WISERD Executive Group
The WISERD Executive Group comprises the WISERD Director and the WISERD Co-Directors. Other members may be co-opted to the Executive Group. The role of the WISERD Executive Group is to coordinate WISERD’s research and infrastructural programmes; to maintain the connections between WISERD and the participating institutions; and to contribute to the strategic direction and future sustainability of WISERD.
Current members
- Chair: Professor Sally Power, WISERD Director and Director of WISERD Education, WISERD Cardiff
- Professor Ian Rees Jones, Civil Society Centre Director, WISERD Cardiff
- Professor David Blackaby, Co-Director, WISERD Swansea
- Professor Paul Chaney, Co-Director, WISERD Cardiff
- Rhys Davies, Co-Director, WISERD Cardiff
- Dr Anwen Elias, Co-Director, WISERD Aberystwyth
- Professor Martina Feilzer, Co-Director, WISERD Bangor
- Professor Gary Higgs, Co-Director, WISERD University of South Wales
- Dr Robin Mann, Co-Director WISERD Bangor University
- Professor Nigel O'Leary, Co-Director WISERD Swansea University
- Professor Mike Woods, Co-Director, WISERD Aberystwyth
- Alexandra Williams, Research Programme Manager
WISERD Steering Group
The WISERD Steering Group is comprised of colleagues who have strategic responsibility for the delivery of social science research within each of the WISERD partner institutions. The role of the group is to monitor the overall direction of WISERD activities and offer advice on the achievement of its aims. It also plays a key role in the development of strategies to foster sustainability for the institute.
Current members:
- Chair: Professor Gillian Bristow, Dean of Research for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Economic Geography, Cardiff University
- Professor Andrew Edwards, Dean of College of Arts, Humanities and Business, Bangor University
- Professor Martin Steggall , Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, University of South Wales
- Professor Martin Stringer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Swansea University
- Professor David Thomas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Bangor University
- Professor Andrew Thomas, Head of Aberystwyth Business School, Aberystwyth University
WISERD Advisory Board Membership
The role of the WISERD Advisory Group is to advise on WISERD’s academic development and engagement with policy communities, especially in relation to wider developments across the UK and internationally.
Current members:
- Chair: Professor Susan McVie, Professor of Quantitative Criminology, Edinburgh University
- Gabriele Durrant, Deputy Director, National Centre of Research Methods
- Joe Grice, Executive Director, Office of National Statistics
- Professor Lydia Morris, University of Essex
- Tim Peppin, Director of Regeneration and Sustainable Development, Welsh Local Government Association
- Jonathan Price, Chief Economist, Welsh Government
- Dr Alyson Thomas, Director of Policy and Funding, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
- Emily Fancourt, ESRC Case Officer (Observer)
WISERD International Advisors
- Professor Carlo Borzaga, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Trento
- Professor Jamie Peck, Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy, Distinguished University Scholar, and Professor of Geography, Managing Editor, Environment & Planning A - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Merril Silverstein, Ph.D. Cantor Professor of Aging Studies, Maxwell School, Department of Sociology, Falk College, Department of Human Development and Family Science - Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States