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Cyfarwyddwr WISERD, Yr Athro Sally Power yn trafod yr amgylchedd unigryw ar gyfer ymchwiladdysgol yng Nghymru yn rhifyn y gaeaf BERA Research Intelligence.

Yn y rhifyn diweddaraf o The Welsh Agenda mae Dr Anwen Alias, cyd-gyfarwyddwr WISERD, Matthew Jarvis,  aelod o Fwrdd Gweithredol CWPS, a Mike Corcoran a Noreen Blanluet yn trafod ar ba ffurf y dylid cynnal trafodaeth genedlaethol ynglŷn â dyfodol cyfansoddiadol Cymru. Mae’r drafodaeth yn seiliedig ar y prosiect ‘Dyfodol Cyfansoddiadol’ sydd wedi’i leoli ym Mhrifysgol…

Mae Dr Anwen Elias, cyd-gyfarwyddwr WISERD ac arbenigwr ar wleidyddiaeth diriogaethol a chyfansoddiadol o Brifysgol Aberystwyth, wedi’i phenodi’n Gomisiynydd i’r Comisiwn Annibynnol newydd ar Ddyfodol Cyfansoddiadol Cymru. Roedd y Dr Elias, Darllenydd mewn Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Adran Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol, ymhlith y naw unigolyn a benodwyd yn y cyhoeddiad a wnaed yn y Senedd heddiw gan…

Mae Dr Wil Chivers, a benodwyd yn ddiweddar yn ddarlithydd gwyddorau gymdeithasol ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, wedi cyflwyno canfyddiadau o’i ymchwil WISERD sy’n archwilio natur gwaith fel cludwr ar feic yn yr economi gig/platfformau, yng Nghynhadledd Gwaith, Cyflogaeth a Chymdeithas 2021. Mae’r papur, On Your Bike: Exploring the geography and leisure of work as a cycle…

As part of the project Trust, Human Rights and Civil Society in WISERD’s civil society research programme, I’ve been analysing the human rights situation of children in Cambodia. This is an appropriate, yet hitherto neglected area of enquiry because it is almost three decades since the country ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights…

I’ve been analysing civil society organisations’ (CSOs’) perspectives on the crisis facing an estimated one million Rohingya people, members of a Muslim minority group (a variation of the Sunni religion), that have fled persecution in the western state of Rakhine, Myanmar. This work is part of the project Trust, Human Rights and Civil Society in…

The news often paints a rather grim future for Gen Z, the generation born between the late 1990s and early 2010s. There is low perceived job security, housing costs continue to rise relative to wages, and the 2012 tuition fee increase means that many now graduate with more debt than previous generations. The ongoing impacts…

  Mae ymchwilwyr WISERD yn cynnal tair Gŵyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol a fydd yn rhoi sylw i ddiweithdra ymhlith pobl ifanc a chymdeithas sifil yng nghyd-destun datganoli, systemau bwyd cymunedol lleol a phrosiect gwyddoniaeth dinasyddion sy’n archwilio monitro ansawdd aer. Diweithdra ymhlith pobl ifanc a chymdeithas sifil yng nghyd-destun datganoli: cymhariaeth is-wladwriaeth 11 Tachwedd 2021 Mae’r…

In my previous blog post, I discussed regional variations in attitudes towards climate change, with people living in Wales appearing more sceptical in comparison to those in other parts of Britain. However, attitudes to climate change also differ according to people’s characteristics such as gender, age and educational level, and these will affect regional differences…

Climate change has become one of the most pressing issues facing policymakers across the globe. The topic has received increased attention in the United Kingdom in the past few months because the COP26 summit on climate change has now started in Glasgow and will run until November 12th. COP26 is the 26th meeting of the…