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  WISERD Co-director Professor Paul Chaney has presented new findings on adult social care delivery during the pandemic at “Transnational and Transdisciplinary Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic – An International Symposium”. The conference was organised by Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Government and International Studies in association with the David C. Lam Institute for East-West…

  Ar 19 Mai, cynhaliodd WISERD a Chanolfan Ymchwil Prifysgol Economïau’r Dyfodol ym Mhrifysgol Fetropolitan Manceinion ddigwyddiad ar-lein i lansio dau lyfr: City Regions and Devolution in the UK a The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK. Roedd y digwyddiad yn cynnwys trafodaeth gan yr awduron, ochr yn ochr â sylwebaeth gan banel…

Popular conceptions of science as ‘objective’ and ‘neutral’ suggest it sits outside the problems of rights and justice that often characterise the discourse around civil society. Developments in social science and community activism since at least the 1960s – eg, the Love Canal scandal in the US – show that this view is deeply flawed….

  Mae’r Athro Kevin Morgan ymhlith cymrodyr newydd eu hethol eleni i Gymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru. Sefydlwyd Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru yn 2010 yn absenoldeb cymdeithas ddysgu genedlaethol yng Nghymru. Ei nodau yw cyfrannu at hyrwyddo rhagoriaeth ym mhob disgyblaeth ysgolheigaidd, sy’n cynnwys rhoi cyngor annibynnol ac arbenigol i’r Llywodraeth. Mae cael eich ethol yn Gymrawd yn…

Annual official reports published by the Welsh Government primarily focus on exclusion instances; their yearly trends and variations by key characteristics, such as ethnicity and reason for exclusion. However, there is a need to expand this analysis by focusing on excluded individuals and the potential consequences of school exclusions on pupil outcomes. This would be…

In this second blog post, Professor Paul Chaney continues to share his research with Professors Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre published by Oxford University Press and The Hansard Society, which analyses the significant rise in animal welfare petitions submitted to the UK parliament over the past decade. This analysis is part of the research project, New arenas for civic…

New research by WISERD Professors Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre  published by Oxford University Press and The Hansard Society, analyses a significant rise in animal welfare petitions submitted to the UK parliament over the past decade. This analysis is part of the research project,  New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and…

With all eyes on the results of the ‘Super Thursday’ elections, much has been made of the differences in the electoral fortunes of political parties in England, Scotland and Wales. Indeed, the strength of the Conservatives’ performance in England was not replicated either in Scotland or Wales – with the SNP dominating the former and…

There is evidence to suggest that school exclusions can have negative effects on children’s lives. Exclusions have been associated with poor educational outcomes, and long-term physical and mental health problems. We need to investigate how patterns of exclusions and characteristics of excluded pupils differ across time and can help to inform current understanding of possible…

Ar 20 Ebrill, cafodd yr Athro W. John Morgan, Cymrawd Emeritws Leverhulme yn WISERD, ei wahodd i gyflwyno darlith drwy Zoom i Gymdeithas Anrhydeddus y Cymmrodorion, cymdeithas ddysgedig Cymry Llundain a sefydlwyd ym 1751. Thema ei ddarlith oedd Ben Bowen Thomas, Cymru, ac UNESCO. Ffocws ymchwil Leverhulme yr Athro Morgan yw defnyddio’r Cenhedloedd Unedig a’u…