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Doing Research Differently: Principles for equity in creative and participatory research settings

Doing Research Differently: Principles for equity in creative and participatory research settings

Posted on 27 November 2025 by hayleytrowbridge

In April 2025, a group of researchers, practitioners and creatives came together at a Method Hackathon hosted by the Creative and Innovative Research Methods Community of Practice and SPARK. The […]

SPARKing Data Use: Introducing Social Data Science and Platforms

SPARKing Data Use: Introducing Social Data Science and Platforms

Posted on 27 October 2025 by Katy Huxley

SPARK is currently running our first run of a new series of talks and demonstrations, under the banner of ‘SPARKing Data Use, Introducing…’. In our first series of 8 sessions, […]

The Role of Social Sciences in Creating a Wiser Society – Part 3: Towards a Wiser Society: A Roadmap for SPARK

The Role of Social Sciences in Creating a Wiser Society – Part 3: Towards a Wiser Society: A Roadmap for SPARK

Posted on 21 August 2025 by christaylor

How do you build a place – and a culture – where wisdom can grow? The final blog in the series brings the discussion home to SPARK, Cardiff University’s Social […]

Creative Disruption: A brief guide to convening a method hackathon

Creative Disruption: A brief guide to convening a method hackathon

Posted on 7 August 2025 by hayleytrowbridge

In April 2025, the Creative and Participatory Research Methods Community of Practice hosted a method hackathon with SPARK. The event explored how to challenge knowledge hierarchies, amplify underrepresented voices, and […]

The Role of Social Sciences in Creating a Wiser Society – Part 2: Progress and Obstacles to a Wiser Society

The Role of Social Sciences in Creating a Wiser Society – Part 2: Progress and Obstacles to a Wiser Society

Posted on 4 August 2025 by christaylor

Why does wisdom remain on the margins of research—and what’s stopping us from putting it centre stage? In the second instalment of the series, we shift from vision to reality. […]

The Role of Social Sciences in Creating a Wiser Society – Part 1: The Need for a Wiser Society

The Role of Social Sciences in Creating a Wiser Society – Part 1: The Need for a Wiser Society

Posted on 24 July 2025 by christaylor

In this powerful opening to our blog series, Professor Chris Taylor asks what it would mean for universities and social science communities to move beyond generating knowledge, and instead commit […]

Using administrative data to create impact: Engaging with the Senedd

Using administrative data to create impact: Engaging with the Senedd

Posted on 14 July 2025 by Katy Huxley

Katy Huxley is a Research Fellow for the ADR Wales Skills and Employability research theme and at SPARK based out of Cardiff University. Here, Katy describes the process of giving […]

Three is the magic number: A Cross-Centre Seminar on Global Migration and Exploitation

Three is the magic number: A Cross-Centre Seminar on Global Migration and Exploitation

Posted on 27 June 2025 by Blogs Admin

On March 21, three Cardiff University research entities - the Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Diversity (MEAD) Research Group, the Modern Slavery and Social Sustainability Research Group (MSSS RG) and the […]

Modern Slavery, Creative Industries and the Cardiff Capital Region: A New Collaboration

Modern Slavery, Creative Industries and the Cardiff Capital Region: A New Collaboration

Posted on 20 March 2025 by Blogs Admin

The Modern Slavery and Social Sustainability Research Group (MSSS RG) was established and is co-hosted by Cardiff University’s Business School and the Social Science Research Park (SPARK). One of our […]

SPARKing Change: Being more open?

SPARKing Change: Being more open?

Posted on 24 February 2025 by Blogs Admin

Open research, open science, open access, whatever the terminology, there is a push within the UK HE sector to be more ‘open’. The open research agenda aims to: Shift research […]