Professor Michael Woods presented findings from the CWPS-WISERD-led Horizon 2020 project IMAJINE to the Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference in Zagreb in November. Jointly organized by the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG-Regio), the Regional Studies Association and the Croatian Government, the conference brought together 150 academics, EU policy-makers and member…
New paper on ‘Refugees, race and the limits to rural cosmopolitanism’ in Wales and Ireland
CWPS-WISERD Co-Director Professor Michael Woods has published an open access paper in the Journal of Rural Studies which examines the settlement of refugees and asylum seekers in three small towns in Wales and Ireland, including Aberystwyth and Newtown. The paper builds on an earlier article that introduced the idea of ‘precarious rural cosmopolitanism’, arguing that…
New paper highlights the impact of industrial transformation in rural areas
A new paper in the Journal of Rural Studies reports on research from the ERC Global-Rural project led by CWPS-WISERD to examine the industrial transformation of a village in eastern China in the context of globalization. Co-authored by CWPS-WISERD Co-Director Professor Michael Woods with former CWPS-WISERD post-doc Dr Francesa Fois (now at Salford University), Professor Hualou Long of the…
A cuppa and 7 digestive videos on the voluntary sector
Dr Amy Sanders of Aberystwyth University & Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research & Data (WISERD) has created a series of bitesize videos aimed at practitioners that share her research on the relationship between the voluntary sector and Welsh Government in the time that it takes to have mug of tea. Amy’s background in…
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…
Award for PhD research on Institutionalising Equalities
An Aberystwyth University Post-Doctoral Research Associate was one of this years’ recipients of the Audrey Jones Memorial Award. Dr Amy Sanders received this award for her PhD research, which was titled: Institutionalising Equalities? Exploring the Engagement of Equalities Organisations in the Welsh Third Sector-Government Partnership. As an award winner, Dr Sanders was invited to give a paper at…
CWPS-WISERD members awarded Best Paper at Voluntary Sector and Voluntary Research Annual Conference
This year CWPS-WISERD members Dr Jesse Heley, Dr Flossie Kingsbury, Dr Sally Power, Dr Amy Sanders and Dr Najia Zaidi were awarded the prize for Best Paper at Voluntary Sector and Voluntary Research Annual Conference. The Campbell Adamson Memorial Prize is awarded each year for the Best Paper at Voluntary Sector and Voluntary Research (VSVR) Annual…
New chapters for CWPS-WISERD academics on language policy and planning
Three Aberystwyth University academics have written chapters in a new book that celebrates Professor Colin Williams’ contribution to the field of language policy and planning. Language, Policy and Territory contains 18 chapters by Williams’ former students, colleagues and collaborators, including Professor Rhys Jones, Dr Huw Lewis and Dr Elin Royles, who are based at the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society (CWPS). The…
CWPS-WISERD Co-Director appointed to Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales
An expert on territorial and constitutional politics from Aberystwyth University has been appointed Commissioner to the new Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales. Dr Anwen Elias, CWPS-WISERD Co-Director and Reader in Politics in the Department of International Politics, was among the nine appointed individuals announced by the Counsel General and Minister for the…