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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…

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…

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…

A shortage of robust, nationally consistent evidence at a town level has been a longstanding problem in the UK. Without evidence it is difficult for town stakeholders, such as planners, town councils, third sector organisations and community groups, to determine local needs, evaluate the effectiveness of town management strategies and to learn from past success….

Ar 22 Medi, cynhaliodd WISERD y cyntaf o dri gweithdy a drefnwyd gan Rwydwaith Ymchwil Ymfudo Cymru newydd WISERD. Nod ‘Cyflawni Effaith y Tu Hwnt i Ymchwil’ yw cynnig yr adnoddau sydd eu hangen ar academyddion ar bob cam o’u gyrfa i drosglwyddo eu harbenigedd a’u gwybodaeth o’r byd academaidd a’r gynulleidfa academaidd i’r gymuned…

Anwen Elias, Aberystwyth University and Matt Wall, Swansea University Can the United Kingdom survive Brexit? This remains one of the great unanswered questions of our time. Politically, two major narratives have dominated. The first is that the UK is on a break-up trajectory. Brexit has revived the Scottish independence movement and destabilised Northern Irish politics. Clashes between UK and…

New research by WISERD Co-director Professor Paul Chaney examines civil society perspectives on children’s rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The study confirms widespread violations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Since 1967 Israel has occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In 1980, Israel officially annexed East Jerusalem…

Cardiff University’s sbarc | spark building, the world’s first social science research park which will launch next year, is the featured in an article (University Business, 13/08/21).