Sioned Pearce

Lecturer Cardiff University

pearces11@cardiff.ac.uk 02920879192 @sionedpearce

I am a Lecturer in Social Policy with expertise in work, welfare, employment support, devolution and civil society and their role in the lives of young, marginalised people in the UK and internationally. My current research explores the way centralised and devolved policies interact to shape and influence employment support on the ground in different parts of the UK. I work with a number of academics across the UK and in countries like Canada and Italy as well as with civil society practitioners and policy makers.

I also lead a WISERD Work package on Devolved governance, civil society activism and welfare for refugees and asylum seekers with Nivedita Narayan. I am part of the Ignite programme to foster a positive research culture at Cardiff University.

My current WISERD Project is titled Devolved governance, civil society activism and welfare for refugees and asylum seekers. My research interests lie in welfare, work, employment support, social policy, youth, devolution and civil society.

Sioned Pearce Bio

Youth unemployment and civil society under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare regimes

Overview: This ESRC funded project aims to identify, categorise and compare scales and types of civil society involvement in youth unemployment policy between the four devolved nations of the UK. In doing so it will examine the implications of these differences for both youth unemployment provision and devolved policy arrangements. The broader aim is to…

Research Team: Giada Lagana (Cardiff University), Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University)

Young People and Brexit

How are young people responding to Brexit, and how does it affect their political engagement? Young People & Brexit is an interdisciplinary study of how young people in the UK feel about and are responding to the most significant policy issue of this Parliament: the UK’s exit from the European Union. Drawing on both existing…

Research Team: Elin Royles (Aberystwyth University), Rhys Jones (Aberystwyth University), Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University), Stuart Fox (Brunel University London)

Young People and the EU Referendum

This project is a study of young people’s attitudes towards and engagement with the EU referendum campaign. Using data from a dedicated UK-wide survey of under 30s and a wide range of publicly available data and academic research we will address four key themes. These are examining the likelihood to vote among young people and…

Research Team: Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University), Stuart Fox (Brunel University London)

Journal Articles

Challenging scalar fallacy in state-wide welfare studies: a UK sub-state comparison of civil society approaches to addressing youth unemployment

Here we make an original, empirical contribution to debates on welfare pluralism, the mixed economies of welfare and territorial rescaling by comparing civil society approaches to tackling youth unemployment in England, Scotland and Wales. Our core finding is that academic and policy literature’s frequent characterisation of the UK as a single Liberal welfare regime is…

Civil Society, Work and Labour Markets | October 2022

Journal Articles

Evaluation in reinforcing and resisting hierarchical relations between state and civil society in the field of social policy

Here we present a critical exploration of evaluation as a concept within a state-led social policy programme. Studies critiquing this type of evaluation often assume its purpose is to provide knowledge and understanding of a given social policy, and its relative impact upon the social issue towards which it has been directed. However, drawing on…

Civil Society | November 2020

Reports and Briefings

Civil society approaches to tackling youth unemployment: a sub-state analysis of the UK

UK unemployment has risen to its highest in two years this month, from 3.9% in March to 4.1% in September. Young people aged 16-24 have been hit hardest, and July 2020 saw a 122% increase in young people claiming unemployment related benefits, that’s 241,700 more young people since March 2020. To date, one-third of 18-24-year…

Civil Society, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Youth unemployment and civil society under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare regimes | September 2020

Journal Articles

Moments of alignment between devolved political ideology and policy design: the case of Wales

The devolution of power and responsibility from central to sub national levels of governance over the past half century marks a paradigm shift in forces shaping social policy across much of Western Europe. Scholarship in this field is often concerned with a binary analysis of before and after the advent of devolution, with insufficient attention…

Civil Society, Localities | August 2020

Reports and Briefings

Re-energising Wales Factors influencing local and community engagement in renewable energy in Wales

‘Factors influencing local and community engagement in renewable energy in Wales’ is based on conversations with people directly involved with local and community renewable energy and energy-saving projects. It outlines the problems they perceived with the projects and identifies measures to alleviate these. The research emphasised the amount of time and expert skills that are required…

Civil Society | March 2019

Journal Articles

The rise of impact in academia: repackaging a long-standing idea

Since the Research Excellence Framework of 2014 (REF2014) ‘impact’ has created a conceptual conundrum gradually being pieced together by academics across the Higher Education sector. Emerging narratives and counter-narratives focus upon its role in dictating institutional reputation and funding to universities. However, not only does literature exploring impact, rather than ‘REF2014 impact’ per se, seldom…

Education | February 2018

Journal Articles

The Generational Decay of Euroscepticism in the UK and the EU Referendum

A prominent feature of media coverage during the UK’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership was the stark difference between the pro-EU young and their Eurosceptic elders, widely assumed to reflect a generational divide. The positive relationship between age and hostility towards the EU is well established in academic research, however only Down, and Wilson…

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit | September 2017

Journal Articles

Visual methodology in the political sciences: the case of young people and Brexit

Film as a research method for collecting and analysing visual data has a long and rich history within the fields of anthropology and ethnography. This approach is less commonly used within the social sciences and still less within the political sciences. This paper goes some way towards defining the parameters of visual methodology in the…

Civil Society, Data & Methods | Young People and Brexit | August 2017

Journal Articles

Young people, place and devolved politics: perceived scale(s) of political concerns among under 18s living in Wales

Despite clear linkages between conceptualisations and perceptions of politics, society, culture and territorial rescaling, research into young people’s political engagement, participation and representation is underrepresented in the field of social and cultural geography. Here the gap is addressed using perceptions of devolved politics, as a form of territorial rescaling, among young people living in Wales….

Civil Society, Education, Localities | July 2017

Journal Articles

Private tutoring in Wales: patterns of private investment and public provision

This paper seeks to contribute to the growing research base about the extent and significance of ‘shadow education’ through drawing on data from a national survey of over 1000 key stage 2, 3 and 4 pupils in Wales and over 200 of their parents. Wales provides an important lens to look at shadow education because…

Education, Inequalities | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | January 2017

Dataset

Analysing Focus Groups on Politics with Young People in Wales

This dataset exemplar outlines the process of analysing focus groups. It uses transcripts from research undertaken with 14- to 17-year-olds in Wales. The process of analysis, including the coding, categorising and theming, took place during July 2015. The aim was to explore the way political issues and concerns contribute to conceptualisations of politics among young…

Civil Society, Data & Methods | December 2016

Video

Young People – Experience of Campaigns

Thoughts from young people about the UK’s EU Referendum.

Civil Society, Localities | Young People and the EU Referendum | October 2016

Video

Young People – What should be done next?

Thoughts from young people about the UK’s EU Referendum.

Civil Society, Localities | Young People and the EU Referendum | October 2016

Books and Book Chapters

Did the EU Referendum boost youth engagement with politics?

The Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014 was for many a watershed moment in the ongoing debate about youth political engagement. Against a backdrop of declining electoral turnout amongst young voters, and evidence that today’s young people are the most politically apathetic to have entered the electorate in the last century, the 85% turnout among 18-24…

Civil Society, Localities | Young People and the EU Referendum | June 2016

News

Welsh Higher Education Brussels hosts WISERD on study visit

22nd August 2024 | Alexandra Sandu, Annie Tubadji, Catrin Wyn Edwards, Flossie Caerwynt, Ian Thomas, Lelia Toma, Nick Hacking, Rhian Barrance, Robin Mann, Sioned Pearce

In June, Welsh Higher Education Brussels (WHEB) hosted a group of early and mid-career researchers from WISERD, as part of their work in supporting researcher networking for future funding bids to Horizon Europe and other funding programmes. The group, from Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Cardiff University and Swansea University, had meetings with key European organisations,…

Media

COVID: Unemployed young people in Wales ‘face scarring’

10th March 2021 | Sioned Pearce

Dr Sioned Pearce highlights the impact of COVID-19 on youth unemployment. In an interview with BBC Wales, she said the pandemic had “exacerbated issues of uncertainty” for young people with zero hour contracts, part-time work and low-paid jobs.

Civil Society, Inequalities, Work and Labour Markets | Youth unemployment and civil society under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare regimes

Blog

Civil society approaches to tackling youth unemployment: an analysis of the UK nations

17th September 2020 | Sioned Pearce

UK unemployment has risen to its highest in two years this month, from 3.9% in March to 4.1% in September. Young people aged 16-24 have been hit hardest and, to date, one-third of 18-24 year olds (excluding students) are unemployed or furloughed as a result of COVID-19, compared to one in six of 25-40 year…

Civil Society, Work and Labour Markets | Youth unemployment and civil society under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare regimes

Blog

What do differences in civil society across the UK nations mean for the looming youth unemployment crisis?

26th June 2020 | Sioned Pearce

Early data suggests 15% of people in the UK have now lost their jobs due to Covid-19. Hidden within this figure is the disproportionate impact on already marginalised and disadvantaged groups, including black and minority ethnic people, women and those without a degree. Young people are also at the sharp end this surge in unemployment, as…

Civil Society, Work and Labour Markets | Youth unemployment and civil society under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare regimes

Blog

WISERD Civil Society goes to Canada: comparisons from Wales, Manitoba and Québec

18th October 2019 | Christala Sophocleous, Sioned Pearce

In September, we returned from a research exchange trip to Canada. The aim of the visit was to locate recent Civil Society project findings in an international context and develop greater insights through comparative reflection going forward. Canada, as a Federal state, develops and delivers much of its social policy at a Provincial level. This sub-state…

Civil Society, Localities

News

Best paper award for young people and politics research

20th September 2019 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Dr Stuart Fox (Brunel University London) and Dr Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University) have received an award for ‘Best paper published in 2018’ from the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality, original research. The paper, “The generational decay of Euroscepticism in the UK and the EU referendum”, explores…

Civil Society, Localities | Young People and Brexit

News

What influences local and community engagement in renewable energy in Wales?

15th April 2019 | Judith Marquand, Kate O’Sullivan, Sioned Pearce

A new report has been published by the Institute of Welsh Affairs based on WISERD research by Professor Judith Marquand, Kate O’ Sullivan and Dr Sioned Pearce from Cardiff University. ‘Factors influencing local and community engagement in renewable energy in Wales’ is based on conversations with people directly involved with local and community renewable energy…

Civil Society

Blog

Six days of induction into life as a Welsh Cruciblee

21st August 2018 | Sioned Pearce

When I first got the email confirming my place on the prestigious Welsh Crucible programme for developing ‘future research leaders of Wales’ my initial thought was; “great that will look good on my CV”. However, over the following six days of Crucible Labs held across Wales, I came to realise that the programme is much…

Research Networks

Blog

Trams, canals and international perspectives on third sector research

27th July 2018 | Christala Sophocleous, David Dallimore, Esther Muddiman, Paul Chaney, Sioned Pearce

Earlier this month WISERD colleagues from Cardiff and Bangor attended the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Conference in Amsterdam. This bi-annual gathering of academics and practitioners from over 80 countries across the world, aims to promote the study of civil society and the non-profit sector. Hosted by Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, the conference saw…

Civil Society, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Localities | Exploring effective practice in civil society organisations’ promotion of human rights, good governance and social justice in India and Bangladesh, Researching Civic Participation in Wales in place and over time, Territoriality and Third Sector Engagement in Policy-Making and Welfare Provision, The intergenerational transmission of ‘civic virtues’: the role of the family in civil society engagement

News

WISERD Civil Society Programme at the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Conference, Amsterdam

9th July 2018 | Christala Sophocleous, David Dallimore, Esther Muddiman, Paul Chaney, Sioned Pearce

WISERD will have a strong presence at the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Conference (10-13 July) hosted by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Philanthropic Studies Department. Founded in 1992, the ISTR is the major international association promoting research and education in the fields of civil society, philanthropy, and the non-profit sector. It is committed to building…

Civil Society, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care | Exploring effective practice in civil society organisations’ promotion of human rights, good governance and social justice in India and Bangladesh, Researching Civic Participation in Wales in place and over time, Territoriality and Third Sector Engagement in Policy-Making and Welfare Provision, The intergenerational transmission of ‘civic virtues’: the role of the family in civil society engagement

Blog

Sharing research and extending learning

22nd May 2018 | Christala Sophocleous, Eva Elliott, Helen Blakely, Sioned Pearce

Christala Sophocleous reflects on the experience of co-writing with WISERD colleagues. What did we learn from the Communities First programme? This question was at the heart of many conversations and (often fierce) debates that took place in the months following the announcement in February 2017 that the programme would end in 2018. Across Wales, in…

Civil Society | Territoriality and Third Sector Engagement in Policy-Making and Welfare Provision

News

Dr Sioned Pearce awarded ESRC New Investigator funding

11th May 2018 | Paul Chaney, Sioned Pearce

Dr Pearce’s successful research grant will fund the WISERD-based research project ‘Youth unemployment and civil society under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare regimes’. The £211,000 grant from the Economic and Social Research Council will fund a two-year project examining divergences in civil society responses to youth unemployment (policy) in the four, devolved nations…

Civil Society, Work and Labour Markets | Youth unemployment and civil society under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare regimes

Blog

Poverty in Wales: are we getting the full picture?

29th March 2018 | Sioned Pearce

A blog co-written by WISERD’s Dr Sioned Pearce for the National Assembly for Wales Research Service

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Inequalities, Localities

Blog

A space for the voices of young, BME women in the Brexit process

9th March 2018 | Esther Muddiman, Sioned Pearce

To mark International Women’s Day, we want to create a space for the voices of young, ethnic minority women in the current Brexit process. With EU-UK exit negotiations well underway, this study is an extension of both WISERD’s ‘Young People and Brexit’ study and Welsh Crucible-funded ‘Migration, Moral Panic and Meaning’, exploring representations of EU migrants…

Civil Society, Inequalities, Localities | Young People and Brexit

Blog

Trust in the establishment and political interest among young people

15th June 2017 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Public trust in the political establishment is an integral part of voter choice in any election or referendum, but more crucially it upholds the democratic process. Without some degree of trust in politicians, political parties, experts and the media, state-societal relations would hit a gridlock. Without trust, people would be less likely to vote and…

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit, Young People and the EU Referendum

Media

‘General election results weren’t down to youth turnout alone’ – The Conversation

14th June 2017 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Dr Sioned Pearce and Dr Stuart Fox write about the 2017 general election results, in an article published by The Conversation. It can be found by following this link.

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit

Blog

General election results weren’t down to youth turnout alone

14th June 2017 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

It is difficult to think of an election in which the votes of young people – age 18 to 25 – have caused more of a stir. Of course, the youth vote was expected to be important in the EU referendum, the Scottish independence referendum and just about every general election since the voting age was lowered…

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit, Young People and the EU Referendum

News

Hay Festival 2017: ‘Mind the Gap: Young People, Brexit and the Generational Divide’

2nd June 2017 | Daniel Evans, Esther Muddiman, Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

WISERD researchers presented our work on young people, education and politics, as part of this year’s exciting line-up at the 30th anniversary Hay Festival. ‘Mind the gap’ formed part of the Cardiff Series, presented by Dr Dan Evans, Dr Esther Muddiman, Dr Stuart Fox and Dr Sioned Pearce, which considered the striking divisions revealed between…

Civil Society, Education | The intergenerational transmission of ‘civic virtues’: the role of the family in civil society engagement, WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study, Young People and Brexit

News

Young People and Brexit

22nd March 2017 | Dyfan Powel, Elin Royles, Rhys Jones, Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

WISERD has recently been awarded ESRC funding to carry out a new interdisciplinary study into how young people in the UK feel about, and are responding to, the most significant policy issue of this Parliament: the UK’s exit from the European Union. Young People and Brexit will include new and existing WISERD research, employing a variety…

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit, Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Brexit, young people and the parties II: Welsh local elections

14th March 2017 | Sioned Pearce

After yesterday’s ‘trigger warning’ we await with bated breath the news that Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty has been enacted. This will kick off two years of UK-EU negotiation followed by what is likely to be a slow and complex process of disentangling legislation post EU-exit. Today’s date could herald a new wave of political domination…

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit

Blog

Young people and Brexit: Long-term political engagement

17th February 2017 | Sioned Pearce

As part of the Young People and Brexit project, WISERD will be creating a series of short films with young people. In this blog, Dr Sioned Pearce discusses some of the questions that the films will be asking. This week I sat on a debating panel to discuss young people and politics at the National Assembly…

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit, Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Young people and Brexit: One year on

14th February 2017 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

The decision to leave the European Union on 23rd June 2016 was potentially the most dramatic ever taken by the British electorate. Not only did it fly in the face of the expectations of the majority of the media, opinion pollsters and politicians (both in the UK and Europe), but it has come to dominate politics…

Civil Society | Young People and Brexit, Young People and the EU Referendum

News

Elin Jones AM Opens Youth Engagement Event following EU Referendum Project

6th October 2016 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Elin Jones AM will open up the debate around youth engagement today at the Pierhead Building. The event Young people, politics and the future direction of youth engagement in Wales follows on from WISERD research and will feature the screening of two short films presenting recent findings on young people’s attitudes towards and engagement with…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Short films and research engagement: Young People and the EU Referendum

28th September 2016 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Since February 2016 we at WISERD have been running a small project on Young People and the EU Referendum in partnership with Youth Cymru, the Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services (CWVYS) and the National Assembly for Wales’ Youth Engagement Team and our talented cameraman Justin at Farsight Creative. As well as writing around 30 blogs on this site, giving presentations at…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

News

WISERD at the 2016 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference

9th September 2016 | Alice Taylor, Paul Chaney, Sioned Pearce

WISERD research was given prominent attention at the 2016 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference. This is one of the UK’s foremost forums for research on civil society and the third sector, with diverse presentations from academics and practitioners. It was jointly hosted by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), the Voluntary Sector Studies…

Civil Society

Blog

EU Referendum Campaign Discourse and Trust

25th July 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Just 18 weeks passed between the announcement of a UK referendum on EU membership, and the vote for Brexit. In this startlingly short time an intense and competitive environment sprung-up as the two official campaigns Vote Leave and Britain Stronger in Europe made their case. Both sides quickly succumbed to name calling, dishonesties and emotional arguments. As a result…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

News

EU Referendum Campaign Discourse and Trust

25th July 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Dr Sioned Pearce explores trust in relation to voting preference in the EU Referendum campaigns. The study found remarkably low levels of trust for the campaigns on both sides among all age groups, adding to the argument that the campaigns tapped-into mistrust rather than created it over an 18 week period. For Dr Sioned Pearce’s blog post…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference Hull: discourse in the Deep

12th July 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Last week (4th-6th July) I attended the 11th international Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) Conference in Hull, 2017 UK City of Culture. This article reflects on the conference and the IPA. Most importantly, it highlights the sense and benefits of an IPA community within which a milieu of interdisciplinary and international social and policy researchers can reside. Variation in topics covered…

Civil Society, Localities

Blog

Social media as connective action: how young people learnt about the EU referendum campaigns

7th July 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Bennett and Segerburg write about connective action, personalised content sharing across media networks, which is different from but can be combined with the more traditional collective action or the formation and mobilisation of collective identities (for example marching against government austerity measures). Connective action for political purposes using social media to campaign, lobby and petition…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Why did Wales Brexit through the gift shop?

4th July 2016 | Sioned Pearce

On 25th June, just two days after Britain voted to leave the EU, the small Welsh valleys town of Ebbw Vale hit the headlines (Town showered with EU cash votes to leave EU.) The article questions why a town that, like so many others in Wales, has received billions in EU funding for infrastructure and economic re-generation…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Regional variations in voting patterns among under-30s: post-referendum reflections

30th June 2016 | Sioned Pearce

In the weeks, months and years following 23rd June 2016, the long-term consequences of a majority Brexit vote will slowly unfold. Regardless of whether the British economy continues in freefall or stabilises, to what degree EU leaders, not wanting to be seen giving the UK a ‘good deal’, continue trading with the UK and whether or…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Making your Marx in research: Reflections on impact and the efficacy of case studies using the work of Karl Marx

2nd June 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Dr Sioned Pearce’s guest blog for The London School of Economics and Political Science: The philosophers have only interpreted the world…The point, however, is to change it (Karl Marx 1888) Drawing from a recent study on how impact occurs in the social sciences, Sioned Pearce looks at some specific issues with the case study approach to understanding impact….

Civil Society, Work and Labour Markets

Media

Dr Sioned Pearce interviewed on Sunday Politics about the youth Brexit vote

22nd May 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Dr Sioned Pearce featured on BBC Sunday Politics with Andrew Neil and Arwyn Jones talking about Young People and the EU Referendum

Civil Society

Blog

Education, austerity and elitist political language: the rise of UKIP in understanding the Brex-factor

18th May 2016 | Sioned Pearce

This article looks at the reasons behind the ‘rise of UKIP’ since 2013 and applies it to our data on young people and the EU referendum under three headings: employment and education; austerity; and political language. The findings show a divide in support between those who left school at 17 or 18 and those still…

Civil Society, Localities | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

What’s devolution got to do with it? Youth (dis)engagement in the run-up to the EU referendum

12th May 2016 | Sioned Pearce

With the dust settling on the devolved election results last week and showing a 3% increase in turnout in Wales, now is a good time to explore the links between devolution and political engagement, particularly among young people, and ask what can we learn from this in the run-up to the EU referendum? In terms…

Civil Society, Localities | Young People and the EU Referendum

Media

‘Young people and Europe’ – IWA News Analysis Magazine

20th April 2016 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Dr Stuart Fox and Dr Sioned Pearce look at the role of young people in Wales in the European referendum in a piece for the IWA news analysis magazine, which can be found below. http://www.iwa.wales/click/2016/04/young-people-and-europe/

Civil Society

News

EU Referendum project reveals: Young EU supporters are more likely to turnout on the day

8th April 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Dr Sioned Pearce uncovers new findings in favour of the ‘Remain’ campaign. The research, from the ‘Should we stay or should we go: Young People and the EU Referendum‘ project, has revealed young people who want to Remain are more likely to vote than those who want to Leave. 68% of young people who want Britain…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Young EU supporters are more likely to turnout on the day

8th April 2016 | Sioned Pearce

We know support for continued EU membership is heavily concentrated among younger citizens with 60% under 30 who support REMAIN, compared with only 24% who support LEAVE. Among the Pre/Post-War generation 54% support LEAVE and 35% support STAY. We also know young people are less likely to vote with 70% highly likely to vote compared with 88% among the oldest generations. What we didn’t know is…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Media

Dr Sioned Pearce interviewed by Channel 4 News on the youth and Brexit

7th April 2016 | Sioned Pearce

Civil Society

Blog

Boundaries, space and the youth vote – what regional variations tell us

4th April 2016 | Sioned Pearce

With a plethora of upcoming elections on 5th May, we are reminded that devolution of power and delineated boundaries in the UK since 1997 means multi-level political trends and outcomes within and between nations and regions: the EU referendum is no exception. We know that in the UK young people are more likely to support…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Media

‘Remain campaign woos ‘Instagram generation’’ – Financial Times

30th March 2016 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Coverage in the Financial Times on Dr Stuart Fox and Dr Sioned Pearce’s research on young people and the EU referendum

Civil Society

News

New study: Young People & the EU Referendum

9th March 2016 | Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

Leading-up to Britain’s EU membership referendum on the 23rd of June, WISERD is running a study of the attitudes, preferences and engagement throughout the referendum campaign of today’s young people. The study ‘Should we stay or should we go: Young People and the EU Referendum‘ will include several surveys of young people throughout the UK asking…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Blog

Brexit and between: Young people and the EU referendum

9th March 2016 | Sioned Pearce

On the 23rd of June 2016, 43 years after a reluctant and delayed entry to the European Economic Community, Britain will vote on one of the most significant political decisions for a generation: its membership of the European Union. For young British citizens who have never known a time before the EU, this is potentially…

Civil Society | Young People and the EU Referendum

Media

Dr Sioned Perace is interviewed by BBC Radio Cymru’s ‘Taro’r Post’ programme, about Dr Kim Horton’s reserach into the effect of social media on young people’s sleeping habits

15th September 2015 | Kimberly Horton, Sioned Pearce

Civil Society

Media

Dr Sioned Pearce interviewed on BBC Radio Cyrmu about youth political engagement

7th August 2015 | Sioned Pearce

Dr Sioned Pearce was interviewed by the BBC’s Radio Cymru’s Post Cyntaf programme about research on the attitudes of 16 and 17 year olds to politics, ahead of her talk on the subject at the Eisteddfod

Civil Society

Media

‘Politics does not affect 30% of teens’ lives, poll shows’ – BBC News

12th May 2015 | Sioned Pearce

Dr Sioned Pearce was interviewed by the BBC’s Steffan Messenger regarding Young People and Politics, the interview can be accessed below. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-31824693

Civil Society

Blog

Politically Engaged but Unrepresented? Attitudes to Politics Among the Voters of Tomorrow

17th March 2015 | Sioned Pearce

With just 50 days until the UK general election the opinions of young people are becoming ever more important to politicians. However research suggests that young people are becoming increasingly disengaged from the political system, with many feeling that politicians are failing to discuss the issues which matter to them. Only 41% of those aged 18 to 25…

Civil Society | WISERD Education

Workshop

Professor Michèle Lamont Workshop – Visit to Cardiff University

25th March 2025 | Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University

WISERD is pleased to announce that Cultural Sociologist Professor Michèle Lamont of Harvard University will be visiting Cardiff’s School of Social Sciences on the 24-25th March 2025, as part of her Leverhulme Visiting Professorship. Professor Lamont is internationally recognised and acclaimed for her work on morality, group boundaries, and inequality. She has tackled topics such as dignity,…

Seminar

Professor Michèle Lamont Evening Talk – Visit to Cardiff University

24th March 2025 | Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University

WISERD Online Lunchtime Seminar

Youth unemployment and work insecurity under devolution: a comparative analysis of sub-state welfare

30th January 2024 | Online

Presented by Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University): The steady decline of youth unemployment since the 2008/9 global economic recession was sharply reversed across Western Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic with lockdowns impacting the sectors most likely to employ 18-24 year olds. Although, youth employment rates are now declining, research shows that any period of unemployment has…

WISERD Online Lunchtime Seminar

WISERD online lunchtime seminar- Youth unemployment, precarity and civil society: devolved policy and its implications for the young post-COVID-19

12th January 2021 | Online

Youth unemployment, precarity and civil society: devolved policy and its implications for the young post-COVID-19 Presented by Sioned Pearce This presentation will focus on unemployment and precarity amongst the young across Western Europe in the wake of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19. In the UK 14.5% of 16-24-year-olds are currently unemployed, up from 11.2%…

Cardiff Lunchtime Seminar

Monetary value of volunteering: filling a gap in government public spend?

10th April 2018 | Cardiff

Presented by Sioned Pearce, Cardiff University This seminar is part of the Cardiff WISERD Lunchtime Seminar series. If you are an external guest, please contact us (029 2087 9338) to confirm availability of places. For further information please contact WISERD.Events@cardiff.ac.uk

Conference

Young People and Brexit – One year on

22nd June 2017 | London

The EU referendum was one of the most remarkable events in British politics for generations: it led to a redefining of the relationship between the UK and the European Union, the resignation of a sitting Prime Minister, to more young people voting than in any election since the 1990s, and it is now related to…

Cardiff Lunchtime Seminar

Integration, interrelations and status within Communities First partnerships: reflections from a qualitative study of Wales’ first devolved anti-poverty programme

25th April 2017 | Cardiff

Presented by Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University)

Conference

One-Day Symposium: Research Impact in the Social Sciences and Humanities

24th January 2017 | Aberystwyth

A one-day symposium organised by WISERD and the Aberystwyth University Transformative Social Science Programme to discuss how to maximise the impact of research in the social sciences and humanities with non-academic audiences including policy-makers, business, civil society, communities and the media.

Cardiff Lunchtime Seminar

How we talk about impact: reconceptualising the rise of impact as a phenomenon in social policy

4th October 2016 | Cardiff

Presented by Sioned Pearce (Cardiff University)

Cardiff Lunchtime Seminar

Politics, Devolution and the Voters of Tomorrow: Attitudes to Politics Among to 16 to 17 year-olds in Wales and England

17th November 2015 | Cardiff

This event is part of the WISERD Cardiff lunchtime seminar series which focuses on research currently being undertaken by WISERD researchers. Presented By: Sioned Pearce

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