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

We are delighted to be running a joint seminar programme with The University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health (CHIH).  This provides a forum for sharing and debating developments regarding the institutes’ mutual interests in understanding and redressing the extreme inequalities and injustices affecting some of society’s most marginalised populations.  


The effectiveness of homelessness prevention methods for Multiple Exclusion Homelessness

Date: January 19, 2022
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Lucie Woellenstein is finalising her PhD at the University of Edinburgh and shares the initial findings of her research project:

A systematic review on the effectiveness of homelessness prevention methods for Multiple Exclusion Homelessness.

She also summarises planned research on using predictive statistics on administrative data (HL1 and PREVENT1 Scottish Government data sets) to identify repeat homelessness risk factors and successful Housing Options.

Watch again here

I-SPHERE Joint Seminar with Lynne McMordie and Oliver Bowling – Temporary accommodation and begging in the UK

Date: November 24, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Lynne McMordie presented her research on Understanding the design, use and impacts of temporary and supported accommodation models for homeless households in the United Kingdom.

Oliver Bowling presented using the Capabilities Approach to discuss the pathways into begging and the impact it has on individuals who engage in it.

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

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84425959289

Meeting ID: 844 2595 9289

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