Research projects

Rural Wales faces governance challenges due to geographical dispersal, limited resources, and demographic shifts. By mapping governance resources and supporting innovation, this research, aligned with Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales, enhances policy interventions tailored to rural needs. Understanding how collaboration occurs – through formal partnerships, community-led initiatives, or hybrid models – is central to the…

This research focuses on advancing innovative citizen engagement methods – by drawing on insight and best practice globally, and by piloting innovative practice within Wales. This work explores how creative and visual methods, including creative participatory practices, such as collage-making and photography, can enhance collaborative governance by deepening dialogue and deliberation in policy-making. These methods…

While collaborative governance fosters inclusive decision-making and engagement, challenges remain in ensuring that insights from citizen and civil society involvement directly inform policy development. This project examines how existing governance structures, policy networks, and deliberative forums can be better designed and integrated to create a more responsive policy-making environment. The aim is to translate learning…