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EU Referendum Results: What does it mean for Wales?

Professor David Blackaby comments on the implications for Wales of leaving the EU. In a radio interview this morning with Share Radio, Professor Blackaby discusses the ‘extraordinary’ result and comments how Wales will have benefited from £5 billion of structural funding (between 2000 – 2020) and predicts a possible immediate consequence of ‘Brexit’, following the…

An Update from the WISERD Housing Network

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…

WISERD at the Research in Practice Leaders’ Forum

On June 10th Professor Paul Chaney was an invited plenary speaker at the Research in Practice Leaders’ Forum Conference in Birmingham. The Forum brings together Directors, assistant directors and strategic managers across a network of 80+ major third sector organisations and local authorities. This year’s conference centred on the topic of devolution and its implications…

New Podcast from the Radical Social Innovation Colloquium

Listen to our latest podcast from Professor Mick Moran speaking at the WISERD CRESC Radical Social Innovation Colloquium last week. Michael Moran is Professor of Government at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, where he also previously held the W.J.M. Mackenzie Chair in Government. A Fellow of the British Academy, he is a…

WISERD Civil Society: Community-level social capital and the provision of public services; the need for a stronger evidence base

WISERD Civil Society WP3.2: Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes This work package will undertake a comprehensive review of the literature on social capital with a particular focus on community level measures at a range of spatial scales. The ultimate aim is to critically assess the suitability of existing secondary…

WISERD Annual Conference: Speaker Titles Confirmed & PhD Student Competition Extension

Updates on the WISERD Annual Conference! The WISERD Annual Conference offers delegates an insight into current social science research through keynote addresses, plenary sessions, workshops and exhibitions. For more information on the Conference and to book visit: www.wiserd.ac.uk/training-events/annual-conference-2016/ This year’s speaker titles are now confirmed: The Right Honourable Rhodri Morgan – The Services/Manufacturing Balance and the Welsh…