Department of Social Policy 2013-14 Centenary Lectures

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In the academic year 2013-14, the department celebrated the centenary of its establishment as Barnett House in 1914. Initially independent from the University, Barnett House moved into a closer relationship with the University and eventually became a department. We celebrated – and continue to celeb…

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    Parenting then and now: Has support policy and practice kept up with the evidence?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015 45:34


    Stephen Scott, Institute of Psychiatry, King' College, London, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Hilary Term 2014, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    How to reduce global homicide rates by 70 percent: Learning from past successes to inform future policies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015 50:20


    Manuel Eisner, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Hilary Term 2014, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    Recurring themes in the history of social work: where to now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015 36:52


    Ann Buchanan, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Hilary Term 2014, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    The EU and national welfare: The shifting boundaries of solidarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015 64:17


    Maurizio Ferrera, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Hilary Term 2014. The Centenary seminar series in Hilary Term 2014, celebrated 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    Constructing unemployment: Historical perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015 42:54


    Noel Whiteside, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Hilary Term 2014, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    Lessons from history? Charity, mutual aid and the origins of the 'Big Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015 56:15


    Bernard Harris, School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013. The Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013 was celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    Barnett House Centenary Reunion Weekend Keynote Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2014 40:49


    Magdalena Sepulveda, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, gives the keynote lecture for the Department of Social Policy and intervention Barnet House Centenary Weekend. Introduced by Roger Goodman, Head of Social Sciences, University of Oxford

    A brief history of randomised controlled trails in education (over the last 100 years)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 54:25


    Professor Carole Torgerson, Durham University, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    Warfare and the welfare state: causal mechanisms and effects

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 41:28


    Professor Herbert Obinger, University of Bremen, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    Using social science research to influence policy: the case of the family justice system

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 49:17


    Ceridwen Roberts, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Invervention.

    Knowledge and humility in social work: learning from past mistakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 40:39


    Professor Eileen Munro, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013. Professor Eileen Munro, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

    Barnett House: a hundred years of research policy and practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 59:47


    George Smith, Teresa Smith, Liz Peretz, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, gave a lecture as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013. Celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention.

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