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Dr Jamie Lachman leads key discussions on parenting innovation at the Asia regional conference

Dr Jamie Lachman represented the Global Parenting Initiative and Global Initiative to Support Parents at the Asia Regional Network for Early Childhood conference in Penang, Malaysia.
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Global Parenting Initiative hosts film screening of 'Being Family'

'Being Family' is a film-based parenting intervention made by the GPI Parenting on the Thailand/Myanmar Border study.
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Symposium for early researcsymposihers in Social Policy & Intervention holds annual event discussing social and economic issues

The annual Symposium for Early Researchers in Social Policy & Intervention (SERSPI) was held at St Hilda's College in May 2024.
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DPhil student Martina Beretta recipient of prestigious social policy award

The award was granted for the project '"Great Gatsby Curve" in Europe: Is there a (inverse) relationship between inequality and social mobility?'
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Dr Tim Vlandas awarded British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship

The fellowship will fund Dr Vlandas' research project 'Ageing Democracies: Grey Power and Economic Performance' next academic year.
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Volkswagen Stiftung Foundation awards €1,5million research grant to international research team 

The team includes Selçuk Bedük, Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy at DSPI.
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Ben Scher invited to speak at 67th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Ben was invited to present his doctoral research during two side events hosted by the Greek and Portuguese delegations.
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Department of Social Policy and Intervention awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award

DSPI has been recognised for its dedication to gender equality with a Bronze Athena Swan Award.
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New analysis: most care homes closed by industry regulator are run for-profit

The results raise questions about the role of the private sector in exacerbating the care sector's ongoing crisis.
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New working paper suggests the need to rethink what European countries offer to families, especially those with low resources

In a blog to accompany the report, Professor Mary Daly delves into specific challenges for research and policy, including cumulation of risk and insecurity of welfare state provision.
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New study links hospital privatisation to worse patient care

The review from Dr Benjamin Goodair and Professor Aaron Reeves challenges the theory that privatisation can improve the quality of healthcare through increased market competition, and by enabling a more flexible and patient-centred approach.
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A rethink of support for families in the UK is necessary, says rEUsilience report

The future is grim from the perspective of struggling British families, according to a new study by a team from the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, led by Professor Mary Daly.
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Associate member Dr Ivana Dobrotić plays major role in securing free school meals for primary students in Croatia

Dr Dobrotić and her colleagues Olja Družić Ljubotina, Marijana Kleteči Radović and Anotnija Petričušić have been campaigning for this policy change since June 2020.
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Children were an afterthought in COVID-19 Policymaking, Oxford University and UNICEF reveal

Professor Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, has led the development of a database analysing child and family policies during the first 'shock period' of the pandemic across 40 countries.
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Oxford research on poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts

Work by doctoral researcher Lukas Lehner among four extraordinary Oxford projects to be shortlisted for the Economic and Social Research Council's 'Celebrating Impact Prize'
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2023 Annual Lecture to discuss political conflicts of public welfare provision

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Are Campaign Promises Effective?

Doctoral researcher Michael Ganslmeier explains the effect of social policies on political behaviour
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Laura Sochas on social policies, reproductive injustice and health

A deeper dive into the work of Laura Sochas, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, who researches the links between power, institutions, social policies and health
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Ben Goodair on the privitisation of the NHS

Doctoral researcher Ben Goodair's work evaluates the UK's increase in private healthcare provision and whether this is impacting the quality of care and the health of patients.
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Teen mums in South Africa: largest ever study explores what it takes to go back to school

DSPI researchers Kathryn Steventon Roberts and Janina Jochim shed light on their research identifying the hurdles young South-African mothers face and how these can be overcome.
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The neglected next generation: Investing in support for young people in the streets

Street-connected young Africans face stigma and adversity. Doctoral researcher Kathleen Murphy discusses the education, healthcare and community support interventions needed to empower them. Via Democracy in Africa.