Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Insights from the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods(WISERD)

Thursdays 16:10 – 18:00
 Committee Room 1, Glamorgan Building

15th April 2010 – 4:10pm in Committee Room 1

Speakers:

•  Professor Huw Beynon (WISERD Director)
•  Mr Steve Davies (Senior Research Fellow, SOCSI)
•  Mr Rhys Davies (Senior Research Fellow in Quantitative Methods, WISERD)

Wales: Trade Union Country? Structural change, historical continuities

Chair:   Professor Ralph Fevre , School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University

13th May 2010– 4:10pm in Committee Room 1

Speaker

• Professor Martin Jones (WISERD Co-Director, Aberystwyth University)

New Localities:  Economic and Social Geographies in Wales

Chair:   Professor Amanda Coffey , School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University

3rd June 2010 – 4:10pm in Committee Room 1

Speakers

•  Dr Tom Hall (SOCSI)
• Dr Robin Smith (Research, WISERD, Cardiff University)

Local knowledge and spatial practice:  urban patrol(s) in central Cardiff

Chair: Professor Andy Pithouse (SOCSI), School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University

10th June 2010 – 4:10pm in Committee Room 1

Speaker

• Dr Scott Orford (Data Integration Co-ordinator, WISERD, Cardiff)

Cartographic spaces and fuzzy places:  what can the mapping of socio-economic data tell us about Wales?

Chair: Professor Gordon Hughes, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University