WISERD Annual Conference 2025

This year’s WISERD Annual Conference will take place at Aberystwyth University on Monday 30 June and Tuesday 1 July.

People, Places, and the Public Sphere

WISERD has secured £1.6m of funding from the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for the three-year research programme, ‘People, Places, and the Public Sphere’.

WISERD Insight report

Read our annual report, WISERD Insight, featuring our key areas of activity, income profile, funding and engagement activities in 2023.

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WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study

Latest findings from the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study.

WISERD News

Our latest edition of WISERD News is now available, highlighting our contribution to social science research and the ways in which we are influencing policy in Wales.

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WISERD video

Our new WISERD video provides a fresh introduction to WISERD, including our research networks, collaborative projects with partners and our commitment to capacity building and training.

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Photo gallery: The past in the present

A selection of photos from our recent anniversary event ‘The past in the present: Reflections on coal mining and the miners’ strike 1984-85’.

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Civil Society booklet

Our new ESRC-funded Civil Society Centre explores Changing Perspectives on Civic Stratification and Civil Repair – read more about the projects in this new publication.

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UK productivity and remote working

This report, by academics at Cardiff University and the University of Southampton, presents the first analysis of employee survey data focusing on home-working, which was gathered for the Understanding Society COVID-19 study.

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Civil Society key findings

Discover some of the key findings from our ESRC-funded Civil Society Centre research, carried out between October 2014 and September 2019.

Discover key findings

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Keynote speaker for WISERD Annual Conference 2025 is Professor Irene Hardill from Northumbria University

23rd June 2025

We are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker for the WISERD Annual Conference 2025 is Professor Irene Hardill from Northumbria University. Professor Hardill’s keynote…

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16th June 2025

We are pleased to announce that the website for booking your free tickets for the WISERD Annual Conference 2025 is now LIVE! The conference is…

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Tackling society’s most urgent challenges

9th June 2025

Research explores how communities can work together to bring about positive change. Academics will investigate how citizens, civil society organisations and policymakers are collaborating to…

Blog

Fatal discrimination: new research on the human rights situation of persons with Albinism in Sub-Saharan Africa

3rd June 2025

My new research explores civil society and state perspectives on the human rights status of persons with albinism (PWA), a rare genetic condition characterised by…

Events

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Training Workshop

Quantitative Methods Four-day Bootcamp

8th July 2025

WISERD and Swansea University’s Politics and Governance Research Network invite you to a FREE four-day course in Quantitative Methods lead by Dr Kevin Fahey, Assistant…

Workshop

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Taster workshop

11th July 2025

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® is a method for engaging people, getting them thinking differently, and having a different kind of conversation. In this workshop, you’ll get…

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