International Ombudsmen gather at Aberystwyth

Public Services Ombudsmen from the UK, Ireland and Catalonia will gather at Aberystwyth University on Friday 21 June 2019 for an international seminar on how they hold public services to account. Chaired by Dr Elin Royles from the University’s Department of International Politics and Centre for Welsh Politics and Society, the expert seminar will bring…

Cyfle i leisio barn ar ddyfodol y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol

Cyfle i leisio barn ar ddyfodol y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Bydd cyfle i drigolion Ceredigion ddweud eu dweud am ddyfodol y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol mewn cyfarfod agored ar nos Iau, 15 Mawrth 2018 am 6 yr hwyr yng Nghanolfan Arad Goch, Stryd y Baddon, Aberystwyth. Cynhelir y cyfarfod, Creu Senedd i Gymru, ar y cyd gan Ganolfan…

Lifting the veil of kindness: ‘friendship’ and settler colonialism in Argentina’s Welsh Patagonia

The peaceable impulse of the Welsh in a global context of colonial brutality stands out as a beacon of generosity, yet even this ‘friendship’ served to reinforce, not undermine, the colonising project in Argentina and beyond, writes Lucy Taylor (Aberystwyth University). In July 2015, people in Argentina’s Chubut Province – and in Wales – commemorated the 150th anniversary of the…

The launch of the NEW MA in Welsh Politics & Society welcomes its first students in September 2017

With Brexit dominating the early stages of the Westminster general election campaign, Aberystwyth University has launched a new MA that considers contemporary Welsh politics and society and the challenges faced after Britain leaves the European Union. The new MA in Welsh Politics and Society was launched today (Friday May 5, 2017) by the Centre for…

Transatlantic rural meeting hosted

The Centre for Welsh Politics and Society / WISERD@Aberystwyth hosted the annual meeting of the TransAtlantic Rural Research Network (TARRN) at the end of May, bringing together leading rural social scientists from the UK and United States. Over 40 participants joined the meeting in Aberystwyth, representing TARRN’s core members of the leading rural social science…