Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data

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Experts, expertise and citizen science: a case study of air quality monitoring

Environmental controversies are often about knowledge and expertise as much as they are about politics, rights and life chances. The reason is that the evidence produced by the different groups involved is often part of the controversy, with disputes over what is known and not known, by whom, and with what degree of accuracy being…

Research Team: Jamie Lewis (Cardiff University), Nick Hacking (Cardiff University), Robert Evans (Cardiff University)
Shifting forms of governance and the grassroots politics of separatism

Shifting forms of governance and the grassroots politics of separatism will undertake comparative case studies in regions where separatist movements are in flux, to understand perceptions of and engagement in separatist conflicts from the bottom-up. Start date provided is that of the WISERD Civil Society Centre. Work packages will have their own individual start and…

Research Team: Anwen Elias (Aberystwyth University), Elin Royles (Aberystwyth University), Núria Franco-Guillén (Aberystwyth University), Rhys Jones (Aberystwyth University)
Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity

Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity uses case studies from Europe, India and the UK, to examine forms of worker representation that are directly related to the changing role of women in work and society, and associated issues of civic gain and expansion. Start date provided is that of the WISERD Civil Society Centre….

Research Team: Alex Bryson (Department of Social Science, UCL), Helen Blakely (Cardiff University), Jean Jenkins (Cardiff University), Rhys Davies (Cardiff University)