Associate member Dr Ivana Dobrotić plays major role in securing free school meals for primary students in Croatia
04 December 2023
Dr Dobrotić and her colleagues Olja Družić Ljubotina, Marijana Kleteči Radović and Anotnija Petričušić have been campaigning for this policy change since June 2020.
Children were an afterthought in COVID-19 Policymaking, Oxford University and UNICEF reveal
07 November 2023
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.
Oxford research on poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
02 October 2023
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'
2023 Annual Lecture to discuss political conflicts of public welfare provision
12 September 2023
Are Campaign Promises Effective?
06 September 2023
Doctoral researcher Michael Ganslmeier explains the effect of social policies on political behaviour
Laura Sochas on social policies, reproductive injustice and health
31 August 2023
A deeper dive into the work of Laura Sochas, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, who researches the links between power, institutions, social policies and health
Ben Goodair on the privitisation of the NHS
21 August 2023
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.
Teen mums in South Africa: largest ever study explores what it takes to go back to school
17 August 2023
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.
The neglected next generation: Investing in support for young people in the streets
09 August 2023
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.
Professor Mary Daly elected President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Family Research
29 June 2023
DPhil students Solhee Han and Kun Lee awarded prestigious grants for social policy research
26 June 2023
Two in five children in care are placed outside their local authority - here's why that's a problem
26 June 2023
DSPI researchers discuss how for-profit outsourcing is connected to placement stability and distance for children in care - via The Conversation
New Royal partnership study with health visitors to promote infant wellbeing and development
15 June 2023
University of Oxford researchers work together to protect COVID-19 orphans
01 June 2023
Outsourced social care linked to concerns over placements of vulnerable children
30 May 2023
Student-led research symposium fosters engagement and collaboration
23 May 2023
Fran Bennett provides oral evidence at Treasury Committee meeting about 'cliff edges' in the benefit and tax system
19 May 2023
Professor Mary Daly's new book joins prestigious Oxford Handbooks series
21 April 2023
Key DSPI research underpins new WHO guidelines on parenting interventions to prevent child maltreatment
14 March 2023
Promoting safer sleeping for babies in England - new report
13 March 2023
Parenting for Lifelong Health team create new resources to support parents and caregivers affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
