ISPA Webinar Social Cohesion in a Time of Pandemic - 25 Nov

It's not too late to register for ISPA Webinar this coming Wednesday! 'Social Cohesion in a Time of Pandemic' - 25 November (5.30-7pm).

The Irish Social Policy Association is excited to bring its members a webinar on 'Social Cohesion in a Time of Pandemic' this Wednesday.

Please register for webinar at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sZNDO5n2TrG3soyX1BKt6

Speakers: 

Pete Lunn is the founder and head of the Behavioural Research Unit at the ESRI. His primary area of study is how people make decisions that affect their financial, environmental and health outcomes.

 

Paper: All in this together

At the beginning of the present pandemic, Pete was appointed to the Behavioural Change Subgroup of NPHET. His team have conducted multiple behavioural studies over the past six months designed to improve public communication about the virus and to support compliance with public health guidance.

 

Tony Fahey is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy in UCD. Before starting with UCD in 2007, he was with Economic and Social Research Institute. His research deals with a range of topics including the family, demography, housing, social equality and social change.

 

Paper: Is Ireland exceptionally cohesive?

Most of the main symptoms of political polarisation that have caused concern in many countries in the rich world in recent years are not present in Ireland. There is little or no organised anti-emigrant sentiment in politics, no right-wing religious extremism, no enduring political cleavages on 'moral' issues, and no anti-EU or anti-globalisation protest. Economic inequalities are present but the rise in income inequality found in many countries is absent and the sharp improvement in living standards that have occurred over the past two decades has been widely shared. Other softer indicators of social cohesion are more mixed. This talk considers these patterns and reflects on what they tell us about the level and nature of social cohesion in Ireland today.

 

If you have any questions, please contact ISPA Secretary, Dr. Angela Palmer at secretary@ispa.ie