Scott Orford

WISERD Co-Director / Data Portal and Research Data Co-ordinator Prifysgol Caerdydd

OrfordS@cardiff.ac.uk 02920875272

Mae'r cynnwys hwn ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig.

Scott is a Professor of GIS and quantitative human geography and has research interests in modelling socio-economic processes using techniques that are sensitive to spatial context.

He has particular expertise in multi-level modelling, multivariate statistics, and visualization and has worked on projects in a variety of social science areas such as health, population studies and electoral studies, all within a GIS and spatial modelling framework. Scott has a special interest in housing and housing markets and is very familiar with the principal socio-economic and environmental data sets for Wales and the UK.

He is currently researching innovation in data integration and data construction, and the mapping and spatial analysis of qualitative data.

Scott Orford Bio

Deall Lleoedd Cymreig

Trosolwg Gwefan yw Deall Lleoedd Cymru a’i nod yw bod y pwynt cyswllt cyntaf er mwyn cael gwybodaeth ystadegol am drefi a chymunedau yng Nghymru. Mae cyfran sylweddol o bobl yng Nghymru yn byw mewn trefi a chymunedau bychain. Fodd bynnag, mae polisi cyhoeddus yn esgeuluso lleoedd o’r fath yn rhy aml. Er bod cyllid…

Tîm Ymchwil: Catriona Dickson (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Ian Harvey (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Samuel Jones (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes

Overview The study carried out analysis of existing secondary sources of quantitative data in order to investigate levels of social capital within communities in relation to changing levels of provision of key public services. The study built on research conducted in Phase 1 of WISERD on the use of enhanced two step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) techniques to examine…

Tîm Ymchwil: Gary Higgs (Prifysgol De Cymru), Mitch Langford (Prifysgol De Cymru), Nicholas Page (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (ADRC)

About the Centre The main aim of ADRC WALES was to create a world-class administrative data research centre, known for its ability to access, link and make safe use of data for high quality research. Our work was underpinned by a robust Governance framework. ADRC Wales objectives were to: Provide powerful, robust, state-of-the art data linkage and data…

Tîm Ymchwil: Chris Taylor (Prifysgol Caerdydd), David Blackaby (Prifysgol Abertawe), Dora Pouliou (Prifysgol Abertawe), Foteini Tseliou (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Ian Rees Jones (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Ian Thomas (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Katy Huxley (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Peter Mackie (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Rhys Davies (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Porth Data WISERD

Mae porth data WISERD DataPortal yn gymhwysiad ar y we sy’n gwella gallu ymchwilwyr i chwilio, darganfod, mapio a lawrlwytho data ymchwil economaidd-gymdeithasol sy’n ymwneud â Chymru. Y nod yw annog ymchwilwyr i ailddefnyddio ac ail-bwrpasu data sydd eisoes yn bodoli. Pwy a’i datblygodd? Datblygwyd WISERD DataPortal gan Sefydliad Ymchwil, Data a Methodoleg Gymdeithasol ac Economaidd Cymru…

Tîm Ymchwil: Catriona Dickson (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Ian Harvey (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Samuel Jones (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Rhwydwaith Ymchwil ar Dai Cymru

The Welsh Housing Research Network brings together researchers and research organisations in Wales in the field of housing. Researchers are exploring housing issues via a multitude of disciplines ranging from the social sciences and economics to architecture and health. Moreover, network members are drawn from academia, government, the voluntary sector and the private sector. This…

Tîm Ymchwil: Paul Milbourne (Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Space (CRESS)), Peter Mackie (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Philip Murphy (Prifysgol Abertawe), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Change in Alcohol Outlet Density and Alcohol-Related Harm to Population Health

Overview The research sought to directly address the NIHR commissioning brief by firstly developing a new method of measuring alcohol outlet density in Wales using Geographical Information System (GIS) methods which include a more realistic and robust measure of population accessibility to alcohol outlets than previously published methods. It would obtain data on alcohol outlets from the…

Tîm Ymchwil: Chris Webster (Prifysgol Caerdydd), David Fone (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Frank Dunstan (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Narushige Shiode (Kings College London), Ronan Lyons (Prifysgol Abertawe), Sarah Rodgers (Prifysgol Lerpwl), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Shin Lee (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Analysis of Turnout Data in Welsh Elections

WISERD analysed turnout data for the 2011 NAW elections and produced a report for the Electoral Commission.

Tîm Ymchwil: Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Evaluation of the 2006-2011 Census Programme

The Census of the Population remains a key element of the quantitative research undertaken by the social science community in the UK. It provides an essential snapshot of socio-economic circumstances in the UK and is fundamental to research in many disciplines since it allows for certain types of investigation on issues (e.g. small areas and…

Tîm Ymchwil: Rhys Davies (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Samuel Jones (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Stephen Drinkwater (Prifysgol Roehampton)

Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020

Funding: £119,000 The project was centred on young people and housing and had the following aims; to determine the profile of the housing system in 2020 to ascertain young people’s housing aspirations and how they fit with the current housing system and the system likely to exist in 2020 to identify the ‘new’ winners and…

Tîm Ymchwil: David Clapham (University of Reading), Ian Thomas (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Kelly Buckley (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Peter Mackie (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Scott Orford (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Can the equitable roll out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure be achieved?

Equitable and sufficient charging infrastructure is required for transport decarbonization to reach its goals. Despite increased electric vehicle infrastructure roll out rates, there is still considerable uncertainty regarding the charging market. For example, studies have evidenced disparities in electric vehicle charging placement, however, predictable as the market caters for early adopters. While there is an…

Anghydraddoldeb, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Awst 2023

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Urban public health emergencies and the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 2: Infrastructures, urban governance and civil society

COVID-19 had sudden and dramatic impacts on the organisation and governance of urban life. In Part 2 of this Special Issue on public health emergencies we question the extent to which the pandemic ushered in fundamentally new understandings of urban public health, noting that ideas of urban pathology and the relation of dirt, disease and…

Anghydraddoldeb, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Mehefin 2023

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Urban public health emergencies and the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 1: Social and spatial inequalities in the COVID-city

COVID-19 has had unprecedented impacts on urban life on a global scale, representing the worst pandemic in living memory. In this introduction to the first of two parts of a Special Issue on urban public health emergencies, we suggest that the COVID-19 outbreak, and associated attempts to manage the pandemic, reproduced and ultimately exacerbated the…

Anghydraddoldeb, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Mai 2023

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Public transport availability in Wales: analysing the availability of railways stations and rail services

This paper introduces initial work on the availability of railway stations and rail services in Wales. It investigates how accessible the rail network is to 193 key settlements using the concept of transport availability – the degree to which railway stations can be accessed based on a variety of measures such as proximity, transport provision,…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Ebrill 2022

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Understanding Town Centre Performance in Wales: Using GIS to Develop a Tool for Benchmarking

Welsh Government policy establishes town centres as central places of community activity and local prosperity, recognising the positive impact towns have on the local economy and the well-being and cohesion felt amongst local communities. In light of this, recent declines in the usage of town centres are a major cause for concern. These have not…

Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau | Deall Lleoedd Cymreig | Awst 2021

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The capitalisation of school choice into property prices: a case study of grammar and all ability state schools in Buckinghamshire, UK

There has been a growing academic and policy debate in the UK on the relationship between school choice, educational performance and house prices. School choice and the chances of attending a good school are important as it relates strongly to educational attainment and qualifications, University entry and access to the labour market. This debate was…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb | Medi 2018

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A best practice framework to measure spatial variation in alcohol availability

Alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harms are an internationally reported phenomenon. There are multiple methods described in the literature to measure alcohol outlet density, but with very little commentary on the geographical underpinnings of the methods. In this paper, we present a framework to help practitioners and researchers choose the most appropriate spatial method of…

Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Change in Alcohol Outlet Density and Alcohol-Related Harm to Population Health | Mai 2018

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Testing the ability of multivariate hybrid spatial network analysis to predict the effect of a major urban redevelopment on pedestrian flows

This paper explores a new approach to pedestrian modelling using multivariate hybrid spatial network analysis. Using a case study of Cardiff, Wales it demonstrates how the approach can be used to predict pedestrian flows after a major development of the city centre including the construction of a new purpose built shopping mall. The model is…

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau | Ebrill 2018

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Retailing in Wales’ Largest Towns & Cities 2017

This report reveals the latest figures of Wales’ Towns and Cities including the number of retail premises, the vacancy rates, the retail structure and the relationship with socio-economic characteristics and geographical typology. The main takeaways: The vacancy rate decreased in Wales in all three location types (Retail parks, high streets and shopping centres) that LDC track and…

Lleoliadau | Ionawr 2018

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Mapping the interview transcript: identifying spatial policy areas from daily working practices

An interview transcript can be a rich source of geographical references whose potential are not always fully realised in their conventional analysis. Geo-referencing techniques can be used to assign a spatial footprint to place names, adding value to these data and allowing the geographic information within them to be exploited when coupled with GIS technology….

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes | Tachwedd 2017

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Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales

Excess alcohol consumption has serious adverse effects on health and results in violence-related harm. This study investigated the impact of change in community alcohol availability on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms to health, assessing the effect of population migration and small-area deprivation. This complex interdisciplinary study found that important alcohol-related harms were associated with change…

Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Change in Alcohol Outlet Density and Alcohol-Related Harm to Population Health | Ebrill 2016

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Using routinely collected administrative data in public health research: geocoding alcohol outlet data

We describe our process of geocoding alcohol outlets to create a national longitudinal exposure dataset for Wales, United Kingdom from 2006 to 2011. We investigated variation in the availability of data items and the quality of alcohol outlet addresses held within unitary authorities. We used a standard geocoding method augmented with a manual matching procedure…

Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Change in Alcohol Outlet Density and Alcohol-Related Harm to Population Health | Mawrth 2016

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WISERD Data Portal Webinar

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2015 we demonstrated the new version of the WISERD Data Portal (WDP) with the participation of an exemplar Civil Society organisation, focussing on how the Portal could be used by third sector organisations for Civil Society research. The WDP is an online data search, discovery and…

Data a Dulliau | Porth Data WISERD | Tachwedd 2015

Llyfrau a Phenodau Llyfrau

People, places, policies: knowing contemporary Wales through new localities

Set within the context of UK devolution and constitutional change, People, Places and Policy offers important and interesting insights into ‘place-making’ and ‘locality-making’ in contemporary Wales. Combining policy research with policy-maker and stakeholder interviews at various spatial scales (local, regional, national), it examines the historical processes and working practices that have produced the complex political…

Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Medi 2015

Llyfrau a Phenodau Llyfrau

Introducing WISERD localities

It is uncontested that Wales has a relatively short history of administrative devolution when compared to Scotland and Northern Ireland, if not England (see Osmond, 1978). Jenkins’s cutting analysis makes some of this clear: After its conquest by Edward I in 1278, and its incorporation into England three centuries later by the Tudors, it had…

Lleoliadau | Awst 2015

Llyfrau a Phenodau Llyfrau

Wales: a statistical perspective

Wales is often regarded as being a uniform country, but, as has been highlighted in the previous chapter, it is very diverse with distinct geographical differences in population and other socio-economic and cultural characteristics. This chapter reveals and discusses some of these differences through official statistics presented at a variety of spatial scales with the…

Lleoliadau | Awst 2015

Llyfrau a Phenodau Llyfrau

New localities in action and reaction

This book has been about the WISERD locality research programme, which has operated in the context of a devolved Wales. The spatial backdrop has initially been the Wales Spatial Plan (WSP) and its fuzzy boundaries, and more recently notions of ‘spatial complexity’ associated with the Williams Commission on Public Governance and Delivery. As detailed in…

Lleoliadau | Awst 2015

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The Housing Pathways of Young People in the UK

The authors examine the housing pathways of young people in the UK in the years 1999 to 2008, and consider the changing nature of these pathways in the run up to 2020. They employ a highly innovative methodology, which begins with the identification and description of key drivers likely to affect young people’s housing circumstances…

Anghydraddoldeb, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020 | Ionawr 2014

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Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health

Excess alcohol consumption has serious adverse effects on health and violence-related harm. In the UK around 37% of men and 29% of women drink to excess and 20% and 13% report binge drinking. The potential impact on population health from a reduction in consumption is considerable. One proposed method to reduce consumption is to reduce…

Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Change in Alcohol Outlet Density and Alcohol-Related Harm to Population Health | Mehefin 2012

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Housing Options and Solutions for Young People in 2020

Recent economic, social and political change has generated greater uncertainty in the housing options of young people. The recession has also highlighted challenges such as the lack of available credit and high youth unemployment. The report explores: • the key drivers shaping the housing experiences of young people; • the impacts of key drivers of…

Anghydraddoldeb | Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020 | Mehefin 2012

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The WISERD Geoportal: A tool for the discovery, analysis and visualisation of socio-economic (meta-) data for Wales

The Wales Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) is an interdisciplinary, cross-institutional academic research group based in Wales, UK. One of the key objectives of WISERD is to develop a spatial framework that enhances a researcher’s ability to discover socio-economic research data relating to Wales with the aim of encouraging collaborative research and…

Data a Dulliau | Porth Data WISERD | Ebrill 2012

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Individual Electoral Registration and Electoral Administration

This evidence specifically relates to the Committee’s work in relation to the reviews of polling places. It urges the Committee to consider not simply the important issue of accessibility in terms of physical access to the polling station by disabled people but also accessibility in terms of distance to travel by all electors in a…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Hydref 2011

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The National Assembly for Wales Elections of 2011: Report to the Electoral Commission

The elections were fought on the basis of the same constituency and region boundaries as the previous NAW elections in 2007 The number of constituency candidates fell to 176 compared to 197 in 2007 Thirteen parties or groups were represented in the regional lists together with 1 individual Labour won 28 out of the 40…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Analysis of Turnout Data in Welsh Elections | Medi 2011

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Book Review: Singleton, A. D., Educational opportunity: the geography of access to higher education

If there was ever a book that could be described as `timely’ then Alex Singleton’s Educational Opportunity: The Geography of Access to Higher Education would be one of them. With UK higher education (HE) under the political and public spotlights due to spending cuts and the introduction of higher variable fees in HE institutions in…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau | Mehefin 2011

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Changes in the probability of voter turnout when re-siting polling stations: A case study in Brent, UK

Environment and Planning C, Government and Policy 29(1) pp 149-169 Recent initiatives for increasing participation in UK elections have yet to replace the traditional method of in-person voting at designated polling stations. Recent research has shown that voter turnout can be sensitive to geographical factors relating to the costs of voting, such as distance travelled…

Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Ionawr 2011

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Young people and housing in 2020: identifying key drivers for change

This paper, commissioned as part of JRF’s programme on young people and housing: identifies seven key drivers likely to influence the housing options of young people in the next ten years; collates and presents key data relevant to the housing options of young people; and lays foundations for the next stage of this study, which…

Anghydraddoldeb, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020 | Tachwedd 2010

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Evaluation of the 2006-2011 Census Programme: Final Report for the Economic and Social Research Council

This evaluation of the 2006-2011 ESRC Census Programme sets outs to provide an overall assessment of the quality, usage and impact of services and research funded by the Programme. This evaluation assesses the overall strengths and weaknesses of the Programme and provides recommendations on continued funding for the Programme beyond 2011, taking into account other…

Data a Dulliau | Evaluation of the 2006-2011 Census Programme | Tachwedd 2010

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Mapping Welsh Neighbourhood Types Classified using Attitudinal Data in the National Living in Wales Survey

The freedom of movement of persons is one of the core tenets of the European Union. Immigration however is often seen as a cause for concern amongst native workers, as rising labour supply may threaten jobs and create downward pressure on wages. National politicians are increasingly under pressure to guard against it – in times…

Lleoliadau | Gorffennaf 2010

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A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts

As the title of the book suggests, this is an introductory text to the fundamental aspects of the geographic and cartographic concepts that provide the basis for all GIS. However, it is not a traditional GIS textbook per se; in fact, it does not really discuss GIS technology in any substantive sense until chapter thirteen,…

Data a Dulliau | Mai 2010

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Towards a Data Rich Infrastructure for Housing Market Research: Deriving Floor Area Estimates for Individual Properties from Secondary Data Sources

Recent years have witnessed substantial advances in the precision and availability of digital infrastructure data, remote sensing data, and microscale socioeconomic data for urban areas in many parts of the world. However, these data still remain deficient in detail especially with respect to the fine-grained property-level structural attributes that form the basis of housing-market models…

Data a Dulliau | Ebrill 2010

Adroddiadau a Briffiau

Housing and Transport – Policy Briefing

There is much housing policy debate in Wales around issues of housing needs, affordable housing supply, the quality of the housing stock, community sustainability and the role and regulation of social housing. The responsibility for most aspects of housing has been devolved to the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG). WAG’s aims for housing are set out…

Lleoliadau | Ionawr 2010

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Building a Geo-portal for Enhancing Collaborative Socio-Economic Research in Wales using Open Source Technology

The Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) is a major new collaborative socio‐economic research programme involving five higher education institutions in Wales. This paper introduces the work of the WISERD data integration team and describes their plans for the development of an online geo‐portal. Their aim is to support WISERD…

Data a Dulliau | Porth Data WISERD | Ionawr 2010

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Pa mor bell allwch chi deithio o ble rydych chi’n byw ar wahanol ddulliau teithio? Mae Deall Lleoedd Cymru nawr yn dangos i chi

28 Mawrth 2023 | Andrew Price, Samuel Jones, Scott Orford

Mae’n debyg nad yw’n syndod clywed y gallwch deithio ymhellach mewn llai o amser wrth deithio ar drafnidiaeth breifat, megis mewn car, nag ar drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus gan ddefnyddio bws neu drên. Fodd bynnag, a ydych chi erioed wedi meddwl sut olwg sydd ar y gwahaniaeth hwn yn weledol ar gyfer y lle rydych chi’n byw…

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau | Deall Lleoedd Cymreig

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20fed Penblwydd Gŵyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ESRC

28 Tachwedd 2022 | Laura Arman, Martina Feilzer, Rhian Barrance, Robin Mann, Sally Power, Samuel Jones, Scott Orford

I ddathlu 20 mlynedd o Ŵyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol y Cyngor Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol (ESRC), cynhaliodd WISERD ddau digwyddiad yn yr Ŵyl eleni, gyda’r nod o dynnu sylw at un o’n prosiectau ymchwil addysg parhaus ac adnodd data defnyddiol sy’n ein helpu i ddeall ein trefi a’n hardaloedd lleol yn well. Dechreuon ni gyda gweminar…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD, Deall Lleoedd Cymreig

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Understanding Welsh Places: Filling the evidence gap for places in Wales

26 Hydref 2021 | Catriona Dickson, Samuel Jones, Scott Orford

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….

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau | Deall Lleoedd Cymreig

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Data newydd ar gyfer Deall gwefan Lleoedd Cymru

11 Rhagfyr 2020 | Scott Orford

Yr wythnos hon, mae WISERD, y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig ac Ymddiriedolaeth Carnegie UK wedi lansio diweddariad i wefan Deall Lleoedd Cymru. Mae Deall Lleoedd Cymru yn wefan ddwyieithog sy’n cyflwyno gwybodaeth am yr economi, cyfansoddiad demograffig a gwasanaethau lleol o fwy na 300 o leoedd yng Nghymru mewn fformat cyflym a hawdd. Mae’r wefan yn…

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau | Deall Lleoedd Cymreig

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Trefi Cymru’n derbyn hwb i gynllunio ar lawr gwlad

9 Hydref 2019 | Catriona Dickson, Ian Harvey, Samuel Jones, Scott Orford

Bydd pobl sy’n gweithio ac yn gwirfoddoli mewn trefi a chymunedau ar draws Cymru’n elwa ar adnodd newydd i’w helpu i ddod o hyd i gyfleoedd yn eu hardaloedd. Mae Deall Lleoedd Cymru yn wefan ddwyieithog a grëwyd gan dîm o ymchwilwyr yn WISERD ac a gydlynir gan Sefydliad Materion Cymru. Mae’n cyflwyno gwybodaeth am…

Data a Dulliau, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Deall Lleoedd Cymreig

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WISERD housing network lead takes part in Westminster Expert Panel

28 Mehefin 2018 | Peter Mackie, Robert Smith, Scott Orford

Dr Peter Mackie, the Chair of WISERD’s housing research network, will today share findings from his research at an event on homelessness at Westminster. The panel discussion, ‘How can we tackle the homelessness crisis?’ is part of the Social Market Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s ‘Ask the Expert series’. This event…

Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Rhwydwaith Ymchwil ar Dai Cymru

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WISERD collaborates with Welsh Government to revolutionise the homelessness data infrastructure in Wales

4 Mai 2018 | Ian Thomas, Peter Mackie, Robert Smith, Scott Orford

Dr Ian Thomas, an Administrative Data Research Centre Wales Research Officer based at WISERD, will work with Welsh Government on a part-time basis for a year, introducing new expertise and capacity, with the primary focus of exploring the feasibility of introducing an individual level data collection, reporting and analysis in relation to homelessness in Wales….

Data a Dulliau, Rhwydweithiau Ymchwil | Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (ADRC), Rhwydwaith Ymchwil ar Dai Cymru, YDG Cymru

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Cwymp yn nifer siopau gwag Cymru yn ôl ymchwil WISERD

23 Ionawr 2018 | Scott Orford

Bu 13% o siopau ar strydoedd mawr Cymru’n wag yn 2017

Data a Dulliau, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Deall Lleoedd Cymreig

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Dr Scott Orford talks empty shops in Wales on Radio 4

20 Rhagfyr 2017 | Scott Orford

WISERD’s Dr Scott Orford from Cardiff University was featured in two parts of a three part series on BBC Radio 4’s ‘You and Yours’ programme, exploring why rates of empty shops are higher in Wales than they are in other parts of the UK. Image credit: Gwydion M. Williams (CC BY 2.0)

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Cardiff hub helps UK-wide effort to shape housing policy

19 Hydref 2017 | Peter Mackie, Robert Smith, Scott Orford

Welsh housing experts, including WISERD academics, are set to take a leading role in a new UK-wide effort designed to shape UK policy and tackle chronic housing problems. The Glasgow-based UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) is a joint collaboration between ten universities and three non-higher education organisations. Staff are located at hubs across…

Anghydraddoldeb, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Rhwydwaith Ymchwil ar Dai Cymru

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WISERD hosts Cardiff University summer placement students

31 Gorffennaf 2017 | Alexandra Hillman, Esther Muddiman, Scott Orford, WISERD

WISERD has been delighted to host five undergraduate students this summer, four of whom were part of the Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP). The CUROP programme is now considered to be one of the largest undergraduate research schemes in the UK and it aims to offer students paid experience of working in a research…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Young People and Brexit, Young People and the EU Referendum

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ADRC-W Alcohol Consumption and Population Health Seminar

31 Ionawr 2017 | David Fone, Jamie Pearce, Richard Fry, Scott Orford

The latest Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (ADRC-W) seminar on ‘Alcohol Consumption and Population Health’ took place today at Cardiff University’s main building. ADRC-W provides a data linkage service and is one of four UK centres within the Administrative Data Research Network (ADRN). The centre is located within Swansea University and the Wales Institute of Social…

Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (ADRC), Change in Alcohol Outlet Density and Alcohol-Related Harm to Population Health

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Welsh high street not dead, but changing fast – new WISERD retail report reveals

24 Ionawr 2017 | Scott Orford

The second annual report from the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) and the Local Data Company (LDC) reveals the contradictory dynamics of the retail landscape in Wales and how this has changed over the past year. It also highlights the wide variance and make-up of Welsh towns along with…

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Wales Housing Research Conference 2016

19 Rhagfyr 2016 | Peter Mackie, Scott Orford

Daeth 90 o gynadleddwyr ynghyd eleni yng Nghynhadledd Ymchwil Tai Cymru, a gynhaliwyd ar y cyd rhwng Shelter Cymru, Llywodraeth Cymru a Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Tai Cymru WISERD. Cynhaliwyd y digwyddiad yn adeilad Bute ac adeilad Morgannwg Prifysgol Caerdydd. Roedd amrywiaeth o sesiynau ar gael i’r cynadleddwyr, gyda themâu yn cynnwys polisi tai a datganoli, iechyd…

Anghydraddoldeb, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Rhwydwaith Ymchwil ar Dai Cymru, Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020

Newyddion

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2016

14 Tachwedd 2016 | Melanie Jones, Scott Orford, Victoria Wass

WISERD offered three events as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s week-long celebration of the social sciences and social science research. As with previous years’ events, the festival provided a variety of free activities across the UK. One such event was hosted by WISERD in Cardiff and facilitated by Dr. Scott Orford….

Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Porth Data WISERD, Wellbeing, Deprivation & Social Cohesion

Newyddion

An Update from the WISERD Housing Network

16 Mehefin 2016 | Peter Mackie, Scott Orford

The Housing Network brings together researchers and research organisations in the field of housing in order to advance housing studies in Wales and beyond. The latest meeting, which was held on 15th June 2016, included participants from a number of leading universities, government, the public sector, and voluntary organisations. Research updates were given from academics and…

Anghydraddoldeb, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Rhwydwaith Ymchwil ar Dai Cymru

Newyddion

First Welsh Retail Summit hosted by WISERD in Cardiff

1 Chwefror 2016 | Ian Rees Jones, Scott Orford

The inaugural Welsh Retail Summit considered the findings of a new report on Wales’s top 71 cities and towns which reveals increasing polarization between the best and the worst of our high streets. The report’s key findings were presented by Dr Scott Orford, WISERD, Cardiff University and Matthew Hopkinson, the Local Data Company, at Cardiff…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil

Blogiau

‘People, Places and Policy: Knowing contemporary Wales through new localities’ – A new WISERD book published

5 Hydref 2015 | Martin Jones, Scott Orford, Victoria Macfarlane

Our book has finally been published! We say finally, because the idea for the book started to take shape five years ago during the first phase of WISERD. During this phase we were interested in understanding how different localities in Wales were behaving in relation to devolution and devolved policy areas and we developed a research strand…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Knowing Localities: Welsh and the Labour Market

Newyddion

Generation Rent: Housing Options and Solutions for Young People in 2020

6 Mehefin 2012 | Ian Thomas, Peter Mackie, Scott Orford

A report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation carried out by WISERD researchers and members of the WISERD housing thematic network in the School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University has revealed that increasing numbers of young people are going to be forced into the private rented sector over the coming decade if they want…

Anghydraddoldeb | Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020

Newyddion

WISERD Hosts Qualitative GIS Symposium at the Association of American Geographers’ Annual Meeting

7 Ebrill 2012 | Scott Orford, Stephen Burgess

WISERD recently co-organised a special symposium on Qualitative GIS at the 2012 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in New York. The AAG conference is one of the largest in the world, attracting an average 7000-8000 international participants. The symposium was organised by Stephen Burgess (WISERD, Cardiff); Mei-Po Kwan (Ohio State University);…

Data a Dulliau

Newyddion

Beta Test The New WISERD Geoportal Software

23 Awst 2011 | Richard Fry, Robert Berry, Samuel Jones, Scott Orford

An exciting project at WISERD is encouraging social science researchers to test and review new geoportal software. The WISERD Geoportal (WGP) initiative aims to develop a web-based software application to enhance a researcher’s ability to discover socio-economic research data relating to Wales. Run by the WISERD Data Integration Team, the WGP hopes to encourage collaborative…

Data a Dulliau | Porth Data WISERD

Newyddion

WISERD Research Into Young People and Housing Cited By The Observer

30 Tachwedd 2010 | Ian Thomas, Peter Mackie, Scott Orford

Research currently being undertaken by WISERD researchers Ian Thomas, Scott Orford and Peter Mackie in collaboration with the Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning and Shelter Cymru, has been reported on by The Observer, a sister paper to The Guardian. The research, entitled Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020, looks to…

Anghydraddoldeb | Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020

Gweithdy

Gŵyl y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ESRC 2022: Cyflwyniad i Ddeall Lleoedd Cymru (De Cymru)

7 Tachwedd 2022 | Caerdydd

Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn dechrau drwy gyflwyno gwefan Deall Lleoedd Cymru (UWP) cyn mynd ati i gynnal gweithdy rhyngweithiol ac ymarferol. Mae Deall Lleoedd Cymru yn rhoi data defnyddiol a gwybodaeth ddaearyddol i chi am eich tref neu ardal leol. Mae’r graffeg, y mapiau a’r canllawiau ar y wefan wedi cael eu datblygu i’ch…

Seminar Amser Cinio Ar-lein WISERD

Ymchwilio i’r gydberthynas ofodol rhwng dibyniaeth ar fannau yng Nghymru

19 Hydref 2021

Cyflwynir gan Sam Jones, Katie Dickson a Scott Orford. Mae’r cyflwyniad hwn yn cyflwyno gwaith sy’n ymchwilio i ddibyniaeth ar leoedd a gwytnwch yng Nghymru, gan ddangos sut y gellir dosbarthu trefi a dinasoedd gan ddefnyddio set o fetrigau, a ddatblygwyd fel rhan o brosiect Deall Lleoedd Cymru, ar ba mor ddibynnol neu annibynnol ydynt ar…

Gweithdy Hyfforddiant

Hyfforddiant NCRM – Defnyddio pyrth data’r DU i ddod o hyd i ddata a’i werthuso at ddibenion ymchwil i’r gwyddorau

27 Ionawr 2021

Cyflwynir gan Scott Orford, Samuel Jones a Katie Dickson Mae data’n adnodd allweddol ar gyfer ymchwil ac mae setiau data ac yn cael ei rannu fwyfwy i bobl eraill ei ddefnyddio fel data eilaidd. Fodd bynnag, wrth i fwy o ddata eilaidd ddod ar gael ar-lein, gall dod o hyd i’r data mwyaf perthnasol ar…

Gweithdy

Gweithdy Profi Deall Lleoedd Cymru – Caerdydd

11 Medi 2019 | Caerdydd

Mae’r digwyddiad hwn yn gyfle i helpu i brofi gwefan newydd Deall Lleoedd Cymru. Mae’r wefan yn fwriadol anorffenedig, felly mae diddordeb ganddon ni hefyd mewn casglu adborth o ran beth gellid ei ychwanegu neu ei wella yn y dyfodol. Rhagor am Deall Lleoedd Cymru Rydyn ni eisiau i Deall Lleoedd Cymru fod yn bwynt…

Gweithdy

Gweithdy Profi Deall Lleoedd Cymru – Y Drenewydd

10 Medi 2019 | Y Drenewydd

Gweithdy

Gweithdy Profi Deall Lleoedd Cymru – Arberth

9 Medi 2019 | Arberth

Gweithdy

Deall Lleoedd Cymru

1 Mai 2019 | Caerdydd

Mae’r digwyddiad hwn yn gyfle i bobl sy’n gweithio neu’n gwirfoddoli mewn cymunedau yng Nghymru neu’r gymdeithas sifil i helpu i lywio gwefan Deall Lleoedd Cymru. Rydym eisiau bod Deall Lleoedd Cymru yn bwynt cyswllt cyntaf i gael gwybodaeth ystadegol am drefi a chymunedau mwy yng Nghymru. Bydd y wefan yn rhoi gwybodaeth am bob…

Gweithdy

Gŵyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ESRC 2018: Defnyddio Porthol Data WISERD ar gyfer Ymchwil y Gymdeithas Sifil

6 Tachwedd 2018 | Caerdydd

Bydd y digwyddiad yn cyflwyno mapio data di-dâl WISERD a’u hofferyn chwilio a darganfod data, WISERD DataPortal. Mae’r Porthol Data yn caniatáu i ddefnyddwyr ddarganfod data cymdeithasol, demograffig ac economaidd cysylltiedig â Chymru. Mae hyn yn cynnwys data o amrywiaeth o ffynonellau, megis y Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol a Llywodraeth Cymru, a disgyblaethau megis iechyd, addysg,…

Seminar

3ydd Uwchgynhadledd Adwerthu a Hamdden Cymru

23 Ionawr 2018 | Caerdydd

Bydd y digwyddiad yn lansio’r adroddiad “Retailing in Wales’ Towns and Cities in 2017” gan Sefydliad Ymchwil Gymdeithasol ac Economaidd, Data a Dulliau Cymru (WISERD) a’r Cwmni Data Lleol (LDC) . Bydd Dr Scott Orford (WISERD) a Chris Fowler (LDC), ynghyd â phanel o arbenigwyr, yn trafod y canfyddion ac yn ateb cwestiynau gan y gynulleidfa. Cadeirir y…

Gweithdy

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2017: Using the WISERD DataPortal to map civil society data

7 Tachwedd 2017 | Caerdydd

The event will introduce WISERD’s free data mapping and analysis tool, the WISERD Data Portal The workshop will show you how to use the DataPortal to access and map social and economic data made freely available as data feeds by UK and Welsh Governments. The portal allows users to discover social, demographic and economic data…

Seminar

Welsh Retail and Leisure Summit

24 Ionawr 2017 | Caerdydd

Join us in Cardiff to find out more about the retail scale, vacancy, occupancy and make-up of Welsh towns and cities. You will discover the latest analysis of vacancy rates and long term occupancy trends across Wales and get the chance to participate in the conversation. What is the retail scale and make-up of Welsh…

Seminar

First Welsh Retail Summit

27 Ionawr 2016 | Caerdydd

The inaugural Welsh Retail Summit considered the retail scale, make-up and variability of Welsh towns and cities, while also considering the significance of retail vacancy rates. In addition to releasing a report produced by WISERD at Cardiff University and the Local Data Company the event hosted a panel discussion and presentations from various stakeholders. Following breakfast…

Gweithdy

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2015 – WISERD Data Portal demonstration & live webcast

11 Tachwedd 2015 | Caerdydd

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2015 we demonstrated the new version of the WISERD Data Portal (WDP) with the participation of an exemplar Civil Society organisation, focusing on how the Portal can be used by third sector organisations for Civil Society research. The WDP is an online data search, discovery and…

Seminar

WISERD Wales & Recession Seminar Series: Neighbourhood, Place & the Changing High Street POSTPONED

27 Mai 2014 | Caerdydd

WISERD Wales & Recession Seminar Series March – December 2014 2008 marked the beginning of the deepest and longest recession of modern times. While its causes are to be found in centres of economic and political gravity beyond Wales, its effects on the Welsh economy and on the lives of the people of Wales have…

Gweithdy

Understanding Wales: Opportunities for Secondary Data Analysis

16 Ionawr 2012 | Caerdydd

Presented by: Steve Marshall of Welsh Government, Melanie Jones, Stephen Drinkwater and Martin Heaven of Swansea University, Scott Orford, Chris Taylor, Alan Felstead and Rhys Davies of Cardiff University. The Welsh Government makes a number of investments in survey and administrative data sources. In terms of survey sources, the Welsh Government is responsible for conducting…

Gweithdy

Mapping Your Research Data

21 Medi 2011 | Abertawe

Course Leaders: Professor Gary Higgs, Dr Scott Orford, Dr Robert Berry and Dr Richard Fry, WISERD Data Team This workshop provided a basic introduction to mapping spatial data using a Geographical Information System (GIS) software package. A GIS package can be used to store, manage, visualise, analyse and present any data that is linked to a geographic location. Researchers collect a…

Hyfforddiant

Exploring Institutional and Organisational Boundaries Across Wales

15 Rhagfyr 2010 | Caerdydd

Course Leaders: Carys Evans WG; Scott Orford, Jesse Heley, Ian Stafford, Sally Power and Chris Taylor, WISERD, and Marcus Longley, University of Glamorgan. A clear theme that has been identified within the first 18 months of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) has been the common interest across research areas around the impact…

Gweithdy

Mapping Your Research Data

17 Medi 2010 | Caerdydd

Gweithdy

Qualitative GIS – An Introduction

5 Awst 2010 | Caerdydd

Course Leaders: Mei-Po Kwan, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University; Marianna Pavlovskaya, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Hunter College, CUNY; Dr Chris McDowall, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Dr Stephen Burgess and Dr Scott Orford, WISERD, Cardiff University.

Hyfforddiant

Cartographic Spaces and Fuzzy Places

10 Mehefin 2010 | Caerdydd

Speaker: Dr Scott Orford, WISERD Data Team, Cardiff This seminar was the fifth of the Cardiff School of Social Sciences Spring Seminar Series 2010 where colleagues from WISERD partner universities presented their work.