Sidney Ball Memorial Lectures Podcast
1) What Next for Social Policy
Professor Fiona Williams explores how contemporary social movements – especially those around gender, race, migration, disability, austerity and the environment – pose material, political and ethical ...Show More
2) Why should we have trust in numbers? Making evidence more reliable, and empowering people to check it
Professor David Spiegelhalter, , Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge delivers the annual Sidn...Show More
3) Britain, Europe and Social Policy
For the 2016 Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture, Professor Colin Crouch, Vice-President for Social Sciences, gives a talk on European social policies. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alik...Show More
4) Speaking Truth to Power: Social Policy in Action - Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture 2013
The 2013 lecture 'Speaking Truth to Power: Social Policy in Action' delivered by Baroness Lister of Burtersett on 4th of December 2013 in the Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College. The Departme...Show More
Speaking Truth to Power: Social Policy in Action - Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture 2013
58:55 | Dec 17th, 2013
5) The Reform of the Welfare State and the Dynamics of People's Lives - Sydney Ball Memorial Lecture 2012
The 2012 lecture 'The Reform of the Welfare State and the Dynamics of People's Lives' delivered by Professor John Hills (London School of Economics) on Wednesday, 31 October 2012 at 5 p.m. in the Niss...Show More
6) Evidence-based Interventions in Juvenile Justice: Concepts, Research, Practice, and Frontiers
Professor Mark Lipsey (Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University) delivers the 2011 Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wal...Show More
Evidence-based Interventions in Juvenile Justice: Concepts, Research, Practice, and Frontiers
1:06:38 | Nov 24th, 2011
7) Life Chances and Early Childhood Investments
2010 Sidney Ball memorial Lecture given by Professor Gøsta Esping-Andersen at St Antony's College.
8) Early Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment
Professor Greg Duncan discusses the connections between poverty and child development, and suggests social policy strategies to improve the welfare of children in poverty.