The lecture entitled ‘The Future of Homelessness Policy in Wales: Learning Lessons from the States and the Scots’, considered what lessons could be learnt from Scotland and the United States of America; two countries that approach the enduring social issue of homelessness very differently.
Chaired by Dame Mavis McDonald DCB, Trustee of JRF and its Housing Trust, the lecture provided contributions from Professor Dennis Culhane (University of Pennsylvania), Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick (Heriot-Watt University) and Huw Lewis AM (Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage).
Professor Culhane, previously a consultant to the White House Domestic Policy Council, examined recent developments in America. Professor Fitzpatrick, a member of the Scottish Executive Homelessness Task Force which guided post-devolution changes in Scottish policy, then described the challenges of adopting a rights-based approach. Finally, Huw Lewis AM concluded the lecture by reflecting on key lessons for homelessness policy in Wales.
The entire presentations from Professors Culhane and Fitzpatrick are available to view below.
Professor Fitzpatrick – Homelessness, Human Rights and Legal Rights: Does Scotland Provide the Ideal Model
Professor Culhane – The Dynamics of Homelessness
Major social science conference travels to North Wales
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Media release: March 21st 2012
One of the most important events in the social science calendar for people concerned with social and economic issues in Wales is travelling to Bangor next week.
The third annual Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods’ (WISERD) Conference will bring together social science researchers, politicians, postgraduate students and public sector representatives to explore topical themes that impact society in the context of devolution, place and change.
The wide range of themes covered at the two-day conference reflects WISERD’s interdisciplinary research. They include: Labour markets in Wales and the UK, Environment and Sustainability inWales, Health and Care, Identity and Place, Theory and practice of Devolution, Poverty and Ethnicity, Education and Children inWales, Migration and Mobility, Crime and criminology, and Citizenship and Language.
Headlining the programme of more than 55 talks and roundtable discussions are three high profile keynote speakers: the Rt. Hon Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM, Professor John Curtice from the University of Strathclyde and Costa Rican politician and former presidential candidate Ottón Solís.
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas’ keynote address on how to legislate for sustainability will open the conference. WISERD Director, Professor Gareth Rees, said:” We are delighted to welcome such a well respected figure to the WISERD conference. Dafydd Elis-Thomas is one of the major figures in contemporary Welsh politics and I’m sure that his contribution will be well-informed and thought-provoking”.
To launch the event there will be a special poetry reading on the eve of the conference with renowned local poets Menna Elfyn and Zoe Skoulding presenting their work under the title of ‘Ffin a Frontier’ (boundary and frontier).
WISERD is a collaborative venture between the Universities of Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan and Swansea. Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council of Wales (HEFCW) and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), WISERD has established itself as a leading centre for social science research excellence since its creation in 2009.
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Notes to Editors
1. The third annual WISERD Conference entitled ‘Devolution, Place and Change’ takes place at Bangor University on March 28th and 29th 2012. Visit www.wiserd.ac.uk/conference2012 for more information and to view the full programme.
2. The ‘Ffin a Frontier’ poetry evening will take place in the Terrace Lounge, Bangor University on Tuesday March 27th at 7.30pm.
3. The Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) is jointly funded by the Welsh Assembly Government (HEFCW) and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to draw together and build upon the existing expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods and methodologies at Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan and Swansea Universities.
Established in 2009, WISERD undertakes research and capacity building activities that underpin research infrastructure in the economic and social sciences across Wales and beyond.
Cynhadledd bwysig ar y gwyddorau cymdeithasol yn dod i Gogledd Cymru
Datganiad i’r wasg: 21 Mawrth 2012
Bydd un o’r digwyddiadau pwysicaf yng nghalendr y gwyddorau cymdeithasol ar gyfer pobl sy’n ymwneud â materion cymdeithasol ac economaidd yng Nghymru yn teithio i Fangor wythnos nesaf.
Bydd trydedd cynhadledd flynyddol Sefydliad Ymchwil Gymdeithasol ac Economaidd, Data a Dulliau Cymru (WISERD) yn dwyn ynghyd ymchwilwyr y gwyddorau cymdeithasol, gwleidyddion, myfyrwyr ôl-raddedig a chynrychiolwyr o’r sector cyhoeddus i archwilio themâu amserol sy’n effeithio ar gymdeithas yng nghyd-destun datganoli, lle a newid.
Bydd yr ystod eang o themâu sy’n cael sylw yn y gynhadledd ddeuddydd yn adlewyrchu ymchwil ryngddisgyblaethol WISERD. Maent yn cynnwys: Marchnadoedd Llafur yng Nghymru a’r Deyrnas Unedig, Amgylchedd a Chynaliadwyedd yng Nghymru, Iechyd a Gofal, Hunaniaeth a Lle, Damcaniaeth ac Arfer Datganoli, Tlodi ac Ethnigrwydd, Addysg a Phlant yng Nghymru, Mudo a Symudedd, Troseddu a Throseddeg, a Dinasyddiaeth ac Iaith.
Bydd tri phrif siaradwr gwadd uchel eu proffil i’w gweld yn y rhaglen sy’n cynnwys dros 55 araith a thrafodaeth o gwmpas y bwrdd, sef: y Gwir Anrhydeddus yr Arglwydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas AC, Yr Athro John Curtice o Brifysgol Strathclyde a’r gwleidydd o Gosta Rica a’r cyn ymgeisydd arlywyddol Ottón Solís.
Bydd araith flaenllaw yr Arglwydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas ar sut i ddeddfu ar gyfer cynaliadwyedd yn agor y gynhadledd. Meddai Cyfarwyddwr WISERD, yr Athro Gareth Rees: ”Rydym yn falch iawn o groesawu unigolyn mor uchel ei barch i gynhadledd WISERD. Mae Dafydd Elis-Thomas yn un o’r ffigurau amlycaf yng ngwleidyddiaeth gyfoes Cymru ac rwy’n siŵr y bydd ei gyfraniad yn ddeallus ac yn gwneud i ni feddwl”.
I lansio’r digwyddiad, byddwn yn cynnal noson arbennig o farddoniaeth noswyl y gynhadledd gyda’r beirdd lleol enwog, Menna Elfyn a Zoe Skoulding, yn cyflwyno’u gwaith o dan y teitl ‘Ffin a Frontier’.
Mae WISERD yn fenter gydweithredol rhwng Prifysgolion Aberystwyth, Bangor, Caerdydd, Morgannwg ac Abertawe. Fe’i hariennir gan Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) a Chyngor Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol y DU (ESRC), ac mae WISERD wedi sefydlu ei hun fel canolfan flaenllaw ar gyfer rhagoriaeth mewn ymchwil i’r gwyddorau cymdeithasol ers ei chreu yn 2009.
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Nodiadau i Olygyddion
1. Bydd trydedd cynhadledd flynyddol WISERD, sy’n dwyn y teitl ‘Datganoli, Lle a Newid’ yn cael ei chynnal ym Mhrifysgol Bangor ar 28 a 29 Mawrth 2012. Ewch i www.wiserd.ac.uk/conference2012 i gael rhagor o wybodaeth ac i weld y rhaglen lawn.
2. Bydd noson farddoniaeth ‘Ffin a Frontier’ yn cael ei chynnal yn y Lolfa Teras, Prifysgol Bangor, nos Fawrth, 27 Mawrth am 7.30pm.
3. Caiff Sefydliad Ymchwil Gymdeithasol ac Economaidd, Data a Dulliau Cymru (WISERD) ei ariannu ar y cyd gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru (CCAUC) a Chyngor Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol y DU (ESRC) er mwyn dwyn ynghyd ac adeiladu ar yr arbenigedd sydd eisoes yn bodoli mewn dulliau a methodoleg ymchwil ansoddol a meintiol ym Mhrifysgolion Aberystwyth, Bangor, Caerdydd, Morgannwg ac Abertawe.
Mae WISERD, a sefydlwyd yn 2009, yn cynnal ymchwil a gweithgareddau meithrin gallu sy’n sylfaen i seilwaith ymchwil yn y gwyddorau cymdeithasol ac economaidd ar draws Cymru a thu hwnt.
