ihsanadity via Pixabay (CC0 Creative Commons) We often think about what young people can expect to gain from university, or what universities contribute to society. But it’s not often that […]
Professor Grigori Kliucharev Professor Grigori Kliucharev recently presented as part of the WISERD Civil Society seminar series. His presentation, ‘Social and political participation in building democracy in Russia: The role […]
Credit: Pixabay, Creative Commons CC0 WISERD PhD student, Sian Evans, recently presented her PhD research as part of the WISERD Cardiff lunchtime seminar series. She explores whether the Omnivore Thesis […]
House of Commons: MPs debate 2013 Queen's Speech by Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright, Flickr, CC-BY-2.0 In recent blogs, we have explored the impact of Brexit, and the stances taken by the […]
‘Should 16- and 17-year-olds be given the right to vote’ is a topic that has been discussed a lot recently in the UK. The Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014 was […]
Recent findings by WISERD have found that Millennials are the most politically disinterested generation in the history of British survey research. WISERD research examining youth political engagement in Wales has […]
Following our event ‘Young People and Politics: the future direction of youth engagement in Wales’ on the 6th of this month, we are pleased to publish Jake Smith’s reflections on […]
On 19th January both the Labour Party’s internal report into the reason for its defeat in the 2015 general election, as well as the British Polling Council’s interim report looking […]
In November, the House of Lords voted in favour of allowing 16 and 17 year olds to vote in Britain’s EU referendum, expected to be held sometime in the next […]
On the 4th November, Home Secretary Theresa May unveiled the government’s proposals for updating the UK’s legislative framework for communications surveillance. The arrival in parliament of the Investigatory Powers Bill […]