New toolkit uses collage making as a creative method for dialogue

The Aberystwyth University Dialogue Centre and the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society (CWPS) have launched a unique toolkit showing how collage making can help people deliberate important issues.  A Collage of Dialogue: A Creative Method for Setting Up Deliberative Conversations offers a step-by-step guide for running a two-hour workshop where collage making is used as…

Former First Minister to discuss Wales’ constitutional future

Wales’ former First Minister will discuss the constitutional future of Wales at a talk at Aberystwyth University later this month. Dr Anwen Elias and The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones will consider the work of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales and the recommendations set out in its final report. The dialogue between…

Public lecture on the future of the United Kingdom

The pressing political question of the United Kingdom’s survival will be the subject of a public lecture at Aberystwyth University. ‘Fractured Union’ will be delivered by Professor Michael Kenny, an expert on the UK constitution, national identity, and territorial politics. The lecture will be hosted by Aberystwyth University’s Centre for Welsh Politics and Society as…
The project held a photography exhibition in Aberystwyth in April 2023, displaying images of ‘Independence’ taken by local photographers.

Call for Images illustrating Independence by Caernarfon Area Photographers

Researchers are looking for people in the Caernarfon area with a passion for photography to take pictures reflecting how they think and feel about independence. The photographers will be asked to take four pictures and attend a session at Y Galeri in Caernarfon on Saturday 30 September to discuss how and why they chose their…

Strengthening Welsh democracy discussed at media conference

CWPS-WISERD Co-Director will discuss how to strengthen democracy in Wales at a high-profile media conference this week. ‘Citizens’ Voices, People’s News: Making the Media Work for Wales’ takes place at the Institute of Welsh Affairs in Cardiff on Thursday 17 November, and features keynote speeches from Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn…

Panel and networking event – Reimagining Welshness: New & Emerging Research

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and Head of BBC Radio 1 Aled Haydn Jones will be among the contributors at Aberystwyth University’s Festival of Research later this month. As part of the festival, the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society has organised a panel discussion entitled ‘Reimagining Welshness: New & Emerging Research’. The…