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Call for Papers
3rd Postgraduate Conference of the Social Policy Association (SPA)
New Frontiers? Social Policy in the 21st Century: An International
Conference
Thursday 26th June 2008, 9.00-5.30pm
University of Edinburgh
The Social Policy Association (SPA) are pleased to invite papers from
postgraduate students for their 3rd Postgraduate Conference. The SPA
Postgraduate Conference will take place on Thursday 26th June 2008 at the
University of Edinburgh and will provide an opportunity for postgraduate
researchers to present and discuss their work with peers, and to receive
comments and feedback in a friendly and informal arena. The day will be
structured around themed sessions with short presentations in each followed
by questions and discussion, and presenters are encouraged to provide full
written papers in advance in or stimulate discussion. Postgraduates are of
course welcome at the main SPA Conference taking place earlier in the same
week.
Themes of the 2008 Postgraduate Conference
Papers are welcome across the range of social policy topics, particularly
in relation to the themes of this year’s event: ‘Challenging Boundaries’.
Amongst others, papers may address issues relating to: the future of social
policy; international and comparative social policy; policy learning and
policy transfer; change and consistency in welfare state transitions;
education; health; crime; research methodologies; gender and family policy;
ethnicity, class and disability perspectives; user 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 9th May, including name, postgraduate year of study, and
university department to [log in to unmask] . Presenters are
strongly encouraged to submit written papers in advance of the event (max
5000 words) to support discussion of their presentation. As with all SPA
Postgraduate Workshops and Conferences, all written papers received will be
eligible to be nominated for consideration for the SPA’s Best Postgraduate
Publication Award which will be published in the prestigious Social Policy
Review.
Cost
Members of the SPA: £7, including lunch and coffee. Non-members of the SPA:
£25, including the year’s membership to the SPA (usually £18 for
postgraduates), lunch and coffee. For a list of benefits to SPA membership
or to join the SPA see http://www.social-policy.com/membership.aspx. The
SPA will provide up to a maximum of £40 per participant for travel and
accommodation expenses. Accommodation can be arranged either via the
conference team in Edinburgh or privately. For those also wishing to attend
the full SPA Conference in Edinburgh earlier in the same week a limited
number of reduced rate places are available to students and others on low
income – contact the conference team in Edinburgh for details.
If you would like to become a member of the SPA or would like more
information about any of the SPA’s activities for postgraduates please
visit www.social-policy.com or contact the SPA’s Postgraduate
Representative at [log in to unmask]
Many thanks,
Dr Adam Whitworth,
Postgraduate Representative of the SPA,
Dept for Social Policy and Social Work,
University of Oxford.
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