3 July
Responding to welfare reform: how can research influence the policy agenda?
City Campus, 11 September, 1-4pm
This half day symposium will explore how research can shape the welfare reform agenda in the UK.
The scale and speed of developments being driven by the Coalition government raise profound questions for scholars engaged in critical policy-orientated research:
- How can we make sense of welfare reforms?
- What is the rationale underpinning reforms and to what degree is it evidence-based?
- How can we gain access to key decision makers and service providers within our research?
- And what can we do to bring research to bear on policy agendas?
People, Place and Policy (PPP) is delighted to host four speakers whose research directly addresses the issues. These include Tina Beatty, Centre for Regional and Economic Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University; James Rees, Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC), University of Birmingham; Keith Jacobs, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia; and Tony Manzi, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster.
The event is free and refreshments will be provided. Places are limited so please contact Emma Smith at e.smith@shu.ac.uk or on 0114 225 3073 to confirm attendance or with any other queries about the event. The symposium will be held in Room 1028 in the Owen building at City Campus (see here for map and travel details: http://www.shu.ac.uk/university/visit/find-us/plancity.html)
The symposium is hosted by People Place and Policy (http://extra.shu.ac.uk/ppp-online/) which is an online, open access journal based at Sheffield Hallam University dedicated to publishing leading-edge, policy-orientated research. The event will also provide an opportunity to see the new, redesigned PPP website and learn about its enhanced functionality.