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What next for Wales’ constitutional future? (2024)
May 2024
Chaired by Professor Emyr Lewis, Dr Anwen Elias and The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones in conversation as they consider the work of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales and the recommendations set out in its final report. What can we learn from the Commission’s approach in talking about constitutional issues? And what can we expect to happen next?
Professor Michael Kenny, Fractured Union (2024)
April 2024
Professor Michael Kenny explores the United Kingdom’s survival as he discusses his new book ‘Fractured Union.’ The book uncovers the roots of today’s crisis, revealing the assumptions of MPs and civil servants regarding the Union, and explores the profound pessimism within political circles about its long-term viability.
After the Constitutional Commission - Mapping the Road to Independence (2024)
January 2024
The final report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales outlined different options for Wales’ constitutional future. In this video, Rhun Ap Iorwerth MS, leader of Plaid Cymru, responds to the report and reflets on the implications for Plaid Cymru’s policy of independence for Wales.
Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD) (2023)
December 2023
The new WISERD video provides a fresh introduction to WISERD, including our research networks, collaborative projecs with partners and our commitment to capacity building and training. It also gives a brief insight into some of our current research and its impact for society, and our vision for the future.
Professor Michael Woods discusses a recently completed project funded by the European Union called IMAJINE and made up of 15 partners across Europe, in which s spatial justice framework is used to examine territorial inequalities in Europe and the impact of European Union cohesion policies.
Do the UK public want democratic reform? (2023)
May 2023
In this lecture, Professor Alan Renwick from University College London and Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit explores a crucial question: “Do the UK public want democratic reform?”
The Role of Community and Voluntary Organizations in Addressing Polarisation in Local Communities (2023)
May 2023
Meet people whose work resists polarisation in differing way in community and voluntary settings.
Marjorie Mayo explores community development and popular education in populist times and Amanda Morris and educating and empowering communities to challenge problematic media representation of Muslim and Islam.
Anthony Ince discusses ‘Far-right voluntarism and the figure of the ‘good citizen’ and Ali Abdi shares his expertise on Community Organising, Grange Pavilion & the Great Get Together. Keynote speaker Derek Walker, leads a Q&A on ‘How is Wales well-placed to resist division from an increasingly polarised world.’ Alison Goldsworthy discusses the Next Steps and future opportunities to address polarisation in Wales.
Lucy Taylor 'Where the Welsh Are’ - the politics of Indigenous experience and Welsh reminiscence’ (2021)
September 2021
Presented at the conference Ailddehongli’r Wladfa Gymreig / Reinterpreting Y Wladfa / Reinterpretando Y Wladfa hosted by The Cardiff Centre for Welsh American Studies and the University of Bremen’s Department of Linguistics and Literature.
Showing true colours: the changing politics of race equality in Wales (2021)
June 2021
Professor Charlotte Williams OBE, guest speaker for the CWPS 2021 Annual Lecture.
British, Romanian and Polish attitudes towards EU migrants in the UK (2021)
April 2021
In this seminar Dr. Alexandra Bulat provides an overview of her recently completed doctoral work, which examines British, Romanian, and Polish attitudes to EU migrants in the UK.
Departures podcast episode 6 – A Welsh Utopia in Patagonia (2021)
March 2021
Mukti Jain Campion speaks to Professor Lucy Taylor of Aberystwyth University who has studied the archives of the Welsh in Patagonia, and Gareth Jenkins who has traced a family from his own village in Montgomeryshire that was amongst the early migrants.
Reflections on Wales and Europe (2016)
April 2016
Dr. Hywel Ceri Jones CMG discusses the relationship between Wales and Europe, and shares a few of his personal reflections on how this relationship has developed over the last few decades and what the future holds for Wales and the UK within Europe.
Patagonia 150- Lucy Taylor at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol (2015)
August 2015
Lecture by Lucy Taylor on Welsh colonists in Patagonia delivered at the National Eisteddfod, 2015 (In Welsh).
Dynamics of Colonialism in Welsh Patagonia (2015)
December 2015
Lucy Taylor discusses her research on relations between Welsh colonists in Patagonia and indigenous communities (In English).
The GLOBAL-RURAL Project (2013)
December 2013
Michael Woods introduces his research on globalization and rural localities.