Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development

Start date:

October 2019

Funder(s):

Economic and Social Research Council

Status:

Current

Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development undertakes regional policy studies in Wales, UK and Europe and action research in specific foundational sectors. Drawing on place-based social innovation approaches, it considers to what extent regional growth policies focus on foundational sectors and address inclusive growth through social innovation.

Start date provided is that of the WISERD Civil Society Centre. Work packages will have their own individual start and end dates that fall within the five-year research programme.

Research team

Bertie Russell

Research Associate

Cardiff University

David Beel

Senior Lecturer

Manchester Metropolitan University

Martin Jones

Professor

Staffordshire University

Reports and Briefings

North Wales Growth Deal Research Report

This report was produced in November 2022 as part of research undertaken by the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD) as part of its ESRC Centre research programme. Fifteen remote interviews were conducted in English or Welsh (depending on the participant’s choice) by three researchers (Dr Beel, Prof IR Jones, Dr…

Civil Society, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development | November 2022

Reports and Briefings

Democratic and collective ownership of public goods and services – Exploring public-community collaborations

Public ownership plays a critical role in climate-saving and social inclusion. Our new report shows how partnerships between public institutions and citizens are one of the key instruments in this process. You can also watch the video below to see three examples of how citizens are cooperating with public institutions to manage essentials such as water, energy,…

Civil Society | Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development | August 2021

Civil Society Centre booklet cover - Civic Stratification and Civil Repair

Reports and Briefings

WISERD Civil Society – Changing Perspectives on Civic Stratification and Civil Repair

Read more about all the work packages in this booklet. You can download here or contact the WISERD Communications Officer for hard copies, email: WISERD.Comms@cardiff.ac.uk.

Civil Society | Borders, boundary mechanisms and migration, Children and young people’s rights: formal and informal constructions of citizenship, Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development, Experts, expertise and citizen science: a case study of air quality monitoring, Foundational economy, citizenship and new forms of common ownership, Identity and civic divides in the UK, Inequalities, civic loss and well-being, Machines, platforms and capabilities, New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), New repertoires of contention and social mobilisation: shifting dynamics of civic stratification and the marketisation of social justice in the energy transition, Patronage, elites and power relations, Populism, conflict and political polarisation, Shifting forms of governance and the grassroots politics of separatism, Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity, Trust, human rights and civil society within mixed economies of welfare | February 2020

News

New WISERD report on North Wales Growth Deal

9th December 2022 | Bertie Russell, David Beel, Ian Rees Jones, Kevin Morgan, Martin Jones

As part of WISERD’s ESRC-funded Civil Society Centre research programme, a team of WISERD researchers have published a new report on the process of developing and implementing the North Wales Growth Deal (NWGD), based on observations from a series of interviews with stakeholders between July-December 2021. Fifteen remote interviews were conducted by three researchers: Dr…

Civil Society, Localities | Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development

News

WISERD and Future Economies Book Launch

4th June 2021 | David Beel, Ian Rees Jones, Julie Froud, Kevin Morgan, Martin O'Neill

On the 19th of May, WISERD and the Future Economies University Research Centre based at Manchester Metropolitan University, held an online event to launch two books: City Regions and Devolution in the UK and The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK. The event featured discussion from the authors, alongside commentary from an…

Civil Society, Localities | Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development, Spaces of New Localism: Stakeholder Engagement and Economic Development in Wales and England

Seminar

WISERD and Future Economies Book Launch – ‘City Regions and Devolution in the UK’ and ‘The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK’

19th May 2021

Join us to mark the launch of two books featuring discussion from the authors alongside commentary from an esteemed panel including Dr. Arianna Giovannini (De Montfort University), Dr. Neil McInroy (CLES) and Prof. Kevin Morgan (Cardiff University). This event is open to all but would be of particular interest to academic researchers and those working…

Themes:

Civil Society

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