We are pleased to announce the call for applications to our Civil Society Fellowship scheme. This is a career development opportunity for those in the immediate postdoctoral stage of their career.

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WISERD Annual Conference 2020

Call for Papers now open for the WISERD Annual Conference 2020.

Deadline Monday 2nd March 2020

WISERD celebrates good news!

We are delighted to have secured a slice of funding from the Economic and Social Research Council for the continuation of our civil society research.

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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.

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WISERD News magazine

The latest issue - out now - includes blog posts from our researchers and news stories from across WISERD, including updates on our research projects and recent events.

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WISERD Insight report

Our 2019 annual report provides an overview of WISERD's research impact and outputs over the last year, including an update on our funding profile, publications and international partnerships.

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Changing Wales: WISERD at 10

Our WISERD at 10 anniversary marked the launch of a publication showcasing some of the pioneering research that has taken place over the last ten years and an insight into some of WISERD’s continuing projects.

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WISERD Education report

Changing the landscape of educational research in Wales covers funding updates, publications and our contribution to education policy.

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News

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News Celebrating Civil Society Research: A New Chapter

13th February 2020

This week we launched our five-year plan for civil society research at a stakeholder event at the...

Blog Reflections on ‘The Rise and Fall of Think Tanks in Wales’, by Victoria Winckler from the Bevan Foundation

25th February 2020

I have followed WISERD’s civil society project with great interest over the years. There is much for civil society organisations to learn from and to reflect upon in Wales as elsewhere. Yet in all of...

News WISERD's civil society research the subject of a major new book series

29th January 2020

The Series entitled ‘Civil Society and Social Change’ is published by Policy Press and edited by Professors Ian Rees Jones, Mike Woods and Paul Chaney. This timely landmark will extend the field of...

News New research reveals rights violations of disabled people in the Commonwealth of Independent States

28th January 2020

New research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney, analyses civil society organisations’ (CSOs’) perspectives on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...

Blog Gender Pay Gap Transparency Legislation in the UK: How have employers responded?

15th January 2020

The Equality Act Regulations 2017 required all firms with over 250 employees in the UK to publish their gender pay gap (GPG) annually. This paved the way for employers to focus on causes of and...

Events

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Training WISERD TCB- Data Visualisation and Infographic Design

26th February 2020 |

Cardiff

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION The course will now take place at at 38 Park Place in the WISERD Boardroom This is a one day course that will be run on both Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th February...

Training Introduction to WIMD and Cartography in QGIS

1st April 2020 |

Introduction to WIMD and Cartography in QGIS This course will give participants an overview of what WIMD (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation) is and how they can use QGIS to make great maps of the...

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