I-SPHERE hosts a series of online seminars throughout the year with guest speakers from across the UK and beyond.

We are currently working on dates for our next seminars – in the meantime you can watch previous events again below.


Meeting the needs of BAME households in England – the role of the planning system

Date: September 22, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Amy Bristow presents her research for I-SPHERE and the Oak Foundation on how the planning system in England is reinforcing racial inequality and calls for reform. Read the report and Exec summary at Meeting the housing needs of BAME households in England: the role of the planning system – I-SPHERE (hw.ac.uk)  Time: Sep 22, 2021 03:45pm Meeting […]

When and why might choice in public services have intrinsic (dis) value

Date: June 10, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Presented by Aveek Bhattacharyra

Dangerous liaisons? Applying the social harm perspective to the inequality, housing and health trifecta

Date: May 20, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Presented by Craig Gurney, University of Glasgow

Playful Poverty

Date: March 17, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Presented by Professor John McKendrick, Glasgow Caledonia University

Young people, food insecurity and COVID 19

Date: February 17, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Presented by I-SPHERE and Oak Foundation 2020 research intern Charlotte McPherson

Moral Framing of Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients in Australia

Date: January 20, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Presented by Katie Curchin from Australian National University

Cultivating the ethical society: charity and welfare in contemporary society

Date: December 9, 2020
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Presented by Cameron Parsell and Andrew Clarke

I need to commission an evaluation – where do I start?

Date: November 19, 2020
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

I-SPHERE in partnership with the Oak Foundation and UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) are running an online event aimed at voluntary or public sector organisations in the housing and homelessness sector who want to commission research or evaluation. It will be an opportunity to hear more about the benefits of undertaking research and […]

Human Rights, freedom and social citizenship in times of pandemic

Date: November 11, 2020
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Presented by Koldo Casla