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  Research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney, Dr Christala Sophocleous, and Professor Daniel Wincott, provides new insights into the issues facing third sector community-based adult care services in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales and Northern Ireland. The findings come from two ESRC-funded studies that are part of WISERD’S civil society research programme. The first…

Research by WISERD Professors Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre analyses over 1,300 pledges on animal welfare in party manifestos for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections from 1998 to 2017. It reveals the nature of political parties’ competition over the issue, as well as a significant increase in attention to this topic…

Heddiw bydd canolfan Cymdeithas Sifil ESRC yn cael ei lansio ym Mhrifysgol Bangor: Newid Safbwyntiau ar Haeniad Dinesig a Thrwsio Sifil. Yn y lansiad, bydd Rhag Is-Ganghellor Ymchwil Prifysgol Bangor, yr Athro Paul Spencer a Chyfarwyddwr WISERD yr Athro Sally Power, Prifysgol Caerdydd, yn siarad am WISERD, ei rôl yng Nghymru a’r ffyrdd y gall…

New research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney analyses political parties’ policy record on refugees and asylum seekers in party manifestos for post-war Westminster, and post-1998 Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections. A refugee is someone who is outside her or his country of nationality due to a well-founded fear of persecution and who is…

Mae WISERD wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Chyngor Sefydliadau Gwirfoddol Cymru (WCVA) a Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru i greu archif ddigidol ag arwyddocâd hanesyddol o Adroddiadau Blynyddol y WCVA a’r sefydliadau a’i rhagflaenodd. Rydym yn hynod o falch i allu cyflwyno’r adnodd hwn yn gyhoeddus am ddim i haneswyr cymdeithasol, ymchwilwyr a phobl gyffredinol chwilfrydig. Mae…

Civil society forms an important element in the Enlightenment trinity of market-state-civil society and has been well studied, with authors attempting to trace its genealogy in political, economic, and social theory. But this approach did not match the concerns of those within the WISERD Civil Society ESRC research centre. Instead, I interpreted civil society as…

This book explores the relationship between civil society and the family. Given how important family life is in the routines and responsibilities of individuals around the world, it is surprising that links between family and civic and political engagement have not received more attention until now. Ideas about family life colour our decisions about where…

The Foundational Economy has been described as those everyday goods and services that provide the basis for a civilized life. But this begs numerous questions including: What does the Foundational Economy consist of? Why should we be concerned about it? And how can ordinary people get involved in developing it? In a new edited collection…

This book focuses on how people’s engagement with civil society changes over the lifecourse. There has been growing concern in recent decades about the health of civil society. A lot of evidence points to an overall decline in civic participation – and in particular a lack of engagement by young people. It is generally the…

On 10th August 2020 a group of women volunteers gathered at Lark craft studio at Cardiff MADE to make re-useable face-masks for members of the local community on low incomes. The initial idea for this event came from Sarah May, who posted an appeal on her local Mutual Aid Group, and was joined by local…