Civil Society

Why do we volunteer?

Posted on 21 February 2017 by WISERD

Photo credit: Moorefam, iStock Hannah Blake is a PhD student at Cardiff University and recently contributed to the WISERD Cardiff lunchtime seminar series with a presentation on her master’s degree […]

Young people and Brexit: one year on

Posted on 14 February 2017 by WISERD

The decision to leave the European Union on 23rd June 2016 was potentially the most dramatic ever taken by the British electorate. Not only did it fly in the face […]

Biography as we know it

Posted on 30 January 2017 by WISERD

Credit: bulentozber, iStock Dr Marta Eichsteller reflects on the challenges of biographical narratives in ethnographic research on civil society. Doing biographical narrative research as part of an ethnographic project is […]

A neoliberal inconvenience

Posted on 30 November 2016 by WISERD

As part of my ethnographic research on the WISERD Civil Society project examining participation over place and time, I’ve spent the last year or so visiting two north east Wales […]

WISERD Civil Society: Social Media Research Series

Posted on 19 September 2016 by WISERD

Introduction to the Social Media Research Series Welcome to a new blog series here at WISERD, dedicated to exploring some of the key issues with using social media for social […]

WISERD Civil Society: Community-level social capital and the provision of public services; the need for a stronger evidence base

Posted on 3 June 2016 by WISERD

WISERD Civil Society WP3.2: Implications of Spatial & Temporal Variation in Service Provision for Inequalities in Social Outcomes This work package will undertake a comprehensive review of the literature on social capital with […]