ASAP UK urges Andy Burnham to make tackling poverty a central priority through stronger social security, child-poverty action, decent wages, social housing and treating poverty as a health issue.

Kathryn Hartley, Jessica Hobbs, Emily Humphreys, Clare Matysova Imagine life as a mum of young children on a low income: you might be juggling two [...]

Update: deadline extended to 5pm, Friday 19 June 2026. The Social Policy Association (SPA) invites applications for the Chair of the Editorial Board of the [...]

Update: deadline extended to Friday, 12th June 2026 The Journal of Social Policy (JSP) is a highly impactful UK and international journal which is going from strength [...]

Social Policy Association Opportunity Grants Please find information below about the Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grants programme for Spring 2026. Deadline for applications: 4 May [...]

Liverpool Hope University, Creative Campus, Shaw Street, Liverpool, L6 1HP The Social Policy Association is pleased to announce that Liverpool will host the 2026 event, [...]

Volume 19, Issue 4 of Ethics and Social Welfare

Do you use one or more methodologies in your research in an area of social policy? Would you like to give a talk to PhD [...]

Social Policy Association Opportunity Grants Please find information below about the Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grants programme for Autumn 2025. Deadline for applications: 10 [...]

Challenges and Opportunities for Boosting Economic Growth and Achieving Net Zero

Volume 19, Issue 2 of Ethics and Social Welfare

The purpose of the Social Policy Association (SPA) is to advance research, teaching and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Social Policy, and to [...]

Suppose an act of caring can be at once good, even admirable, and still help sustain a system that harms people and our shared world. In this paper, I reflect on interviews with street-level bureau...

Ethics and Social Welfare Symposium Date: April 16th, 2025 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (BST) Event Address: Liverpool John Moore's University Contact us at ethicsandsocialwelfare@outlook.com

Volume 18, Issue 3 of Ethics and Social Welfare