WISERD Annual Conference 2024

University of South Wales, Treforest Campus Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th July 2024 BOOKING OPEN!

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WISERD Insight report

Read our annual report, WISERD Insight, featuring our key areas of activity, income profile, funding and engagement activities in 2022.

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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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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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Growing up in Wales: Navigating Uncertain Times

Latest findings from the WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study.

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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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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News

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Blog

Quick, blame the deep state! The tactics at play when Tories spout conspiracy theories

19th March 2024

Conservative MPs seem increasingly willing to use the rhetoric of conspiracy. Recently, Liz Truss claimed that her brief tenure as prime minister had been ended…

News

PrOPEL Hub hackathons help managers take action to improve job quality

13th March 2024

In February 2024, WISERD co-directors, Professor Alan Felstead and Rhys Davies hosted hackathons in Sheffield and Belfast for human resource managers interested in improving job…

Media

ITV coverage of the 1984-85 miners’ strike

8th March 2024

Following our recent event, ‘The past in the present: Reflections on coal mining and the miners’ strike 1984-85’ we were featured on a special ITV…

News

The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales publish final report

4th March 2024

On 17 January, following a two-year national conversation, the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales published their report. The publication outlined three potential…

Events

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Conference

Annual Conference 2024

3rd July 2024

“What would a fairer society look like? How can social science research deepen our understanding of the mechanisms that lead to long-term and persistent inequalities?…

Conference

‘Research methodologies and regional or minority language research’ Conference

9th July 2024

Confirmed Speakers: Dr Jone Goirigolzarri-Garaizar, Prifysgol Deusto a Dr Ane Ortega, Equiling project Professor Leigh Oakes, Queen Mary University of London Professor Bernadette O’Rourke, University of Glasgow Professor…

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