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New research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney analyses civil society organisations’ perspectives on how the UK, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland governments are responding to their international human rights treaty obligations in the formulation and delivery of social policy. This socio-legal study is the first that examines human rights and the territorialisation of social welfare…

      Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn rhoi trosolwg o’n gweithgareddau ymchwil yn 2019 – blwyddyn sydd wedi dynodi diwedd un bennod a dechrau pennod newydd, ac wedi cryfhau sefyllfa WISERD fel canolfan ymchwil genedlaethol bwysig. Darllenwch ragor am ein proffil incwm diweddaraf, y gwaith sydd ar y gweill i gryfhau ein cysylltiadau rhyngwladol, ein…

Mae’n debygol bod pobl sydd â dementia ac yn byw yn y gymuned yn debygol o gael eu heffeithio’n anghymesur gan fesurau cadw pellter cymdeithasol, ymneilltuo a chyfyngiadau’r cyfnod clo. Mae Cyfarwyddwr Canolfan Cymdeithas Sifil WISERD, yr Athro Ian Rees Jones, yn rhan o raglen ymchwil ‘Gwella profiadau o Dementia a Gwella Byw’n Actif’ (prosiect…

Empty supermarket shelves have been a scary symptom of the COVID-19 crisis. From daily staples to sneaky snacks, we’re running low. Those shelves reveal something we don’t normally need to think about: here in Wales, our dinners depend on imported food, supply chains, and distribution networks. Could panic at the shops have been averted if…

  Catherine Calderwood, forced to resign as Scotland’s chief medical officer, is far from the only city dweller to have caused controversy by flouting lockdown rules to visit her second home in the countryside. Resentment over “coronavirus holidays” is rising. The Covid-19 crisis has prompted some to seek to escape the city. Green spaces are…

Our understanding of how COVID-19 is moving through populations is still developing and the lack of reliable data means we are largely limited to case fatality estimates and we can only best guess the infection fatality rate. However, it is clear that the risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID19 has a sharp age gradient….

  Mae’r tîm o ymchwilwyr sy’n arwain gwaith economi sylfaenol WISERD wedi cyfrannu at adroddiad COVID-19, sy’n cyflwyno achos ar gyfer adnewyddu’r economi sylfaenol ar ôl i’r argyfwng o ran iechyd y cyhoedd ddod i ben. Mae’r argyfwng yn dangos pwysigrwydd yr economi sylfaenol, sef y rhan honno o’r economi sy’n cynhyrchu nwyddau a gwasanaethau…

This week, hundreds of thousands of volunteers reported for duty and have started helping the NHS in its fight against coronavirus. The public’s response in volunteering to assist the NHS has been one of the most positive reactions to the current coronavirus crisis. In particular, over 250,000 people living in England signed up to volunteer to provide help for…

  Mae firws COVID-19 yn newid y ffordd rydym ni’n byw ein bywydau, ac mae ein cymdeithas a’n heconomi’n gorfod addasu. O gau ysgolion a’r newidiadau o ran asesu i rôl cymdeithas sifil a’r effaith ar weithwyr, gall ein hymchwil helpu i wneud synnwyr o rai o’r newidiadau hyn. Dros yr wythnosau nesaf, er mwyn…

New research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney, analyses civil society organisations’ (CSOs’)  perspectives on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Over the past decade, the majority of CIS countries have finally ratified the CRPD, offering new rights for the region’s…