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It is recognised across many different spheres of public services, research, health and community work that working in co-production with stakeholders and the public can bring benefits to all, and produce more meaningful outcomes. While the concept of co-production is well evidenced, the difficulty lies in actually doing this work properly, as different actors bring…

As previous posts in this series have shown, one of the major challenges facing British democracy is the declining tendency of successive generations of young citizens to vote, leaving them under-represented in policy-making and potentially raising questions about the legitimacy of our democratic institutions in the future, as this low turnout becomes a lifelong habit….

Mae Dr Stuart Fox wedi ennill medal Dillwyn ar gyfer y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol gan Gymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru. Maen un o dri ymchwilydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd i dderbyn gwobr am gydnabyddiaeth o waith ymchwil rhagorol ar ddechrau gyrfa. Dyfarnwyd y medalau mewn seremoni i ddathlu llwyddiannau’r byd academaidd ar 22 Mai yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a…

  Austerity, the further devolution of powers, and issues such as an ageing population, climate change, and Brexit are all important conditions and events leading to uncertainty, instability and an unprecedented situation in Welsh policy and politics. These issues affect how and why policy is made and services are delivered. Held in partnership with the…

Cynhaliodd WISERD ddarlith gyda’r nos a symposiwm undydd ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd yr wythnos hon. Trefnwyd y digwyddiad ar y cyd gyda’r Sefydliad Anthropolegol Brenhinol, Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru a Chymdeithas Anrhydeddus y Cymmrodorion. Roedd Anthropolegau Cymdeithasol y Cymry: Y Gorffennol a’r Presennol yn edrych ar ddatblygiad anthropoleg gymdeithasol yng Nghymru o safbwyntiau ysgolheictod cenedlaethol ac ymgysylltu…

      WISERD has been successful in gaining funding for new international research. Led by Professor Paul Chaney, the project is entitled: ‘Civil Society Advocacy and the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Resolutions’. Co-investigator of the new study is Professor Nasir Uddin of the University of Chittagong, a leading international scholar on the…

Mae adroddiad newydd gan y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig yn seiliedig ar ymchwil WISERD wedi’i gyhoeddi gan yr Athro Judith Marquand, Kate O’Sullivan a Dr Sioned Pearce o Brifysgol Caerdydd. Mae ‘Ffactorau sy’n dylanwadu ar ymgysylltiad cymunedol a lleol ag ynni adnewyddadwy yng Nghymru’yn seiliedig ar sgyrsiau gyda phobl sy’n cymryd rhan yn uniongyrchol mewn prosiectau…

Professor W. John Morgan visited the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-La Sorbonne this week, at the personal invitation of Professor Georges Haddad, the University’s President, to discuss his Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship research on ‘UNESCO and the Cultural Cold War: International Intellectual Co-operation or Soft Power?’ Professor Haddad was formerly Director of the Division of Higher…

  I am a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Brasilia. Through the Erasmus+ programme, I spent six months on a research placement at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. I have been based in the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD). At WISERD I had…

When we talk about the benefits of volunteering this is usually in relation to young people. Most organisations promote volunteering opportunities to young people; ‘good news’ stories in the media about volunteering focus on the activities of young citizens; and government interventions to increase participation are usually focused on school initiatives (such as the Welsh…