Bristol Poverty Institute presents
Poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals: From the Local to the Global
The Sixth Peter Townsend Memorial Conference
27-29 April 2021 (online)
Slide Presentations and Video Recordings available for download below
The programme is available to download here: Final BPI Conference Programme 2021 (PDF, 485kB)
Day 1, Tuesday 27 April 2021
Visual minutes of the morning sessions below
(Credit: Bristol Poverty Institute, Jorge Martin, Illustrator)
09:30-09:50 Welcome
Dr Lauren Winch, Manager of Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol, UK
Professor Simon Tormey, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Bristol, UK
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Welcome (PDF, 1,494kB)
Video recording available below
Multidimensional Poverty Session
09:50-11:10 Setting the Scene: Poverty in 2021
This opening session served to set the scene for discussions over the subsequent three days of the Conference. It introduced different dimensions and challenges relating to poverty in the 21st Century in Low-, Middle- and High-Income countries. Different professional, academic, and civic communities will have differing approaches and may also have different immediate priorities. We are, however, all driven by the ultimate aim of reducing poverty in all its forms everywhere and leaving no-one behind (Sustainable Development Goal 1). By bringing together a range of perspectives, we seek to improve our understanding of the causes and effects of poverty and, by extension, our ability to influence policy and practice to alleviate it. These presentations are intended to provide food for thought and inspiration for discussion over the course of the conference, and there will therefore only be a short Q&A at the end of this session.
Chair: Dr Lauren Winch, Manager of Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol, UK
Co-Chair: Mrs Sarah Blackmore, Conference Administrator for Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol, UK
Global Poverty and the SDGs in 2021
Professor David Gordon, Director of Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol, UK
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Global Poverty and the SDGs in 2021 (PDF, 2,040kB)
Poverty in the UK in 2021: how have low-income households fared during the coronavirus storm?
Mr Peter Matejic, Deputy Director of Evidence and Impact, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Poverty in the UK in 2021: how have low-income households (PDF, 3,760kB)
Addressing Poverty through Lived Experience
Dr Katy Goldstraw and Ms Corrina Eastwood, Addressing Poverty by Lived Experience (APLE) Collective, UK
This talk did not feature slides
Destitution in the UK: Measuring it and modelling it
Professor Glen Bramley, Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Destitution in the UK: Measuring it and modelling it (PDF, 1,508kB)
Video recording available below
11:30-13:00 Policy and Poverty Measurement
The scientific measurement of multidimensional poverty emphasises that poverty should not be measured simply in economic terms but should also encompass a broader range of considerations including access to services, essential possessions, and social participation. This session will bring together world-leading researchers to provide a broad and in-depth discussion concerning recent theoretical and methodological development in poverty measurement. It will provide a forum to share the state-of-the-art theories, methods, and practices about how to apply poverty measures to inform a comprehensive and effective programme of poverty-eradication policies and practices. This section will also provide a space for collaboration by sharing relevant events, funding calls and other opportunities.
Chair: Dr Mary Zhang, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK
Co-Chair: Professor David Gordon, Director of Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol, UK
Keeping it real – monitoring progress towards a decent standard of living in South Africa
Professor Gemma Wright, Research Director, Southern African Social Policy Research Institute, South Africa
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Keeping it real (PDF, 1,145kB)
Constructing child deprivation index for Japan
Professor Aya Abe, Director of the Research Center for Child and Adolescent Poverty, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Constructing child deprivation index for Japan (PDF, 1,024kB)
Good Governance: What We Think It Is and What We Really Measure
Professor Björn Halleröd, Professor of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Good Governance (PDF, 1,479kB)
Children in EU social policy: EU Child Guarantee and poverty measurement
Ms Anne-Catherine Guio, Senior researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Children in EU social policy (PDF, 1,716kB)
Video recording available below
13:00-14:00 Lightning Talks/Lunch Break
From 13:00-13:30 during the lunchbreak of Day 1 we offered attendees the opportunity to give a ‘Lightning Talk’ (up to one minute maximum). Your talk can be on any topic relevant to the conference. This could include, for example:
- Introducing yourself and your current poverty research interests.
- Sharing news on a recent publication, policy briefing, or other output.
- Proposing a new area of research interest for a future project or bid.
- Inviting collaboration on a particular topic.
- Promoting an upcoming poverty-relevant activity, such as a webinar, training course or workshop.
Video recordings available below
Child Health and Development Session
Visual minutes of the afternoon sessions below
(Credit: Bristol Poverty Institute, Jorge Martin, Illustrator)
14:00-15:30 Inequalities and Child Health: Child Survival and Inequality in the UK
Chair: Dr Matthew Ellis, Senior Lecturer Global Child Health, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, School for Population Health, University of Bristol. UK
Co-Chair: Dr Maya Kohli-Lynch, Academic Paediatric Trainee, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, School for Population Health, University of Bristol, UK
The Impact of Social Deprivation on Child Mortality in England
Professor Karen Luyt, Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
The National Child Mortality Database (www.ncmd.info) is publishing their first national report on Child Mortality and Social Deprivation on a complete annual cohort (0-18 years) for England (April 2019 to March 2020) which will be presented in this session by its lead author. It will be demonstrated how over a fifth of all child deaths might be avoided if children living in the most deprived areas had the same mortality risk as those living in the least deprived.
Video recording available below
Inequalities and Child Health: Codesigning Local Interventions
Children’s play, as with nutrition, is central to early child development and has also been thrown into sharp focus by the pandemic. Opportunities for play are socially determined and BAME populations report inequalities in these early years’ experiences. Tom will be presenting ‘Find your Village’, a project engaging with local minority populations to explore play opportunities and co-develop interventions to meet play needs.
The Oasis Connaught Primary School Project: The case for a whole school approach to food education
Mr Barny Haughton, Square Food Foundation, Bristol, UK
Square Food Foundation is a Bristol cookery school and community kitchen. The charity works to reduce food insecurity, improve health, and bring people together through food and cooking. The ongoing pandemic, with its associated school closures, has particularly exposed the systemic and complex causes of child food poverty. Barny will argue that food education in schools - from early years to A levels - is key to addressing this challenge in the long term and should be central to public health and food systems government policy making.
Presentation slides available below
Find Your Village
Dr Tom Allport, Centre for Academic Child Health, University of Bristol, UK
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Find Your Village - Inequalities and Child Health 2 (PDF, 1,582kB)
Video recording available below
16:00-17:00 Early Child Development in Disadvantaged Environments – Developing Appropriate Interventions
Safety and security, good health and nutrition, play and early learning, and responsive caregiving are all essential for a child to reach their full developmental potential. Each of these factors can be adversely affected by poverty. Dr Nampijja has extensive research experience in early child development in low-income settings. In this session, Dr Nampijja shared her experiences of the impact of poverty on early child development and of developing appropriate interventions to support early child development across East Africa. This extended presentation (45minutes) was followed by an opportunity for Q&A with Dr Nampijja.
Chair: Dr Maya Kohli-Lynch, Academic Paediatric Trainee, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, School for Population Health, University of Bristol, UK
Co-Chair: Dr Matthew Ellis, Senior Lecturer Global Child Health, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, School for Population Health, University of Bristol, UK
Early Child Development in Disadvantaged Environments –Developing Appropriate Interventions
Dr Margaret Nampijja, Associate Research Scientist (Early Child Development), African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Presentation slides available below
BPI Conference 2021 - Early Child Development in Disadvantaged Environments (PDF, 816kB)
Video recording available below