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In Wales as elsewhere, the role of volunteers has been brought to the fore during the COVID-19 pandemic as people offered their services to help address the needs of vulnerable groups within their communities. Concerns surrounding the sustainability of such volunteering efforts have drawn attention to the types of infrastructure that could help facilitate and…

During the recent G7 summit in St Ives, hundreds of protesters gathered to participate in demonstrations and activities about environmental issues. One of the most prominent images in media reports of these protests is of two children on the beach, with a colourful sign reading ‘no one is too small to make a difference’. The…

Oherwydd cyfyngiadau Covid-19, roedd Cyfres Haf WISERD yn cynnwys pedwar digwyddiad ar-lein yn lle ein Cynhadledd Flynyddol arferol. Roedd y digwyddiadau hyn yn trin a thrafod rhai o feysydd ymchwil sefydledig a’r rheini sy’n datblygu o hyd yn WISERD, a lansiwyd dau rwydwaith ymchwil newydd, sef Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Ymfudo Cymru a’r Rhwydwaith Lles. I lansio…

A new book entitled ‘Civil Society and Citizenship in India and Bangladesh’ by WISERD Co-director Professor Paul Chaney and Dr Sarbeswar Sahoo of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, presents multidisciplinary research exploring the opportunities and challenges facing civil society in today’s India and Bangladesh. It informs contemporary understanding of citizenship, gender rights and social identities…

Mae’n bleser gennym gyhoeddi enillydd ein Cystadleuaeth Poster PhD WISERD 2021 flynyddol. Muhao Du o Brifysgol Caerdydd sydd wedi ennill y wobr am ei boster – ‘Finding Harmony in Hardship: experiences of expatriates in subsidiaries of Chinese MNCs in the high technology sector’. Mae Emma Reardon o Brifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant wedi ennill…

  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…