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Blog TGI Friday's staff go on strike for fair pay and fair tips
25th May 2018
Continuing with research into current trade union activity, WISERD researcher Wil Chivers reports from a day spent in London last Friday, as TGI Friday’s staff go on strike for the first time in...
Blog What maps reveal about the impacts of austerity
11th October 2019 | Gary Higgs
Following nearly a decade of austerity, local authorities face funding challenges that are having major impacts on the ways public services are delivered. Financial pressures, combined with increasing demand and expectations from the public for...
Civil Society, Data & Methods, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities, Localities
News WISERD launches interactive UnionMaps service
9th September 2019 | Rhys Davies, Huw Beynon, Helen Blakely, Alex Bryson, Steve Davies
Today, WISERD launches a new interactive service allowing users to access data on union membership for over 400 unitary authority and local authority districts of Great Britain. UnionMaps allows users to produce area reports of union membership for a...
Civil Society, Data & Methods, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Trade Union Membership, Associational Life and Wellbeing
News WISERD to present at TUC Congress 2019
28th August 2019 | Helen Blakely, Wil Chivers, Rhys Davies, Steve Davies, Katy Huxley
On Monday 9th September, a team of WISERD researchers from Cardiff University, Helen Blakely , Wil Chivers , Rhys Davies , Steve Davies and Katy Huxley , will share the latest findings from our research on trade union membership in the UK, to the TUC...
Civil Society, Data & Methods, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Trade Union Membership, Associational Life and Wellbeing, Trade unions and social media
News WISERD hosts 10th Annual Conference
2nd August 2019 | WISERD
On the 3rd and 4th July, WISERD held its 10th Annual Conference in the Medrus Conference Centre at Aberystwyth University. This year’s theme was Civil Society and Participation , and as Wales’ largest social science conference, the event attracted...
Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets
News WISERD Annual Conference 2019 to take place 3rd-4th July
18th June 2019 | WISERD
In two weeks’ time, WISERD will be holding its Annual Conference in the Medrus Conference Centre at Aberystwyth University. This year’s theme is Civil Society and Participation . Delegates will have the opportunity to discuss cutting-edge, inter...
Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets
News Foundational economy presentation at UK2070 Commission event
14th June 2019 | Kevin Morgan, Ian Rees Jones
Professor Kevin Morgan from the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University presented research on the Foundational Economy at the UK2070 Commission: Wales Stakeholder Event, which took place at the Cardiff Business School this week. The...
Civil Society, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets
News Wales Housing Research Conference 2019 addresses current housing challenges
14th January 2019 | Peter Mackie, Ian Thomas
Over 100 delegates attended the Wales Housing Research Conference 2019 at Cardiff University, co-hosted by WISERD's Wales Housing Research Network, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), Shelter Cymru and the Welsh Government.
Civil Society, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities, Localities | Wales Housing Research Network
News ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018
15th November 2018 | WISERD
From sharing our latest research findings and hosting expert panel discussions, to providing practical workshops and networking opportunities, WISERD ran four events as part of this year’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of...
Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | WISERDEducation Multi Cohort Study, WISERD DataPortal, Migrants, Minorities and Engagement in Local Civil Society, Trade unions and social media
Blog Female Foeticide and Bride Trafficking in India: New Perspectives from Civil Society
6th September 2018 | Paul Chaney
Constitutionally a secular state, India is a diverse country with marked religious divides. Recent years have seen growing international and domestic concerns over multiple forms of discrimination affecting persons belonging to religious and...
Civil Society, Inequalities, Localities | Exploring effective practice in civil society organisations' promotion of human rights, good governance and social justice in India and Bangladesh
Blog Social Action as a Route to the Ballot Box: Can Volunteering Help Reverse Declining Youth Turnout?
10th August 2018 | Stuart Fox
In the 1970 General Election (the first following the reduction of the voting age to 18), 65% of eligible 18-24 year olds voted – roughly 7% lower than the turnout for the whole electorate. By the 2017 election (despite claims of a so-called...
Data & Methods, Localities | Social Action as a Route to the Ballot Box: Volunteering and Turnout
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