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The department hosts a range of conferences, lectures, workshops and other events, some of which are featured on this page, including our graduate research students’ conference which provides students with an opportunity to present their research findings, and an HIV/AIDS day. 

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    • Jan 16, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    Results from the INCLUSIVE trial of a whole-school health intervention: outcomes, mediators and processes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 47:48


    The intervention targeted secondary schools and consisted of training for teachers in restorative practice, setting up action groups in schools, and a student social and emotional skills curriculum.

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    Robust Research - A practical guide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 39:55


    A look at the Robust Research Initiative at the University of Oxford

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    Children and Social Policy in Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 43:52


    A lecture given for the Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend 2018. Juxtaposing a child-centred and a child-oriented policy paradigm, this talk took stock of recent policy developments in Europe and beyond and assessed our progress in developing child-centred policy.

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    When and why do (survey) experimental treatment effects generalise?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 45:02


    Part of the 'Methodological Developments in Social Policy and Intervention' series, Trinity 2018

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    What should we do about social care, and why?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 50:12


    Part of the 'Perspectives on Social Policy at Oxford' series, Hilary Term 2018

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    How does social progress in Britain since 1950 compare with that in “peer” countries?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 62:28


    Part of the 'Perspectives on Social Policy at Oxford' series, Hilary Term 2018

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    Social Policy, Interdisciplinary Area Studies and Oxford University: lessons from the study of Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 55:36


    Part of the 'Perspectives on Social Policy at Oxford' series, Hilary Term 2018

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    Political philosophy and social policy: the concept of poverty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 60:08


    Part of the 'Perspectives on Social Policy at Oxford' series, Hilary Term 2018

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    Inside the 'Black Box' of the Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2016 45:46


    The family is often seen as one unit, sharing resources equally, with money being neutral whatever its origin or purpose. But research by Fran Bennett suggests this is too simple.

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    It takes a village: Meeting the complex needs of poverty-impacted youth and their families, locally and globally

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2015 68:52


    Mary McKay, Professor and Director, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, New York University, delivered the Astor Visiting Lecture on 21 May 2015.

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    Making a Difference: Policy, Practice and Human Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014 41:57


    Jacqueline Bhabha gives a the centinary alumni lecture for the Department of Social Policy and Intervention on the challenges and successes of defending the human rights of refugees and immigrants

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    Will the U.S. Health Reform Survive and Flourish?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2012 51:06


    Theda Skocpol delivers a talk at the Oxford Institute of Social Policy, based in part on her new book with Larry Jacobs, "Health Care Reform and American Politics".

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