Call for Papers
2nd Postgraduate Conference of the Social Policy Association (SPA)
New Frontiers? Social Policy in the 21st Century: An International Conference
Thursday 26th July 2007, 10.30-4.30pm
University of Birmingham (to be confirmed)
The SPA are pleased to invite papers from postgraduate students for the SPA’s 2nd Postgraduate Conference. The Postgraduate Conference will
take place on Thursday 26th July 2007 at the University of Birmingham (to be confirmed). The event provides an opportunity for postgraduate students to present and discuss their work with peers and to receive comments and feedback in a friendly and informal arena. Participants will present their work and are encouraged to provide full written papers in advance. The day will be structured around themed sessions with three short presentations in each followed by a roundtable discussion.
Themes of the Postgraduate Conference
Papers are welcome across the range of social policy topics, particularly in relation to the themes of this year’s event. Amongst others, papers may address
issues relating to: the future of social policy; international and comparative social policy; change and consistency in welfare state transitions; education; health; crime; research methodologies; gender and family policy; ethnicity, class and disability perspectives; poverty and social exclusion; demographic change; labour markets; and housing. Session themes will be decided based on the
topics of submitted abstracts.
Abstracts and Papers
Postgraduates interested in participating should submit abstracts (max 500 words) by Friday 25th May 2007. All abstract submissions should include your name, postgraduate year of study (e.g. 2nd year PhD student), department and university, postal address, contact telephone number, and email address. Participants are encouraged to submit written papers (max 4000 words) to support discussion of their presentation and these written papers should be submitted by Wednesday 27th June 2007. All abstract and paper submissions should be sent to [log in to unmask]
Cost
Members of the SPA: £7, including lunch and coffee Non-members of the SPA: £25, including one year’s membership to the SPA (usually £18 for postgraduates), lunch and coffee. For a list of benefits to SPA membership see
http://www.social-policy.com/membership.aspx. There are a small number of discounted places available to postgraduate students for the Annual SPA Conference (23rd-25th July). Booking forms for the annual conference will be available shortly at www.social-policy.com/conferences.aspx. A limited amount of accommodation may be available for the evening of Wednesday 25th July
NB: A limited amount of funds are available to support postgraduates' costs in attending the event
For further details about the event or the other postgraduate events of the SPA please contact Adam Whitworth at [log in to unmask]
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