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
- Dr Anwen Elias, Co-Director, WISERD Aberystwyth
- Professor Martina Feilzer, Co-Director, WISERD Bangor
- Professor Gary Higgs, Co-Director, WISERD University of South Wales
- Professor Chris Taylor, Co-Director, WISERD Cardiff
- 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 in Economic Geography, Cardiff University
- Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, Pro-Vice Chancellor Research & Impact, Director, National Institute for Health Research's Health Services & Delivery Research Programme, Bangor University
- Professor Steve Smith, Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Policy, University of South Wales
- Professor Martin Stringer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Swansea University
- Professor Alison Kingston-Smith, Associate Dean for Research, 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
- Mamta Arnott, Estyn
- Professor Carlo Borzaga, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Trento
- Joe Grice, Executive Director, Office of National Statistics
- Dr Alyson Thomas, Director of Policy and Funding, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
- Dr. Steven Marshall, Chief Social Research Officer, Welsh Government
- Professor Ken Mayhew, University of Oxford, Pembroke College
- Anna Nicholl, Director of Strategy and Sector Development, Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
- Professor Kate Pahl, Head of ESRI, Faculty of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University
- 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
- Tim Peppin, Director of Regeneration and Sustainable Development, Welsh Local Government Association
- Jonathan Price, Chief Economist, Welsh Government
- Ceridwen Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
- 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
- Gabriele Durrant, Deputy Director, National Centre of Research Methods
- Viv Sugar, Chair of Board of Trustees, Bevan Foundation
- Emily Fancourt, ESRC Case Officer, ESRC