Funded Research Projects
Current Projects
The School has been awarded funding for various research projects, details of which are listed below.
Delivering renewable energy under devolution
Dr Richard Cowell
Sponsor: ESRC (£163,622)
Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2012
Biopatents in Animal Breeding
Dr Peter H Feindt
Sponsors: Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences & German Federal Agency for Food (£65,781)
Duration: 01/01/2011 - 30/11/2012
Improving rural competitiveness in the Welsh economy
Professor Paul Milbourne, Professor Steve Hurley (COMSC)
Sponsor: Welsh Assembly Government (£25,000)
Duration: 01/10/2010 - 31/03/2011
Civil society and the public sphere in the environment of a transformed healthcare system
Dr Shane Doheny
Sponsor: Welsh Assembly Government (£9,992)
Duration: 01/10/2010 - 28/02/2011
Neighbourhood management development: Development of an assessment framework
Dr Madeleine Pill, Professor Kevin Morgan
Sponsor: Welsh Assembly Government (£9,770)
Duration: 01/10/2010 - 31/03/2011
Making space for the poor: Law, rights, regulation and street-trade in the 21st century
Alison Brown
Sponsor: ESRC / DFID (£254,275)
Duration: 01/08/10 - 31/07/2012
Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE)
Professor Chris Webster, Professor Phil Jones (ARCHI)
Sponsor: The Higher Education Academy (£158,646)
Duration: 01/08/2010 - 31/07/2011
Changing regional governance in China
Professor Fulong Wu Sponsor: British Academy (£4,000)
Duration: 01/07/2010 - 30/06/2011
Forecast for the future: Scaling up the community food sector
Professor Kevin Morgan, Dr Roberta Sonnino
Sponsor: The Plunkett Foundation (£39,836)
Duration: 18/06/2010 - 31/01/2012
The development of migrant villages under China’s rapid urbanization: Implications for poverty and slum policies
Professor Fulong Wu, Professor Chris Webster
Sponsor: ESRC / DFID (£266,904)
Duration: 01/05/10 - 30/04/2012
KIMERAA - Knowledge transfer to improve marine economy in regions from the Atlantic area
Professor Phil Cooke
Sponsor: Commission of the European Communities (£108,599)
Duration: 01/04/2010 - 31/03/2012
KIT - Knowledge, innovation, territory
Professor Phil Cooke
Sponsor: Commission of the European Communities (£41,846)
Duration: 01/04/2010 - 30/12/2012
Simulation and evaluation of a better regulation of converging technologies (SEBEROC)
Dr Peter H Feindt
Sponsor: SKEP (£38,451)
Duration: 15/01/2010 - 15/01/2012
Vaccine deployment project
Dr Gareth Enticott
Sponsor: University of the West of England (£ 101,461)
Duration: 11/01/2010 - 10/01/2014
KNETWORKS - Dissemination and Networks of Knowledge in Atlantic Area
Professor Phil Cooke
Sponsor: Atlantic Area Secretariat (£129,418)
Duration: 01/01/2010 - 29/02/2012
Young people and housing: Identifying policy challenges and solutions for 2020
Professor David Clapham, Dr Scott Orford, Dr Peter Mackie
Sponsor: Joseph Rowntree Foundation (£59,569)
Duration: 16/12/2009 - 15/05/2011
Climate change consortium for Wales
Professor Paul Milbourne, Professor Ian Hall (EARTH), Professor Susan Baker (SOCSI), Professor Nick Pidgeon (PSYCH), Professor Roger Falconer (ENGIN)
Sponsors: HEFCW (£86,476) & Countryside Council for Wales (£4,396)
Duration: 01/10/2009 - 31/03/2014
Grey and pleasant land? An interdisciplinary exploration of the connectivity of older people in rural civic society
Professor Paul Milbourne
Sponsor: Economic and Social Research Council (£192,763)
Duration: 02/01/2009 - 01/01/2012
The Wales Rural Observatory
Professor Paul Milbourne, Professor Terry Marsden
Sponsor: National Assembly for Wales (£2,450,000)
Duration: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2013
The Wales Institute of Social and Economic research, data and methods (WISERD)
Professor Terry Marsden, Professor Huw Beynon (SOCSI), Professor Amanda Coffey (SOCSI), Professor Robert McNabb (CARBS), Professor Paul Furlong (EUROS), Professor Gillian Douglas (CLAWS)
Sponsors: National Assembly for Wales (HEFCW) (£684,002) & Economic and Social Research Council (£289,760)
Duration: 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2011
Rethinking entrepreneurship (RETHE)
Professor Phil Cooke
Sponsor: Commission of European Communities (£123,563)
Duration: 01/09/2008 - 31/08/2011
Assessing the impact and effectiveness of the ethical framework
Dr Richard Cowell, Dr Huw Thomas , Dr James Downe (CARBS)
Sponsor: Anonymous Benefactor (£288,530)
Duration: 01/01/2008 - 01/01/2013
Food for life partnership - evaluation proposal
Professor Kevin Morgan, Dr Adrian Morley, Professor Robert Lee (CLAWS), Professor Ken Peattie (CARBS)
Sponsor: University of the West of England (£16,800)
Duration: 01/07/2007 - 31/12/2011
Academic Fellowship
Dr Andrea Collins, Dr David Bembo (ADMIN)
Sponsor: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (£125,000)
Duration: 01/02/2007 - 31/01/2013
Centre for business relationships, accountability, sustainability and society (BRASS)
Professor Terry Marsden, Professor Ken Peattie (CARBS), Professor Robert Lee (CLAWS)
Sponsor: Economic and Social Research Council (£1,741,908)
Duration: 01/10/2006 - 30/09/2011
Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe
Professor Phil Cooke
Sponsor: Commission of European Communities (£122,548)
Duration: 01/05/2005 - 30/04/2011
Recently Completed Projects
Development of a food and drink for Wales strategy
Dr Adrian Morley, Professor Terry Marsden, Dr Roberta Sonnino, Professor Kevin Morgan, Professor Robert Lee (CLAWS), Professor Ken Peattie (CARBS)
Sponsor: WAG (£44,753)
Duration: 01/10/2009 - 31/03/2010
Global recession and poverty in Africa: The impact of declining international trade on street - traders in Lome, Togo
Alison Brown
Sponsor: British Academy (£7,500)
Duration: 01/07/2009 - 01/07/2010
Homelessness and Eastern European migrant workers in Wales
Professor Paul Milbourne
Sponsor: Big Lottery Fund (£5,875)
Duration: 18/11/2008 - 31/05/2010
The challenge of private urban governance and the rise of gated communities in Europe – GATEDPUG
Professor Chris Webster
Sponsor: Commission of European Communities (£123,292)
Duration: 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2010
Veterinarian styles of regulation: capture or culture?
Dr Gareth Enticott
Sponsor: Economic and Social Research Council (£79,930)
Duration: 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2010
Regional trajectories to the knowledge economy: A dynamic model (EURODITE)
Professor Phil Cooke
Sponsor: Commission of European Communities (£113,658)
Duration: 01/09/2005 - 01/09/2010
Previous Projects
For details of some of our previous funded projects, please select the appropriate academic year from the list below: