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The IDEAL study: finding strategies to live well with dementia

The IDEAL study: finding strategies to live well with dementia

Posted on 25 January 2017 by WISERD

Finding strategies to live well with dementia is increasingly a focus of UK government policy.  But, we know relatively about what living well with dementia means to the people and […]

Making the Best of a Bad Job? Measuring Job Satisfaction in Wales

Making the Best of a Bad Job? Measuring Job Satisfaction in Wales

Posted on 7 July 2016 by WISERD

Since the introduction of its well-being programme in 2010, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has introduced a number of questions into its surveys in an attempt to measure the […]

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 […]

Stress, Environment and the Human Body

Posted on 21 July 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

What effects do different environments have upon stress levels in the human body? What affect does it have upon our well-being and health? In order to test this in June […]

WISERD Toasts Another Successful Annual Conference

Posted on 8 July 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Last week the 6th Annual Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) Conference took place at Cardiff’s iconic Millennium Stadium. The WISERD Conference is the largest […]

Well-Being and Six Features of the Human Condition

Posted on 29 June 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

The concept of well-being is very slippery as it has many different meanings and applications. With politicians and governments increasingly using it as an adjudicating value for how policies should […]

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 […]

Living well with dementia

Posted on 13 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Today the heart breaking news of the death of best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett weighs heavily on my mind. Sir Terry died on Thursday 12th March, 2015, following an 8 […]

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 […]

WISERD’s Civil Society Research Centre: Reflections on the official launch.

Posted on 12 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

On Thursday 5th February, 2015, WISERD celebrated the official launch of its flagship Civil Society Research Centre. WISERD’s Director Ian Rees Jones reflects upon a successful event. I spent a nervous […]