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Gideon Calder
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Associate Professor, Swansea University | co-ed, @ethicswelfare | vice chair @socialpolicyuk | chair, Newport Fairness Commission

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 6d
🔊The SPA Opportunity Grants scheme for Autumn 2025 closes this Friday 10th October!

💷Up to £1K or £5K available to support social policy events.

Details here:

▶️https://social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-grants/
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Gideon Calder @gideoncalder.bsky.social · 26d
The ever-fruitful @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social Opportunity Grants scheme is now open for its autumn 2025 round. As always, applications are warmly welcomed. Deadline 10 October. Details here: social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-...
Opportunity Grants - Social Policy Association
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 [...]
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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Sep 2
📣Upcoming SPA-supported workshop on skills and the green transition in the UK at the University of Edinburgh.

13:00 - 17:15, Thursday 18 September

Organised by Dr. Steven Ballantyne (Freie Universitat Berlin) and Dr. Elke Heins (University of Edinburgh).

▶️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborat...
Collaborative Workshop: Skills in the UK
Challenges and Opportunities for Boosting Economic Growth and Achieving Net Zero
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Ethics and Social Welfare @ethicswelfare.bsky.social · Aug 1
Our new issue is live, at www.tandfonline.com/toc/resw20/c.... Open access: 'Slow Ethics in an Age of Fast Technology' (Sarah Banks et al); McAuliffe & Greenslade's 'Updated Inclusive Model of Ethical Decision Making'; and Hu & Mohd Balwi, 'The Development of Ethical Codes for Social Work in China'
Ethics and Social Welfare
Volume 19, Issue 2 of Ethics and Social Welfare
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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 30
📣 Call for new SPA Policy Groups (and Groups Extension)

The SPA has launched a call to our members to apply to form new policy groups or register interest in joining an existing group.

The deadline to apply for a new group is Monday 13th October 2025.

➡️ social-policy.org.uk/news/call-fo...
Call for new SPA Policy Group (and Groups Extension) - Social Policy Association
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 [...]
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Ethics and Social Welfare @ethicswelfare.bsky.social · Feb 16
'While caring is good in a caring society, it is frustrating in an uncaring one.' Markus Holdo's 'Democracy Care in the Neoliberal City' draws on interviews with street-level bureacrats in Sweden in theorising the role of care in making democracy work. Now online: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Democracy Care in the Neoliberal City: The Ambivalent Ethics of Caring in an Uncaring World
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...
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Ethics and Social Welfare @ethicswelfare.bsky.social · Jan 29
Submit proposal here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Shaped by the past sustaining the future: Ethics and social welfare in an uncertain world
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 [email protected]
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Ethics and Social Welfare @ethicswelfare.bsky.social · Jan 29
Call for proposals! There's still time to submit your proposal for the 'Shaped by the past, sustaining the future: Ethics and social welfare in an uncertain world' symposium. Submission deadline: 31st January. See below for more info.
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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Nov 26
The Social Policy Association is now on BlueSky!

Follow us here for information on social policy initiatives and events in the UK and internationally.

The SPA executive plans to consult our members and decide on our future social media platforms early in the New Year.
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Ethics and Social Welfare @ethicswelfare.bsky.social · Nov 24
Our current issue (18.3) features articles on equality and youth work, the role of autoethnography and heuristics in human sciences research and practice, moral distress among Finnish social workers, and a book review symposium on Michal Krumer-Nevo's Radical Hope www.tandfonline.com/toc/resw20/1...
Ethics and Social Welfare
Volume 18, Issue 3 of Ethics and Social Welfare
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Ethics and Social Welfare @ethicswelfare.bsky.social · Nov 24
Like many others we are revising our social media presence, in response to current developments online and politically. As the journal continues to evolve and thrive, we look forward to engaging with our growing audience here.

Welcome!
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