🛸 When academia meets imagination — and serious insight. Yes, we discuss it all at…critically #York2025. Who says academic conferences can’t be a little fancy ? 👽📚✨ @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Danielle Varley 🦕 @daniellevarley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Having a fab time at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference in York and had a wonderful reception to our research on digital tech use in VCSOs for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Click below to watch our fab video explaining the research: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/school...

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How can community organisations appropriately use digital technology to deliver services to adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults? | Leeds Beckett University

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Glasgow and Edinburgh uni folks seeing the sights at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social #york

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Tax and Social Policy SPA group @taxsocialpolicy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

At @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social and interested in the intersection between tax and social policy? Come along to our sessions: 3pm Thursday (SLB/102): Symposium on poverty, inequality and the role of taxes in social policy 9am Friday (SLB/118): Roundtable on tax & Labour's first year in power

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Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy @jicsp.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Are you presenting a paper at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Conference? Does your paper take a comparative perspective or have an international dimension to its argument? Then why not consider submitting it to @jicsp.bsky.social @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Thomas Rochow @thomasrochow.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

@drcmacrae.bsky.social presenting the State of Poverty project @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social 😄

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Thomas Rochow @thomasrochow.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Fascinating presentation by @hlrandolph.bsky.social on the modelling The Scottish Child Payment @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

From illustrated slides to quotes on T-shirts, #York2025 has brought some creative presentation styles! Over the past two days, I’ve seen some amazing ways to communicate complex ideas 🎨🧥 What’s the most memorable presentation format you’ve come across so far? @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy @jicsp.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the @universitypress.cambridge.org best article price for @jicsp.bsky.social at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Conference at #York2025: Sanni Välimäki @jlammit.bsky.social @merita.bsky.social Johanna Närvi See the paper here: tinyurl.com/d3u5ny4t

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Drinks are flowing 🍷 olives are glistening 🫒 and conversations are just getting started here at #York2025! 🚌 Heading into town later? Free shuttle buses to the city centre leave at 17:10 and 17:50 Return buses from Monk Bar at 21:30 & 22:00 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Some excellent questions in today’s panel. Please carry on the discussion. #york2025

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Enrico Reuter @enricoreuter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Nothing beats a working lunch (well, almost nothing): a very insightful lunch time session @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social on preliminary findings of the ongoing study of social policy teaching and learning, commissioned by @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social and led by Ruby Chau. Join the second round 👇

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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Day two of @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social and the first of my presentations (a paper in the early stages of development) is ready to go... honest...

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

It’s really interesting to see the power inequalities within integrated care systems which will help inform our analysis of our VCSE mapping project. #york2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Have you used a causal loop diagram before to help understand complex systems? Really interesting to hear how it is being used to unpack integrated care. #york2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Important considerations around how we judge impact and evaluate our services! #nhs #healthcareleadership #york2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Remember we are still holding a competition for best Bluesky post of the conference!! #york2025

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

How do we think about healthcare improvement and implement systems of improvement across large scale systems? #healthcare #york2025 @uoysbs.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Is the NHS really over managed? #york2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The debate about managers and medicine continues!! #york2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social

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Steve Iafrati @socpolsteve.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

If J K Rowling was here she would be apoplectic! Excellent first day and dinner, looking forward to another great day. #york2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Attending SPA 2025 and have a proposal to discuss? Schedule a meeting with our commissioning editor, Laura Vickers-Rendall, by booking in here. #York2025 buff.ly/GBIDGbI

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Humanities & Social Sciences @hss.springernature.com · 03/07/2025

First day at EASP-SPA #York25 done! Highlights: Sophia Seung-yoon Lee’s plenary on precarious work and policy inadequacy in Korea, and (secondarily) my SPA branded outfit. Lowlights: the plight of this trapped pigeon 😭

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The biscuits are calling… and they are located on the Ground & First Floor 🍪📍 Tea, coffee, oat milk, and meaningful conversations — the true essentials of #York2025 ☕

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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Attending SPA 2025 and have a proposal to discuss? Schedule a meeting with our commissioning editor, Laura Vickers-Rendall, by booking in here. #York2025 buff.ly/GBIDGbI

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Good morning from Spring Lane! ☀️ Day 2 of #York2025 is underway — new panels, new perspectives, and a lot more policy talk ahead 💬 Whether you’re heading to “Social Care”, “Gender and Perceptions”, or “Comparative Policy” — enjoy your session, and see you around campus! @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Enrico Reuter @enricoreuter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Only in the second row 😉 but on discount at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social: the Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy I had the pleasure of editing with Wieteke Conen. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Blue sky also available in real life for Day 2 of the EASP SPA conference @york.ac.uk #York2025

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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We're going to #SPA! Come say hello at our Policy Press stand. If you'd like to schedule a meeting with our commissioning editor, Laura Vickers-Rendall, while you're at the conference, book in here. #York2025

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