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News Life in Lockdown: Evidence from the 2020 WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study
25th February 2021 | Sally Power, Esther Muddiman, Catherine Foster
WISERD surveyed young people in Years 7-12 about their home learning experiences during summer 2020, what they missed and whether they should be allowed to see friends. In addition to asking about resources for schoolwork, time spent learning and...
Education | WISERDEducation Multi Cohort Study
Blog Drawing on the support of those around us. What’s next for community care?
16th February 2021 | Taru Silvonen
As the pandemic unfolded in 2020, people around the world found themselves confined to their homes. In some neighbourhoods, social support flourished as people reached out to those who perhaps were not their most dearest but happened to be the...
Civil Society
Media Professor Chris Taylor quoted in BBC article on the impact School closures is having on disadvantaged pupils.
28th January 2021 | Chris Taylor
Social Sciences Prof Chris Taylor, from Cardiff University, said this gap was continuing to widen. "Closing schools exposes and accentuates the deep disadvantage that many families have across Wales in the different circumstances that they're in,"...
News New data for Understanding Welsh Places website
11th December 2020 | Scott Orford
This week, WISERD, the Institute of Welsh Affairs and the Carnegie UK Trust have launched an update to Understanding Welsh Places. Understanding Welsh Places is a bilingual website that presents information on the economy, demographic make-up and...
Data & Methods, Localities | Understanding Welsh Places
Blog New study explores civil society perspectives on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in India
7th December 2020 | Paul Chaney
New research by WISERD Co-Director Professor Paul Chaney analyses civil society organisations’ perspectives on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) that was ratified by India in 2008...
Civil Society, Inequalities | Trust, human rights and civil society within mixed economies of welfare
News WISERD launches Policy Press Civil Society book series
24th November 2020 | WISERD
On 5 November 2020, we launched our new Civil Society book series with Policy Press. This new series provides interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives on the rapidly changing nature of civil society at local, regional, national and global...
Civil Society
News Watch the WISERD Foundational Economy Online Series 2020
24th November 2020 | WISERD
In September 2020, WISERD held the Foundational Economy Online Series 2020. This series of online events addressed key questions arising from the current COVID-19 crisis and explored the ways in which foundational thinking can contribute to social...
Civil Society | WISERD Foundational Economy Research Network, Foundational economy, citizenship and new forms of common ownership
Blog Young people and COVID: Part of the solution rather than part of the problem?
19th November 2020 | Esther Muddiman
One of our key priorities at WISERD this year has been to understand the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people in Wales. This is especially important as infection rates continue to rise as we head into winter. In addition to our recent...
Civil Society | WISERDEducation Multi Cohort Study
Blog Exploring the issues facing third sector adult social care providers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Wales and Northern Ireland
17th November 2020 | Paul Chaney, Christala Sophocleous
Research by WISERD Co-Director, Professor Paul Chaney, Dr Christala Sophocleous, and Professor Daniel Wincott, provides new insights into the issues facing third sector community-based adult care services in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales...
Civil Society | Trust, human rights and civil society within mixed economies of welfare
Blog Electoral politics study reveals how devolution provides new political spaces to advance animal welfare
16th November 2020 | Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones, Ralph Fevre
Research by WISERD Professors Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre analyses over 1,300 pledges on animal welfare in party manifestos for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections from 1998 to 2017. It reveals the nature of political parties...
Civil Society | New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
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