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The Sidney Ball Memorial Lectures were established after the First World War in memory of Sidney Ball who was a philosophy fellow at St John's College, Oxford. Sidney Ball was both a political radical and 'an energetic university reformer' concerned that contemporary social and economic problems should be studied at Oxford.
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| 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 questions as to how we are to live our lives. | Fiona Williams | 09 Nov 2018 | |
| 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 Sidney Ball lecture at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | David Spiegelhalter | 02 Nov 2017 | |
| 3 | Creative Commons | 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 Nov 2016 |
| 4 | 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 Dec 2015 | |
| 5 | 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 | 04 Nov 2014 | |
| 6 | Creative Commons | 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 Dec 2013 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | 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 Nov 2012 |
| 8 | Creative Commons | 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 Nov 2011 |
| 9 | 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 | 08 Nov 2010 | |
| 10 | 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 Apr 2009 |