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Putting a mission approach into practice: some insights from Wales

Putting a mission approach into practice: some insights from Wales

Posted on 1 October 2024 by Home of Innovation Blog

The election of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in July has brought renewed focus on the potential of organising government policies and activities around specific missions. Here, Prof. Rick Delbridge and […]

Spotting the signs of coercive control: the role of healthcare professionals

Spotting the signs of coercive control: the role of healthcare professionals

Posted on 10 May 2024 by Innovation + Impact blog

  Coercive control can have a devastating impact on its victims, and spotting signs early on is crucial. In this blog Dr Anna Sydor, a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing […]

On the road to a wiser society

On the road to a wiser society

Posted on 23 August 2023 by Heath Jeffries

SPARK convenes social science-led expertise to tackle complex societal challenges. Driven by creativity, curiosity, and entrepreneurship, its researchers aim to create a ‘wiser society’ to help individuals, communities and organisations […]

A curriculum for children’s health and wellbeing

A curriculum for children’s health and wellbeing

Posted on 10 February 2023 by Heath Jeffries

  Wales welcomed its new Curriculum for Wales last autumn, including changes to the way learners and schools are assessed, and changes to the way educators are trained and upskilled. […]

Review of 2022

Review of 2022

Posted on 22 December 2022 by Heath Jeffries

  Cardiff University’s work to turn research into real-world remedies for society’s pressing problems continued apace in 2022. Three major investments that provide the tools to translate ideas came to […]

SPARKing engagement

SPARKing engagement

Posted on 28 October 2022 by Heath Jeffries

  In six short months, the Social Science Research Park has fulfilled its acronymic destiny, ‘sparking’ major social science events and programmes and supporting partner collaborations. Here its director, Professor […]

A year with SETsquared – Cardiff’s journey so far…

A year with SETsquared – Cardiff’s journey so far…

Posted on 25 October 2022 by Heath Jeffries

  Cardiff joined SETsquared a year ago. The global business incubator provides a wide range of highly acclaimed support programmes to help turn ideas into thriving businesses, and brings together […]

Catalyst for Collaboration

Catalyst for Collaboration

Posted on 20 October 2022 by Heath Jeffries

How did the world’s first social science research park evolve? In extracts from a piece first published by Breakthrough – the UK Science Park Association magazine – sbarc|spark operations director […]

sbarc|spark – a ‘superlab’ solving society’s ills

sbarc|spark – a ‘superlab’ solving society’s ills

Posted on 22 August 2022 by Peter Rawlinson

Special guests from the worlds of social science research-led innovation, politics, the third sector and government joined a recent celebration of sbarc|spark – Cardiff University’s space for co-creating solutions for […]

Building a better society

Building a better society

Posted on 1 August 2022 by Peter Rawlinson

Society’s newest ‘superlab,’ sbarc|spark, opened its doors in March. A torch-bearer for the power of social science research-led innovation, sbarc|spark brings experts together with external partners to create answers to […]