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🎁 Unwrap the December newsletter

Welcome to the CWPS December Newsletter We’re pleased to present our newsletter ahead of the festive celebrations! In it we bring you videos, events and highlights from our research on language policy, secessionist party strategies, and the intricate relationship between the economy and language in Wales. This newsletter was initially sent to our mailing list.…

Voluntary Action Paradigms in Wales and Northern Ireland

On Thursday 16th November 2023, the Voluntary Sector Studies Network hosted an event to consider the way the Welsh and Northern Irish Voluntary Sectors are discussed and researched, and whether that differed in comparison to the rest of the UK. Dr. Amy Sanders, a Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) academic…

Panel board members including Anwel Elias with Fernand de Varennes, Iñaki Irazabalbeitia and Jordi Garrell

Report | The implications of a new legal framework to protect minority rights

Last year, on the 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities,the Special Rapporteur on Minority Rights, Fernand de Varennes, called for a new treaty to better recognize and protect the rights of minorities. On behalf of the Coppieters Foundation, Dr. Anwen Elias has written…

MPs hear about CWPS research on youth migration from Rural Wales

Professor Michael Woods gave oral evidence to the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee in early December on their inquiry on the Impact of Population Change in Wales. He presented findings from the Survey of Young People in Rural Wales. You can listen to the audio recording of the presentation on this media player: Read the…

How the Welsh language is being promoted to help migrants feel at home

The UK government alone decides who can enter the country and how migration and asylum policies are made. But devolved governments have scope to use their powers in fields such as housing, education, health and social services to shape the nature of the support that is subsequently offered to new arrivals. In recent years, the Welsh government…

Innovative Approach to Understanding Language Policy Development

Dr. Elin Royles and Dr. Huw Lewis have developed a framework to analyse the factors that influence the development of language policies. In their contribution to The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning, they engage with two public policy approaches, multi-level governance and new institutionalism. Their chapter Governance, complexity and multi-level LPP develops a…

Dr Anwen Elias shares insights on Corsican autonomy

Dr. Anwen Elias’s insights on Corsican autonomy were included in the Nation Cymru, on 30 September. Discussions about Corsican autonomy have been on-going for 18 months, and in a recent speech French President Emmanuel Macron once again expressed his support for a new autonomy deal. But Dr. Elias argues that the negotiations are difficult, and there are…

Understanding the relationship between the economy and the Welsh language in Wales

A new published blog discusses the objectives of the ARFOR Programme, which aims to understand the relationship between the economy and the Welsh language in Wales. In this blog, Dr Huw Lewis highlights the need for a clearer definition of how economic and linguistic factors interact and influence each other. The ARFOR Programme, funded by…

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New paper calls for spatial justice approach to address multiple crises in rural Britain

A new paper by Professor Michael Woods has been published in The Geographical Journal. The paper proposes the adoption of a spatial justice approach to understanding the multiple crises facing rural Britain and developing policy responses. It outlines the key dimensions of rural spatial justice and considers its application to analysis of challenges in the…

New IWA Podcast Explores Dialogue, Deliberation, and Democratic Renewal

Tune in to the latest IWA podcast featuring CWPS WISERD Co-director Dr. Anwen Elias and Dr. Jennifer Wolowic, Principal Lead of the Dialogue Centre at Aberystwyth University, as they delve into the realms of dialogue, deliberation, and democratic renewal. Discover how innovative approaches to democracy are engaging citizens in shaping decisions that impact their daily…

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