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Public Engagement: a liberating experience

Public Engagement: a liberating experience

Posted on 1 June 2016 by WISERD

Public engagement used to be something I shied away from but in the past month I have taken part in two public engagement events to present the work of the […]

Where does the money go when your local authority pays more than £500 per week for a care home bed?

Where does the money go when your local authority pays more than £500 per week for a care home bed?

Posted on 8 March 2016 by WISERD

Joe Earle, Research Fellow, Queen Mary and Westfield, London.  Everyone’s agreed that there is a crisis in adult social care and the sector needs more money but no one has […]

Making the Case for the Social Sciences

Posted on 22 December 2015 by WISERD

Telling stories has always been a good way to grab people’s attention and get them to understand what is important, but it’s not something that academic researchers are very accustomed […]

Making the Case for the Social Sciences in Wales Launch Event – In Pictures

Posted on 26 November 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Wednesday 25th November saw the launch of 'Making the Case for the Social Sciences: Wales' at the Pierhead Building in Cardiff. “Making the Case for the Social Sciences: Wales” is […]

‘People, Places and Policy: Knowing Contemporary Wales Through New Localities’ – A New WISERD Book Published

Posted on 5 October 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Our book has finally been published! We say finally, because the idea for the book started to take shape five years ago during the first phase of WISERD. During this […]

Introducing the All Wales Academic Social Care Research Collaboration

Posted on 21 April 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

The All Wales Academic Social Care Research Collaboration (ASCC) is a three year programme funded by the National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR). ASCC was developed in response […]

WISERD New Starters – Part 2

Posted on 3 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

In the last few of months, we have welcomed several new members of staff to WISERD, to work on a variety of new and existing projects. This week we'll be focusing on two Cardiff based […]

Exposing the Welfare Myth of Them and Us

Posted on 10 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

A new book by John Hills explores key issues in the current debate about ‘welfare’ and the welfare state. The debate contrasts a stagnant group of people benefiting from it […]

What role do the political parties think the voluntary sector should play in delivering welfare services? How have parties’ ideas changed over the post-war period? And, what impact has devolution had… ?

Posted on 26 June 2014 by Jill Wilmott-Doran

By Dr Paul Chaney, WISERD Co-Director. These are some of the questions that I set out to address in a study that is to be published this month. Despite an […]