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Congratulations to WISERD co-director, Dr Anwen Elias, based at Aberystwyth University, who has been appointed by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, as chair of a new Innovating Democracy Advisory Group. The Innovating Democracy Advisory Group has been created following a recommendation in the Independent Commission…

British farmers are protesting against proposals in the recent budget to change inheritance tax relief on farms. They claim the change will force many farm families to sell land in order to pay tax bills. While that is debatable, this is only the latest grievance for farmers who have had to face rising costs, volatile…

Mae undebau llafur ar draws y byd yn wynebu amrywiaeth o aflonyddwch sy’n ansefydlogi strwythurau, arferion a strategaethau traddodiadol. Mae llyfr newydd, Experimenting for Union Renewal, sy’n cynnwys pennod gan ymchwilwyr WISERD ar y sector dillad rhyngwladol, yn nodi dull newydd sy’n canolbwyntio ar arbrofi mewn ymateb i’r aflonyddwch hwn. Gan dynnu ar ddadansoddiadau manwl…

At the recent WISERD Annual Conference, I gave a seminar with partners from civil society on school exclusion in Wales. The seminar explored the role of civil society in school exclusion and how families experience it. Below, I have included a summary of each presentation and a key takeaway for improving policy or practice. Excluded…

Professors Paul Chaney (Cardiff University) and Sarbeswar Sahoo (IIT Delhi) (pictured), in association with Dr Reenu Punnoose (IIT Palakkad) and Dr Haneefa Muhammed have been conducting fieldwork examining civil society perspectives on the contemporary citizenship rights of indigenous people in south India. This is part of research funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. By…

A new study by Professor Paul Chaney examines civil society perspectives on the contemporary human rights situation of indigenous people in Bolivia. It is part of research funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences undertaken in partnership with Professor Sarbeswar Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Dr Reenu Punnoose (Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad)….

Gan dynnu ar eu cyflwyniadau tystiolaeth ysgrifenedig rhoddodd yr Athro Melanie Jones a Victoria Wass dystiolaeth lafar i’r Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb a Chyfiawnder Cymdeithasol ar y rhwystrau i gyflogaeth i bobl anabl. Yn ystod y drafodaeth fe wnaethant dynnu sylw at yr argymhellion yn y Siarter Cyflogaeth Anabledd, galw am fonitro a dadansoddi mesurau ehangach anghydraddoldeb…

I listen to far too many podcasts in my spare time, on all manner of topics – sport, philosophy, current affairs, history, the list goes on. Most of what I listen to is educational, such as the History Extra Podcast and the New Books Network, both of which bring research to life through interviews with…

Cynhaliwyd 7fed Cynhadledd yr Economi Sylfaenol, dan y teitl ‘Gwneud i bethau weithio: arloesi cymdeithasol ar gyfer bywfywedd’ yn sbarcIspark ar 10 ac 11 Medi 2024. Daeth ag ymchwilwyr ac ymarferwyr ynghyd mewn sesiynau thematig a oedd yn archwilio materion sylfaenol ac ymyriadau o Gymru, gweddill y DU a ledled Ewrop. Ein her yw gwneud…

Mae llywodraeth newydd y DU wedi addo gweithredu i atal cartrefi rhag ‘troi’n swyddfeydd 24/7’. Mae’r risg o fod ar-lein drwy’r amser wedi cynyddu ers y pandemig gyda’r ffiniau rhwng gwaith a bywyd yn y cartref yn aneglur i lawer mwy o bobl sy’n gweithio. Mae tua chwarter y gweithwyr, er enghraifft, bellach yn dweud…