Who are we? Contesting and transforming racialised histories and futures in the Carolean era |
This talk draws on the ways racialisation features in contemporary society and raise basic, but vexed questions about identities and the stories we tell to account for ourselves and contemporary social relations. |
Ann Phoenix |
15 November, 2022 |
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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 questions as to how we are to live our lives. |
Fiona Williams |
9 November, 2018 |
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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 Sidney Ball lecture at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
David Spiegelhalter |
2 November, 2017 |
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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. |
Colin Crouch |
11 November, 2016 |
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Anti-Deinstitutionalization and Anti-Institutionalization for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses: Finding Common Ground |
The 2015 Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture, Anti-Deinstitutionalization and Anti-Institutionalization for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses: Finding Common Ground, delivered by Dr Phyllis Solomon, University of Pennsylvania. |
Phyllis Solomon |
18 December, 2015 |
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The Major Assumptions of Evidence-Based Policy: Bringing Empirical Evidence to Bear |
The Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture 2014 given by Professor Tom Cook. |
Tom Cook |
4 November, 2014 |
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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. |
Ruth Lister, Chris Patten |
17 December, 2013 |
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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 Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College. |
John Hills |
21 November, 2012 |
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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. |
Mark Lipsey |
24 November, 2011 |
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Life Chances and Early Childhood Investments |
2010 Sidney Ball memorial Lecture given by Professor Gøsta Esping-Andersen at St Antony's College. |
Gøsta Esping-Andersen |
8 November, 2010 |
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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. |
Greg Duncan |
14 April, 2009 |
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