EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account
@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network – Joint Annual Conference 2025: Go your own way? Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities
You can still share your reflections on this years conference #york25 with us and follow @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social for updates on 2026 at Liverpool Hope!
July 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
You can still share your reflections on this years conference #york25 with us and follow @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social for updates on 2026 at Liverpool Hope!
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As a huge Doctor Who fan, I hate missing this session!
Critical thinking, assessment design, AI, and… ? 🛸
When academia meets imagination — and serious insight. Yes, we discuss it all at…critically #York2025.
Who says academic conferences can’t be a little fancy ? 👽📚✨
@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
When academia meets imagination — and serious insight. Yes, we discuss it all at…critically #York2025.
Who says academic conferences can’t be a little fancy ? 👽📚✨
@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As a huge Doctor Who fan, I hate missing this session!
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Also, it was great listening to a thought-provoking plenary by Megan Challis; and to welcome the new members of our Executive Committee.
... see you all in Liverpool in 2026!
... see you all in Liverpool in 2026!
July 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Also, it was great listening to a thought-provoking plenary by Megan Challis; and to welcome the new members of our Executive Committee.
... see you all in Liverpool in 2026!
... see you all in Liverpool in 2026!
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Unfortunately, this year I could only attend the last day of the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social Annu Conference - impeccably hosted by the University of York. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it; managing to catch up with many friends from all over the world (quite a few from East Asia, this year!).
July 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Unfortunately, this year I could only attend the last day of the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social Annu Conference - impeccably hosted by the University of York. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it; managing to catch up with many friends from all over the world (quite a few from East Asia, this year!).
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@haylesben.bsky.social identifies four key roles / ways of potentially understanding the roles local and devolved welfare play & notes they are not mutually exclusive - compensating, complementing, contesting, challenging (or inspiring)
July 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@haylesben.bsky.social identifies four key roles / ways of potentially understanding the roles local and devolved welfare play & notes they are not mutually exclusive - compensating, complementing, contesting, challenging (or inspiring)
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@haylesben.bsky.social is arguing that there is value in trying to develop a new conceptual framework to understand what is happening in the uk around the changing role of local and devolved welfare
July 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@haylesben.bsky.social is arguing that there is value in trying to develop a new conceptual framework to understand what is happening in the uk around the changing role of local and devolved welfare
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Steph Morris also reinforces how the fear and the possibility of conditionality and sanctions and mandated work reality activities creates anxiety for people, already struggling with their mental health < @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social >
July 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Steph Morris also reinforces how the fear and the possibility of conditionality and sanctions and mandated work reality activities creates anxiety for people, already struggling with their mental health < @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social >
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@annieirvine.bsky.social and Cindy Leung point to problems with an over medicalisation of approach within the work capability assessment
July 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
@annieirvine.bsky.social and Cindy Leung point to problems with an over medicalisation of approach within the work capability assessment
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Chris Grollman and his team wonder what else might have caused the increase in abortions observed, given that the arrival of the two-child limit wasn’t the cause? Brexit perhaps, they suggest < @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social >
July 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Chris Grollman and his team wonder what else might have caused the increase in abortions observed, given that the arrival of the two-child limit wasn’t the cause? Brexit perhaps, they suggest < @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social >
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Danni Konstantinidou shares the key takeaway from her analysis of social transfers looming across diverse countries
July 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Danni Konstantinidou shares the key takeaway from her analysis of social transfers looming across diverse countries
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Last day at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social & hearing from @annieirvine.bsky.social & Cindy Leung on what’s wrong with the Work Capability Assessment
July 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Last day at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social & hearing from @annieirvine.bsky.social & Cindy Leung on what’s wrong with the Work Capability Assessment
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Honoured to receive the best paper award of @jicsp.bsky.social together with Sanni Välimäki, @jlammit.bsky.social and Johanna Närvi. Thank you🙏🏻
And thank you for an inspiring conference in York @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social !
@flux-consortium.bsky.social
And thank you for an inspiring conference in York @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social !
@flux-consortium.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Honoured to receive the best paper award of @jicsp.bsky.social together with Sanni Välimäki, @jlammit.bsky.social and Johanna Närvi. Thank you🙏🏻
And thank you for an inspiring conference in York @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social !
@flux-consortium.bsky.social
And thank you for an inspiring conference in York @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social !
@flux-consortium.bsky.social
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Wrapping up the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social at the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social exec meeting. A busy but lovely few days of great research, networking, & a lot of important intellectual questions. Well done to York @enricoreuter.bsky.social , Liz Bailey, @johnhudson.bsky.social #York2025
spongebob squarepants is standing next to patrick star on a wooden floor and saying phew .
ALT: spongebob squarepants is standing next to patrick star on a wooden floor and saying phew .
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July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Wrapping up the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social at the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social exec meeting. A busy but lovely few days of great research, networking, & a lot of important intellectual questions. Well done to York @enricoreuter.bsky.social , Liz Bailey, @johnhudson.bsky.social #York2025
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The end of another great @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social conference ( @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social )was jam packed with papers on employment & social security research. You can join us: social-policy.org.uk/news/spa-pol... @sionedps.bsky.social & @ceridwenhughes.bsky.social or Levana Magnus. #York2025
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July 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The end of another great @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social conference ( @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social )was jam packed with papers on employment & social security research. You can join us: social-policy.org.uk/news/spa-pol... @sionedps.bsky.social & @ceridwenhughes.bsky.social or Levana Magnus. #York2025
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Lovely few days at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social, so good that my only pics are some bunnies playing in the sun. Ending with a great session presenting some of my PhD research on work in deindustrialised communities (thank you @sionedps.bsky.social for chairing!)
July 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Lovely few days at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social, so good that my only pics are some bunnies playing in the sun. Ending with a great session presenting some of my PhD research on work in deindustrialised communities (thank you @sionedps.bsky.social for chairing!)
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I’ｍ looking forward to presenting
"The Expansion Mechanism of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Postwar Japan : A Life Course Perspective from Childhood to Adulthood"
on 4 July.
"Social Policy in Japan"
10:45-12:15
003
#York2025
"The Expansion Mechanism of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Postwar Japan : A Life Course Perspective from Childhood to Adulthood"
on 4 July.
"Social Policy in Japan"
10:45-12:15
003
#York2025
July 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’ｍ looking forward to presenting
"The Expansion Mechanism of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Postwar Japan : A Life Course Perspective from Childhood to Adulthood"
on 4 July.
"Social Policy in Japan"
10:45-12:15
003
#York2025
"The Expansion Mechanism of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Postwar Japan : A Life Course Perspective from Childhood to Adulthood"
on 4 July.
"Social Policy in Japan"
10:45-12:15
003
#York2025
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Last morning of @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference and what a few days it’s been! Returning to Glasgow feeling grateful for fantastic colleagues and the important work they are doing #york2025
July 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Last morning of @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference and what a few days it’s been! Returning to Glasgow feeling grateful for fantastic colleagues and the important work they are doing #york2025
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Lovely that last paper at this year's @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social for me is from one of University of York's doctoral researchers, Danni Konstantinidou looking at short-term and lagged effects of social transfers on poverty & deprivation
July 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Lovely that last paper at this year's @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social for me is from one of University of York's doctoral researchers, Danni Konstantinidou looking at short-term and lagged effects of social transfers on poverty & deprivation
Great final plenary from Megan Challis from @wellcometrust.bsky.social. #york2025
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Great final plenary from Megan Challis from @wellcometrust.bsky.social. #york2025
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Critical thinking, assessment design, AI, and… ? 🛸
When academia meets imagination — and serious insight. Yes, we discuss it all at…critically #York2025.
Who says academic conferences can’t be a little fancy ? 👽📚✨
@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
When academia meets imagination — and serious insight. Yes, we discuss it all at…critically #York2025.
Who says academic conferences can’t be a little fancy ? 👽📚✨
@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Critical thinking, assessment design, AI, and… ? 🛸
When academia meets imagination — and serious insight. Yes, we discuss it all at…critically #York2025.
Who says academic conferences can’t be a little fancy ? 👽📚✨
@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
When academia meets imagination — and serious insight. Yes, we discuss it all at…critically #York2025.
Who says academic conferences can’t be a little fancy ? 👽📚✨
@easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
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Having a fab time at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference in York and had a wonderful reception to our research on digital tech use in VCSOs for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Click below to watch our fab video explaining the research:
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/school...
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/school...
How can community organisations appropriately use digital technology to deliver services to adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults? | Leeds Beckett University
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
July 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Having a fab time at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference in York and had a wonderful reception to our research on digital tech use in VCSOs for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Click below to watch our fab video explaining the research:
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/school...
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/school...
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Glasgow and Edinburgh uni folks seeing the sights at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social #york
July 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Glasgow and Edinburgh uni folks seeing the sights at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social #york
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At @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social and interested in the intersection between tax and social policy?
Come along to our sessions:
3pm Thursday (SLB/102): Symposium on poverty, inequality and the role of taxes in social policy
9am Friday (SLB/118): Roundtable on tax & Labour's first year in power
Come along to our sessions:
3pm Thursday (SLB/102): Symposium on poverty, inequality and the role of taxes in social policy
9am Friday (SLB/118): Roundtable on tax & Labour's first year in power
July 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
At @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social and interested in the intersection between tax and social policy?
Come along to our sessions:
3pm Thursday (SLB/102): Symposium on poverty, inequality and the role of taxes in social policy
9am Friday (SLB/118): Roundtable on tax & Labour's first year in power
Come along to our sessions:
3pm Thursday (SLB/102): Symposium on poverty, inequality and the role of taxes in social policy
9am Friday (SLB/118): Roundtable on tax & Labour's first year in power
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Are you presenting a paper at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Conference?
Does your paper take a comparative perspective or have an international dimension to its argument?
Then why not consider submitting it to @jicsp.bsky.social
@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
Does your paper take a comparative perspective or have an international dimension to its argument?
Then why not consider submitting it to @jicsp.bsky.social
@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Are you presenting a paper at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Conference?
Does your paper take a comparative perspective or have an international dimension to its argument?
Then why not consider submitting it to @jicsp.bsky.social
@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
Does your paper take a comparative perspective or have an international dimension to its argument?
Then why not consider submitting it to @jicsp.bsky.social
@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org