Events

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…

This WISERD lunchtime seminar is being presented in person by Pauline Jerrentrup (LSE) in partnership with Cardiff Business School. If you are available in person, please feel free to bring your lunch to spark. Tea, coffee, and Welsh Cakes will also be provided. If you do not work in spark and plan to attend in…

Please join us, along with the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Lynne Neagle, at this event to celebrate over a decade of the WMCS (WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study) and discover how to access our data via the WISERD data portal. Funded by Welsh Government, the WMCS is a longitudinal study charting the progress of children and…