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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 2

15-minute recharge = snacks + coffee + a second helping of social policy 🧁🍊☕

Next sessions are about to begin — pick a room, grab your notes, and dive back in!

Whether it’s care, education, health, or youth, there’s something thoughtful waiting for you 🔍

#York2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 2

I’m in the Health session now — maps, funding, and big questions about health 🧠📊

Wherever you are at #York2025, I hope you’re enjoying your session too!

Let’s keep sharing ideas, curiosity, and maybe coffee later ☕

@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Peter Whiteford @peterwhiteford.bsky.social · Jul 2

Jonathan Bradshaw at the symposium on his legacy in Social Policy in the 21st century #York2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 2

Day 1 at #York2025 is wrapping up with blue skies and fluffy clouds 💙☁️

The presentations were brilliant, the clouds are extra fluffy, and the evening’s just beginning — drinks and dinner coming up!

Hope everyone had a good day of learning, sharing, and sunshine 🌿

@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re excited to be back at #SPA!

Drop by our stand to browse our latest #SocialPolicy and #PublicPolicy books. #York2025

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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re excited to be back at #SPA!

Drop by our stand to browse our latest #SocialPolicy and #PublicPolicy books. #York2025

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 2

The SPA-EASP 2025 Conference in York has now started. We are looking forward to meeting our 400 delegates, great plenaries and many productive discussions about social policy in all its facets.

Follow @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social for updates #York2025

(And look out for our unofficial pigeon mascot)

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 2

✍️ Want your research to make a difference outside academia?

Then you need to know what a policy brief really is — and how to write one that gets read.

Inspiring and actionable. A must-hear session for any ECR or PhD aiming for real-world impact.

#York2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 2

Fuelled by cake, sandwich, and good conversation 🍰🥪☕

The first lunch break at #York2025 is in full swing — great to see such a vibrant, global crowd gathered in Spring Lane!

If you’re still arriving, coffee and food are waiting for you in the atrium 😊

#York2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · Jul 2

About to get underway with the first plenary of the EASP SPA 2025 conference #York2025

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Publishing Masterclass for Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers is happening now in Room SLB118!

Come join us for practical tips, warm conversations, and career inspiration 🌟

📍Spring Lane Building
🗺️ 397 Harewood Way, Heslington, York YO10 5DS

#York2025

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FamilyPolicyGroupSPA @familypolicyspa.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Family Policy Group is at @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social conference today #York2025 . Join us for 2 symposiums on Reproductive Justice. Thanks to @patriciahamilton.bsky.social and Sung-Hee Lee for organising and leading these sessions. We hope to see you there!

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Ingun Borg @ingunborg.bsky.social · Jul 2

Soon heading out of the door for @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social new notebook and pencil in hand. Looking forward to lots of interesting presentations and catching up with old and new alike #York2025

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our amazing ECR event has kicked off!!

Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 2

📚 Thinking of publishing your first book or chapter? Here’s what the real process looks like 👇

From proposal → peer review → final revisions → publication, the Publishing Masterclass is laying it all out!

Still time to join us in SLB118, Spring Lane Building!

#York2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Antonios Roumpakis @aroumpakis.bsky.social · Jul 2

#York2025 about to start! ECR and PGR session already on the way and now getting ready for delegates to arrive for a Yorkshire lunch & our first plenary from Sophia Lee @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social

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Yukwan @ykwansit.bsky.social · Jul 1

This little pigeon showed up early at the venue today… and just wouldn’t leave.

We’re guessing #York2025 must be that exciting.

First delegate? First keynote listener? 🕊️
Either way, they’ve clearly claimed front row seating.

@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jun 30

Almost time for the the East Asian Social Policy and @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social (SPA) conference @york.ac.uk!

Antonios Roumpakis @aroumpakis.bsky.social · Jun 25

1 week left for the East Asian Social Policy and @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social (SPA) @york.ac.uk ! A record number of sessions and delegates expected. Food and drinks ordered, programme finalised. Waiting for delegates to arrive and a glorious Yorkshire summer weather (or not) #York2025 @york.ac.uk

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EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social · Jun 23

Next month the University of York hosts the Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network – Joint Annual Conference: Go your own way? Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities. Follow this account for updates #York2025 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social‬

York Minster at Night image, (C) Alex Holland/University of York

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Antonios Roumpakis @aroumpakis.bsky.social · Jun 25

1 week left for the East Asian Social Policy and @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social (SPA) @york.ac.uk ! A record number of sessions and delegates expected. Food and drinks ordered, programme finalised. Waiting for delegates to arrive and a glorious Yorkshire summer weather (or not) #York2025 @york.ac.uk

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Stefan Kühner @stefankuehner.bsky.social · Jan 11

My latest article, “Towards a theorization of the global community welfare regime: Depicting four ideal types of the community’s role in welfare provision,” co-authored with @zahid330.bsky.social, is now available online first in #JESP!

Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0958...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Jan 12

Gig workers forced to pay fee to receive wages.

YoungOnes charges gig workers 4.8% of wages to be paid in one minute, 2.9% to be paid in 3 days, or wait 30 days.

At Emma Sleep workers await November/December wages.

Execs don't have to wait.

Govt must prosecute
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages

Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings

www.theguardian.com

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Antonios Roumpakis @aroumpakis.bsky.social · Nov 25

Great to see @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social landing on blue sky! Soon more to follow for the forthcoming joint East Asian Social Policy network and SPA conference taking place in York, 2-4 July 2025.

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Danai Maragoudaki @dmaragoudaki.bsky.social · Nov 23

"This August, a prosecutor in Greece declined to hold government officials responsible for a sprawling phone-hacking campaign that targeted opposition politicians and journalists".

www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...

The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone

Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here?

www.newyorker.com

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Stefan Kühner @stefankuehner.bsky.social · Sep 25

Hello, Bluesky community! 🌟

I'm excited to be here! Looking forward to connecting with fellow researchers on comparative and international social policy and political economy and discussing inclusive research practices and policy engagement.

#SocialPolicy #Research #HongKong #AsiaPacific

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