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Rediscovering passion: how my placement at WISERD has helped my future

Rediscovering passion: how my placement at WISERD has helped my future

Posted on 31 October 2017 by WISERD

Josie Phillips Josie Phillips has recently graduated from her third year of a sociology degree at Cardiff University. This summer, Josie undertook a research placement at the Wales Institute of […]

Developing ‘inheritance’ mapping

Developing ‘inheritance’ mapping

Posted on 31 October 2017 by WISERD

Louise Taylor, CUROP & CUESIP Poster Exhibition Event, City Hall, Cardiff Louise Taylor is in the second year of her sociology degree at Cardiff University. This summer she took part […]

University education makes you a better citizen

University education makes you a better citizen

Posted on 28 September 2017 by WISERD

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 […]

‘It’s bringing new life in’ Teenage parents and inter-generational values of family life

‘It’s bringing new life in’ Teenage parents and inter-generational values of family life

Posted on 30 June 2017 by WISERD

Image credit: iStock WISERD was joined by Dr Sally Brown from Edinburgh Napier University for the latest Civil Society Seminar, which looked at teenage pregnancy and intergenerational relations. Read her […]

Did Corbyn sway the alienated youth vote?

Did Corbyn sway the alienated youth vote?

Posted on 20 June 2017 by WISERD

Credit: Sophie Brown, CC Share Alike 4.0 Int. There is a well-established conventional wisdom that today’s young people are a politically alienated generation, meaning that they are seen as estranged […]

Has Brexit increased the political engagement of Britain’s youth?

Has Brexit increased the political engagement of Britain’s youth?

Posted on 16 June 2017 by WISERD

Has Brexit increased the political engagement of Britain’s youth? The idea that Brexit has engaged the young to such an extent that they voted in high numbers in the recent […]

Trust in the establishment and political interest among young people

Trust in the establishment and political interest among young people

Posted on 15 June 2017 by WISERD

Public trust in the political establishment is an integral part of voter choice in any election or referendum, but more crucially it upholds the democratic process. Without some degree of […]

General election results weren’t down to youth turnout alone

General election results weren’t down to youth turnout alone

Posted on 14 June 2017 by WISERD

It is difficult to think of an election in which the votes of young people – age 18 to 25 – have caused more of a stir. Of course, the […]

Civic engagement in Russia

Posted on 24 May 2017 by WISERD

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 […]

“They should’ve let us vote”

“They should’ve let us vote”

Posted on 21 April 2017 by WISERD

Credit: Pixabay, released under Creative Commons CC0 – College student, Heads of the Valleys. The dominant view among young people with regard to Brexit, is one of anger or frustration […]