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As part of a series of blog posts on WISERD’s civil society and animal welfare research, here we look at the views and experiences of civil society organisations (CSOs) lobbying Westminster for better animal welfare. These are emerging findings taken from a series of in-depth interviews with campaigners. This is worth studying because over recent…

As part of a series of blog posts on WISERD’s civil society and animal welfare research, here we look at the “territorialisation” of animal welfare rights and how this is being driven by civil society activism. In other words, civil society organisations (CSOs) successfully lobbying for distinctive laws and policies that convey contrasting protections in…

As part of a series of blog posts on civil society and animal welfare, here we look at emerging findings from our analysis of civil society organisations’ (CSOs’) campaigning to ban greyhound racing in Wales and Scotland. This is prompted by welfare concerns and relatedly, because races in these countries are not subject to statutory…

International, comparative and action research can be shaped through an unexpected and highly unpredictable rationale when conducting fieldwork research. In 1946, Kurt Lewin defined action research as ‘transformative research on the conditions and effects of various forms of social action that employs a spiral of steps, each consisting of a cycle of planning, action, and…

Disability is associated with significant labour market disadvantage internationally but despite arguments that trade unions act as a ‘sword of justice’ and protect the most disadvantaged employees, there has been relatively limited exploration of the relationship between trade unions and disability-related labour inequality. Our latest analysis provides new evidence for the UK with important insights…

Mae llyfr yr Athro W. John Morgan ar yr athronydd ac addysgwr Iddewig enwog o Awstria, Martin Buber, Buber and Education: Dialogue as Conflict Resolution,  (gyda Alexandre Guilherme), Routledge, 2014, wedi’i gyfieithu i Bortiwgaleg a’i gyhoeddi ym Mrasil gan Wasg Prifysgol PUCR, Porto Allegre, gyda chefnogaeth Comisiwn Cenedlaethol Brasil i  UNESCO. Roedd Martin Buber yn…

Fel rhan o gyfres o flogiau ar ein hymchwil ar weithrediaeth cymdeithas sifil a hawliau lles anifeiliaid, dyma rannu rhai canfyddiadau sy’n dod i’r amlwg ar effaith datganoli yn y DU. Canfyddiad allweddol o’n cyfres o gyfweliadau manwl gydag ymgyrchwyr sy’n cynrychioli sefydliadau cymdeithas sifil yw eu rhwystredigaeth gyda San Steffan a safbwyntiau cadarnhaol yn…

While academic literature on environmentalism has long emphasised the interdependence and fragility of all life forms on earth, scholarly work on civil society has largely overlooked the position of non-humans. Our research is seeking to address this by examining contemporary civil society advocacy for animal welfare rights in the UK. As part of a series…

Ar 31 Gorffennaf, yng ngoleuni Rishi Sunak, cyhoeddodd y prif weinidog gynlluniau i roi dros 100 o drwyddedau olew a nwy newydd ar gyfer Môr y Gogledd,  ymddangosodd Dr Aaron Thierry ar BBC News i  egluro beth mae hyn yn ei olygu i dargedau sero net y DU. Eglurodd pam na fydd trwyddedu olew a…

Dadansoddiad o Blaid Cymru a’i harweinydd newydd gan gyd-gyfarwyddwr CWPS-WISERD, Dr Anwen Elias a Dr Elin Royles o Ganolfan Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru a The Conversation ar 17 Gorffennaf. Cafodd hefyd ei ailgyhoeddi yn Golwg ar 20 Gorffennaf a’r Western Mail ar 22 Gorffennaf.