📖 New issue is out — all open access! Articles on climate adaptation, employment insurance reform, employer childcare in Germany/US and pandemic care in Colombia & Costa Rica 🔗 cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-international-and-comparative-social-policy/issue/7E4A5D1EE3ABEC1B371E7748F07FCB96

The blog post is based on an article by Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska, Jenny Phillimore, and Marisol Reyes Soto, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/ics....

Please share word of this brilliant new podcast series - raising awareness of disabled people in the migration system - from the Working Together Collective, a collaboration between community members, various community organisations, as well as academics including our own @nickyburns.bsky.social.

The blog post is based on an article by Damien Pennetreau, Claire Dupuy, and Virginie Van Ingelgom, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/ics....

Across Latin America, unpaid care work surged during COVID-19 — and women bore the burden.

The blog post is based on an article by Rūta Ubarevičienė and Jolanta Aidukaitė, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/ics....

.@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social is recruiting a new chair for @jicsp.bsky.social editorial board. See the call for applications here: social-policy.org.uk/editorial-bo... Deadline 29th May.

News: Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, Chair of Editorial Board: Call for applications - Social Policy Association

The Social Policy Association (SPA) invites applications for the Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (JICSP), to [...]

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Should social and economic inequalities serve as *the* central framework for reforms to the UK’s long-term care system? Can Baroness Casey step up to be “the new Beveridge”? Tania Burchardt explores in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Inequality should be at the heart of the Casey Commission on Adult Social Care

For reforms to the UK’s long-term care system, should social and economic inequalities be *the* central framework for understanding the nature of the problem?

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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey ‘Islamist parties differ in what they think Islam requires in matters of governance and their degree of social conservatism’ Read the article by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The blog post is based on an article by Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Viviana Ramírez, Gibrán Cruz-Martínez, and Theodoros Papadopoulos, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/ics....

New on the Social Policy Blog: "Insights on Social Policy Implementation from Latin America and Southern Europe" by Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Viviana Ramírez, Gibrán Cruz-Martínez, and Theodoros Papadopoulos. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/03/10/i...

Social Policy Implementation in Latin America and Southern Europe

What shapes social policy implementation in Latin America and Southern Europe? Research explores state capacity, clientelism and street-level bureaucracy.

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Here is my new co-authored article (w/ Tuğba Z. Şen), “Digital health discourses in global health: Varieties of techno-optimist depoliticisation,” published in @jicsp.bsky.social. We examine how digital health is framed in global health governance in the first half of 2020s. doi.org/10.1017/ics....

The blog post is based on an article by Yu-Te Huang, Chenxi Yang, Leo Zephyrus Chow, Suchon Tepjan, Holning Lau, Duy A. Dinh, and Peter A. Newman, published in Social Policy and Society. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

New on the Social Policy Blog: "LGBT+ Human Rights and Inclusion in Taiwan: Progress, Gaps, and the Road Ahead" by Yu-Te Huang et al. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/03/04/l...

LGBT+ Inclusion and Human Rights in Taiwan: Progress and Gaps

Scoping review of 109 studies maps LGBT+ inclusion in Taiwan, showing progress since marriage equality and where policy and services still fall short.

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The blog post is based on an article by Marion Ouma and Jimi O. Adesina, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/ics....

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The blog post is based on an article by Marina Angelaki and Leandro Nicolas Carrera, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. doi.org/10.1017/ics....

The blog post is based on an article by Siena Caridi-Ross and Zahid Mumtaz, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/ics....

New on the Social Policy Blog: "Iraq’s Hybrid Welfare Regime: Understanding a Fragmented System of Social Protection" by Siena Caridi-Ross and Zahid Mumtaz. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/02/10/i...

Iraq’s hybrid welfare regime and the limits of social protection

This post explores Iraq’s fragmented welfare system, where state provision, informal support and insecurity coexist, and why this matters for policy reform.

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Delighted to see Marion Ouma & Jimi Adesina’s important article beyond the journal pages. Their analysis of Kenya’s Inua Jamii programme challenges us to think critically about financialisation and the shifting role of the state in social assistance.

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New on the Social Policy Blog: "What Happens When the Bottom of the Pyramid Meets Social Assistance?" by Marion Ouma and Jimi Adesina. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/02/12/w...

New on the Social Policy Blog: "What Happens When the Bottom of the Pyramid Meets Social Assistance?" by Marion Ouma and Jimi Adesina. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/02/12/w...

When Bottom of the Pyramid Models Reshape Social Assistance

How Bottom of the Pyramid models and financial inclusion reshape cash transfers in Kenya, revealing the financialisation of social assistance.

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Here is a sneak peek from our forthcoming special issue on "social policy implementation in Southern Europe and Latin America" where Llorenç Soler-Buades and Francisco Ferraioli argue that rescaling of welfare can introduce additional burdens for claimants.

New paper in @jicsp.bsky.social on the implementation problems of the minimum income scheme in Spain: @emmaalcr.bsky.social and myself propose a typology of implementation problems in these programs and analyze the available evidence on the case of the Spanish IMV. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The 25/26 SKAPE Seminar Series kicks off with: Topic modelling UK science advisory committees during Covid-19 23 Oct, 1-2pm, VLR, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online More info and registration: edin.ac/46uJMGn

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

🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the @universitypress.cambridge.org best article price for @jicsp.bsky.social at the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Conference at #York2025: Sanni Välimäki @jlammit.bsky.social @merita.bsky.social Johanna Närvi See the paper here: tinyurl.com/d3u5ny4t

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

Very much looking forward to the start of the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social EASP-SPA conference later today. 1 hour to go! #York2025

In a new MPIfG Discussion Paper, @fbulfone.bsky.social, @m-stratenwerth.bsky.social, and @aritassinari.bsky.social trace the growth trajectories of Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain from the financial crisis to the covid pandemic. ‬ 🔗 pure.mpg.de/pubman/faces...

American moves to Europe, experiences labour policy (protection), cleans a dataset of thousands of reforms, can now explain where they come from: Parties campaigning on left-leaning economic policies are more likely to implement pro-worker policies, but only during non-crisis economic conditions.

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⚙️ Matthew Bergman, Wolfgang C. Mueller and @hannaeback.bsky.social on how ideology and contextual factors shape labour market reform