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This blog is based on an article in the Social Policy and Society by Vikki McCall, Steve Rolfe, Grant Gibson, Regina Serpa and Julia Lawrence. Click here to access the article. The INVITE project (Promoting INclusive liVing vIa Technology-Enabled Support) has been investigating how assistive and everyday technologies can be implemented in the social housing sector to improve… Continue reading Housing and Papering Over the Cracks in the Welfare State
This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Hayley Bennett, Morgan Currie, and Lena Podoletz. Click here to access article. Social policy scholars have long captured the frustrations of citizens navigating byzantine welfare benefit systems. In 2015, academics David Moynihan, Pamela Herd and Hope Harvey proposed that the complexities… Continue reading Administrative Burdens and Digital Welfare: Are Technical Features of Universal Credit Problematic?
This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Patricia Kennett, Suyeon Lee, Huck-ju Kwon and Ryan Lutz. Click here to access the article. When the covid-19 pandemic swept across the globe, it tested nations in ways we had never seen before. How we responded to this global health crisis not… Continue reading How State Capacity Shapes Human Security During Crises
This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Cordula Zabel. Click here to access the article. Health restrictions are widespread among recipients of basic income support for jobseekers in Germany. Yet labour market policy has followed a work-first approach, which does not seem well-adapted to the situation of benefit… Continue reading Health Barriers Limit Job Prospects for Most German Basic Income Support Recipients
This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Taylor Brown and Yu-Ling Chang. Click here to access the article. Climate change is no longer a distant threat but a current reality, bringing more frequent and intense natural hazards. Climactic changes pose significant social risks, especially for less affluent regions,… Continue reading Ecosocial Policy and the Social Risks of Climate Change: Foundations of the U.S. Ecosocial Safety Net