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  LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® is a method for engaging people, getting them thinking differently, and having a different kind of conversation.    In this workshop, you’ll get a fun and hands on introduction to LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, and explore building models as an individual and as a group. You will get to practice several methods of communication and…

WISERD and Swansea University’s Politics and Governance Research Network invite you to a FREE four-day course in Quantitative Methods lead by Dr Kevin Fahey, Assistant Professor at Nottingham University from Tuesday 8th July to Friday 11th July. It will take place on Swansea University’s Singleton Campus. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY. This free course…

ONLINE ATTENDANCE, JOIN HERE FROM 13:30 The Skills and Employment Survey 2024 launch event on Monday 19 May 2025. This national study of around 5,500 adults in paid employment focuses on the work that people do and how working life has changed over time in the UK. It builds on similar surveys stretching as far…

ONLINE ATTENDANCE, JOIN HERE FROM 13:30   The Skills and Employment Survey 2024 (SES2024) launch event on Wednesday 2 April 2025. This national study of around 5,500 adults in paid employment focuses on the work that people do and how working life has changed over time in the UK. It builds on similar surveys stretching…

Michèle Lamont (Harvard University), Andrew Miles (University of Manchester), and Hilary Pilkington, (University of Manchester) We present preliminary results from a study of whether and how low status white-collar and blue-collar young adult workers (18-30 years old) living in Greater Manchester, New Hampshire and in Oldham, UK, seek recognition through politics. Forty-five US participants were…

WISERD is pleased to announce that Cultural Sociologist Professor Michèle Lamont of Harvard University will be visiting Cardiff’s School of Social Sciences on the 24-25th March 2025, as part of her Leverhulme Visiting Professorship. Professor Lamont is internationally recognised and acclaimed for her work on morality, group boundaries, and inequality. She has tackled topics such as dignity,…

WISERD is pleased to announce that Cultural Sociologist Professor Michèle Lamont of Harvard University will be visiting Cardiff’s School of Social Sciences on the 24-25th March 2025, as part of her Leverhulme Visiting Professorship. Professor Lamont is internationally recognised and acclaimed for her work on morality, group boundaries, and inequality. She has tackled topics such as dignity,…

Please join us for the latest WISERD Lunchtime Seminar at 12pm, on 6 March, presented by Dr Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins (CCRI). Please email wiserd.events@cardiff.ac.uk if you would like to join. Land Value Tax as local tax: What can be learnt from research and practice? Property taxation is a cornerstone of sub-national government finance worldwide and is…