Management & Governance

WISERD is managed and governed by the Executive Group, Steering Group and Advisory Board.

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 Adam Hedgecoe, Director, Cardiff University
    • Rhys Davies, Co-Director, Cardiff University
    • Professor Jean Jenkins, Co-Director, Cardiff University
    • Professor Scott Orford, Co-Director, Cardiff University 
    • Dr Anwen Elias, Co-Director, Aberystwyth University
    • Dr Jesse Heley, Co-Director, Aberystwyth University
    • Professor Mike Woods, Co-Director, Aberystwyth University
    • Professor Martina Feilzer, Co-Director, Bangor University
    • Dr Robin Mann, Co-Director, Bangor University
    • Professor Nigel O’Leary, Co-Director, Swansea University
    • Dr Matthew Wall, Co-Director, Swansea University
    • Professor Gary Higgs, Co-Director, University of South Wales
    • Professor Mitchel Langford, Co-Director, University of South Wales

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:

• • Professor Angela Hatton, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation, Aberystwyth University
  • Professor Peter Shapely, Head of School of History, Law and Social Sciences, Bangor University
  • Professor Jonathan Bradbury, Personal Chair for Politics, Philosophy and International Relations, Swansea University
  • Professor Martin Steggall, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Student Experience, University of South Wales

 

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: Claire Gorrara Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Public Engagement) and the Dean of the School of Advanced Study (SAS), University of London
• Lyn Cadwallader, Chief Executive of One Voice Wales
• Gabriele Durrant, Deputy Director, National Centre of Research Methods
• Irene Hardill, Professor of Public Policy, Northumbria University
• Richard Harris, Professor of Quantitative Social Geography, Bristol University
• Michèle Lamont, Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University
• Lydia Morris, Emeritus Professor Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Essex
• Dr Thomas Nicholls, Chief Economist, Welsh Government
• 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
• Professor Jamie Peck, Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy, University of British Columbia
• Phillip Wales, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency