Research

The mission of the Cardiff Work Environment Research Centre is to foster the development of a university wide focus for research activity in the area of the work environment, health and safety, work and well-being, rehabilitation and related subjects and provide an authoritative source of expert advice on these topics. It promotes research locally, nationally and internationally through undertaking specific research projects and disseminating their results through seminars, workshops, conferences and the publication of working papers.

Current projects include:

• EPSARE — The Effectiveness of Safety Representatives on Occupational Health: A European Perspective: research project undertaken in collaboration with the European Trade Union Institute, Brussels (Funded by SALTSA, Sweden, the European Commission and ISAST, Paris)
• CADIMPLE — An Evaluation of the Impact of the EU Chemical Agents Directive in Member States (funded by the European commission DG V).
• Transferring Knowledge for the Effective Management of Chemical Risks in Small Firms (funded by the Knowledge Exploitation Fund of the Welsh Assembly Government)
• Understanding the role of supply chains in influencing health and safety management and its implications for regulatory inspection agencies in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University (Funded by IOSH)

Support for the continued research work of the Centre is sought from research councils, government departments, and elsewhere. We are also keen to collaborate with others to undertake major cross cutting research across the range of expertise represented by the Centre, that is can make a useful contribution to a better understanding of the work environment and contribute to the improvement of health, safety and well-being at work.