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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 […]

Social Media & Society Conference 2017

Social Media & Society Conference 2017

Posted on 18 August 2017 by WISERD

The 28-30th July marked the 8th annual Social Media & Society Conference. The conference is organised by the Social Media Lab at Ryerson University in Toronto and this year it returned […]

What would a Cultural Participation Research Network look like, and why should we have one?

What would a Cultural Participation Research Network look like, and why should we have one?

Posted on 17 July 2017 by WISERD

Cultural Participation Research Network meeting, 22nd June 2017 Dr Eva Elliott and Dr Ellie Byrne introduce The Cultural Participation Research Network, which was established in June 2017 with help from […]

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 […]

Climate change and poverty are as much of a threat as terrorism for many young people

Posted on 27 March 2017 by WISERD

Credit: Shutterstock It will probably come as little surprise that recent surveys have found the majority of adults in Europe think that international terrorism is the most pressing threat to […]

Without European intervention, equality for disabled people in Britain would be a distant dream

Without European intervention, equality for disabled people in Britain would be a distant dream

Posted on 15 March 2017 by WISERD

The representation of disabled people in government has never been more important. In 2014, 19% of British residents said that they were disabled. The country also has an ageing population […]

Brexit, young people and the parties I: Labour

Brexit, young people and the parties I: Labour

Posted on 10 March 2017 by WISERD

Image credit: Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party UK, provided by Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Given that the EU Referendum was one of the most dominating, bitterly contested […]

Young people and Brexit: one year on

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 […]

Regional variations in voting patterns among under-30s: post-referendum reflections

Regional variations in voting patterns among under-30s: post-referendum reflections

Posted on 30 June 2016 by WISERD

In the weeks, months and years following 23rd June 2016, the long-term consequences of a majority Brexit vote will slowly unfold. Regardless of whether the British economy continues in freefall […]

Making the Case for the Social Sciences

Posted on 22 December 2015 by WISERD

Telling stories has always been a good way to grab people’s attention and get them to understand what is important, but it’s not something that academic researchers are very accustomed […]