Project Tackling Inequalities Poverty Stigma Our recent research on the lived experience of poverty and social exclusion in Wales highlighted the importance of tackling poverty stigma – both because poverty stigma harms the mental health of people in poverty, and because it can make it harder for them to get the support they need or participate in their communities. In response […] Read more Topics: Lived experience Local government Poverty and social exclusion October 20, 2023
Project Tackling Inequalities Equity in tertiary education Post-compulsory learning is associated with a range of positive life outcomes, such as enhanced employment opportunities, increased earnings and improved wellbeing. However, evidence suggests that there are inequalities in access to, progression within, and outcomes from tertiary education among different groups. To address these inequalities and to provide a whole-system approach to post-compulsory education, the […] Read more Topics: Diversity and inclusion Education inequalities Poverty and social exclusion October 9, 2023
Project Community Wellbeing The role of multisectoral collaboration in supporting community action The Wales Centre for Public Policy and the Resourceful Communities Partnership (RCP) are working together on a research project aimed at better understanding the role of multisectoral collaboration in supporting community action that enhances wellbeing. The project involves two phases: 1) A review of evidence published since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic on the […] Read more Topics: Community collaboration Local government September 25, 2023
Project Environment and Net Zero Net Zero 2035 The current target date to reach net zero is 2050. The Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru Cooperation Agreement committed to ‘commission independent advice to examine potential pathways to net zero by 2035’. In response to this the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group was formed, chaired by former minister Jane Davidson. The group looked at […] Read more Topics: Energy Housing and homes Just Transition Net Zero April 26, 2023
Project Research and Impact Examining the Impact of the What Works Network The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) has been awarded ESRC funding to continue examining and developing the impact of the What Works Network. This work builds on previous Centre projects such as on implementation and on impact. This new project focuses on the following research questions: What counts as impact and what are the […] Read more Research and Impact: Impact The role of KBOs April 4, 2023
Project Community Wellbeing Well-being plan workshops for Public Services Boards Public Services Boards (PSBs) are required by the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 to produce local well-being plans every five years, on the basis of an assessment of well-being needs in their local areas, setting out well-being objectives and proposed steps to meet them. Following from our previous work in 2021 providing briefings […] Read more Topics: Local government February 23, 2023
Project Community Wellbeing Defining, measuring, and monitoring democratic health in Wales ‘Democracy’ is seen as an ideal system of government, because it confers power and legitimacy to political actors and institutions only to the extent that it represents the ‘will of the people’. To those that seek to govern, they must be able to show that the have the support of those who are to be […] Read more Topics: Local government November 25, 2022
Project Community Wellbeing Blended Services Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, public and third sector organisations supporting community wellbeing have relied on a mixture of remote and face-to-face methods for delivering services and engaging with the people they support. While surrounding debate can sometimes focus on the strengths and weaknesses of digital ‘versus’ face-to-face provision in a binary way, emergent in the […] Read more Topics: Community collaboration Loneliness August 30, 2022
Project Environment and Net Zero Modelling carbon emissions in Wales The combination of increasing global demand for energy and strict carbon emissions targets have made the decision-making process around acquiring and using energy complex. In the context of the Net Zero by 2050 commitment, the UK and devolved governments are interested in understanding the emissions implications of policy decisions and the interrelationships between them. WCPP […] Read more Topics: Energy Net Zero November 17, 2021
Project Environment and Net Zero Decarbonising Wales: Energy, Industry, Land Following the Welsh Government’s pledge to meet net zero emissions by 2050 and the outcome of the COP26 conference in Glasgow, it is clear that efforts to decarbonise our economy and society will be ever more important to public policy and debate in the years and decades to come. But while we know where we […] Read more Topics: Economy Energy Net Zero November 17, 2021
