ISPA News and Events
This page is dedicated to keeping members up-to-date on forthcoming ISPA events, as well as keeping a record of recent events over the past few years.
Upcoming Events
ISPA Biannual Conference 2008
25th September 2008
"Who Pays? Access and Equity in the Irish Healthcare System"
ISPA Postgraduate Conference 2008
26th September 2008
Events Archive
ISPA AGM 2007 and Spring Conference
Migrant Care Workers: Experiences in Ireland’s Formal and Informal Economy
Monday April 2nd 2007, 6-8pm
ISPA Annual Conference, 2006
Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October, 2006
"ONE ISLAND, TWO WELFARE STATES: Social Policy in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland"
2006 ALSP Conference
2005 AGM
11/04/05
Mr Brian Harvey, co-author of Two Paths, One Purpose: Voluntary Action in Ireland, North and South (published by the Institute of Public Administration) made a presentation to the Association at its Annual General Meeting.
ISPA Postgraduate Network
18/10/04
Presentation by Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York
2004 Annual Conference
16/09/04 - 17/09/04
'Families, Children and Social Policy: 10 Years on from the Year of the Family'
Presentation to ISPA
31/03/04
Ruth Barrington Ph.D, Chief Executive of the Health Research Board
ISPA Seminar
05/06/03
Disability Legislation: Policy and Practice
Speakers included Donal Toolan, Disability Legislation Consultation Group [Conference paper] and Selina Bonnie, South Dublin County Council
2003 Annual General Meeting
06/03/03
Guest address by Professor Mary Daly, Queen's University, Belfast 'Irish Family Policy in a European Context'
ISPA Seminar
05/12/02
Reflections on Social Partnership
Chaired by Dr Niamh Hardiman (UCD) with guest speakers Dr Jim OLeary (NUI Maynooth) and Mary Murphy, Independent Consultant.
2002 Annual Conference
12/09/02 - 13/09/02
Theme: Social and Economic Rights : Challenges and Opportunities for Social Policy
Postgraduate Research On Social Policy In Ireland
11/06/02 - 13/06/02
ISPA Meeting
13/05/02
The Politics of Health Care
ISPA Meeting
04/02/02
Boston or Berlin: Which Way for Social Inclusion?
Speaker: Hugh Frazer, National Expert Social Protection and Inclusion Policies European Commission
Respondant: Dr. Moore Mc Dowell, Dept. of Economics, UCD
ISPA Seminar
14/11/01
Seminar hosted by ISPA in association with The Department of Social Policy and Social Work, UCD
"Working Paper on Young People and Transitions In New Zealand: Education, Welfare and Labour Market Considerations" delivered by Jane Higgins.
*Please Do Not Quote without the Author's Permission - j.higgins@soci.canterbury.ac.nz
ISPA Conference
07/11/01
- Conference Paper 1:
Dr Alistair Christie, Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC
The integration of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Ireland: what role for the social work profession?
Download Document - Conference Paper 2:
Irish Refugee Council
Direct Provision and Dispersal 18 Months On
Download Document
2001 ISPA Conference
Conference hosted in association with Social Policy Association UK
24-27 July, 2001
Development, Regeneration and Social Policy Reconstituting Social Policy: Global, National, Local
Guest Lecture on Emigration
2001
Dr Nessa Winston 'Irish emigrants in England: some policy considerations'
Brian Harvey 'Ireland's forgotten voluntary sector - our emigrant services abroad'
2001
Reconstituting Social Policy: Global, National, Local
Keynote speakers include Guy Standing from the ILO
2001
Development, Regeneration and Social Policy
Keynote speakers included:
- David Donnison, Emeritus Professor, University of Glasgow
- Prof. Seamus O' Cinneide, NUI Maynooth
- Prof. Anne Power, LSE
ISPA Annual Conference 2000
'Social Policy in Transition'
Third Annual Postgraduate Student Seminar
2000
Keynote address by Prof. Fiona Williams, Dept of Sociology and Social Policy'New Visions in Social Policy - Active Welfare'
2000
'Globalisation and the Welfare State'
2000
Keynote address by Prof. Ramesh Mishra, York University, Toronto, Canada1999
Green Paper on abortion in Context: Findings of the Women in Crisis
Pregnancy Study Evelyn Mahon, Dept. of Sociology, TCD1999 Seminar
Family and the Labour Market - Policy and Research
1999 ISPA Postgraduate Research Workshop
1999 Neo-Liberal Social Policy in the USA
Frances Fox-Piven, City University of New York
Richard Cloward, Columbia University