Publications

Generation, Life Course and Social Participation one of the four themes within the Civil Society Research Centre. This theme will address the intergenerational transmission of values and beliefs and the intergenerational transfer of different forms of social, cultural and economic capital and how these relate to civil society. In so doing, it will explore variations…

Economic Austerity, Social Enterprise and Equality is one of the four themes within the Civil Society Research Centre. This theme explores the inter-relationship between aspects of civil society and the economy in a time of austerity by examining how economic trends are related to key aspects of civil society including; levels of social enterprise, trade…

Individuals, Institutions and Governance is one of the four themes within the Civil Society Research Centre. The projects within this theme use the prisms of multi-level governance; neo-institutional theory and sub-national public policy-making to examine devolution and the changing relations between individuals, institutions in civil society and the state.  

Locality, Community and Civil Society is one of the four themes within the Civil Society Research Centre. This theme explores the reconfiguration and re-articulation of local civil society in the context of contemporary social and economic change.  

The WISERD locality research programme comprised a series of locality studies, carried out by six full-time researchers, based in Aberystwyth, Bangor, and Cardiff Universities. These studies were complemented by a suite of qualitative micro-locality and place-based studies Local knowledge in Context’, completed by researchers at Cardiff University. This podcast gives an overview of the research…

Professor Mick Moran speaking at the WISERD CRESC Radical Social Innovation Colloquium on Thursday 19th May 2016.  

Professor Frank Moulaert speaking at the WISERD CRESC Radical Social Innovation Colloquium on Thursday 19th May 2016.  

The second in a series of podcasts entitled Talking Research, looking at various research methods. These podcasts are produced by WISERD and the Open University.  

The third in a series of podcasts entitled Talking Research, looking at various research methods.

The first in a series of podcasts entitled Talking Research, looking at various research methods.