WISERD 2012 Devolution, Place and Change
9.009.45
9.45 10.00
Arrival and
Registration
Formal
Welcome
10.00 11.00
Keynote
speech
11.15 –
12.45
Session 1
A: Retreat from Local Justice?
The effect of cuts and
reorganisations on Wales
Roundtable
Room
Powis Hall
Speakers: Dr Chris Taylor
(WISERD, Cardiff University), the
millennium cohort study in Wales;
Prof Gareth Rees (WISERD,
Cardiff University), qualitative data
and the National Child
Development Study (NCDS);
other speakers tbc
Moderator: tbc
Wednesday 28th March 2012
B: Researching Wales:
technology & collaborative
working
WISERD GeoPortal: An innovative
research tool for social scientists
(Dr Rob Berry, WISERD,
University of Glamorgan)
Physical proximity and technocultural propinquity: illuminating
the banal practices of cross
institutional working
(Dr Jesse Heley, WISERD,
Aberystwyth University & Dr
Stephen Burgess, WISERD,
Cardiff University)
Mapping interview transcript
records: theoretical, technical and
cartographic challenges
(Dr Scott Orford, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Chair: Prof Gary Higgs,
WISERD, University of
Glamorgan
1
Reception Hugh Owen Hall
Bangor Management Centre
Bangor Vice Chancellor
Professor John Hughes
(Powis Hall)
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Title: tbc
(Powis Hall)
Chair: Professor Ian Rees-Jones
(Refreshments served in hall)
C: Labour Markets in Wales and
the UK
Spatial earnings & employment
differentials in the UK: place and
people
(Dettner phd Swansea University,
Prof David Blackaby, Prof Philip
Murphy & Dr Nigel O’Leary,
WISERD, Swansea University)
Exploring the lived experience of
entrepreneurship in Wales
through the lens of language and
culture
(Dr Karen Jones, LEAD Wales,
Bangor University)
Spatial gender gaps in
unemployment during the 2008-10
recession
(Sicong Wang, Prof David
Blackaby, Prof Philip Murphy, Dr
Nigel O’Leary, WISERD, Swansea
University)
Chair: Rhys Davies, WISERD,
Cardiff University
D: Health and Care in Wales
E: Identity & place in Wales
Positive rights? Exploring
changing relationships between
mental health clients & services in
a devolved Wales
(Dr Myfanwy Davies, AWARD,
Cardiff University)
Representing and Documentary
Welsh Ethnicity: Jews, Wales &
Film
(Dr Nathan Abrams & Dr Llion
Iwan, Bangor University)
Reaching the hard to reach:
mental health through a rural lens
(Carol Jarrett & Dr Fiona Williams,
Institute of Rural Health)
Landscapes of care in an ordinary
South Wales suburb
(Hayley Collicott, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Chair: Dr Catherine Robinson,
Bangor University
‘Through the Eyes of Another’:
Diffraction, Film-making and Girls
Bodies in Place
(Emma Renold & Gabrielle
Ivinson, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Environmental influences on the
strength of adults’ and teenagers’
sense of place.
(Prof Mike Coombes (CURDS,
Newcastle, David Bradley,
CURDS, Newcastle, Emmanouil
Tranos Spatial Economics VU
Amsterdam)
Chair: Prof Howard Davis,
WISERD, Bangor University
WISERD 2012 Devolution, Place and Change
Wednesday 28th March 2012
12.45 Lunch
– 1.30
1.30 2.30
Keynote
Speech
2.45 –
4.15
Session 2
Room
Hugh Owen Hall, Bangor Management Centre
A: The use of longitudinal
research to understand Wales
Roundtable
Powis Hall
B. Researching Wales:
representation &
misrepresentation
Speakers: Dr Chris Taylor
(WISERD, Cardiff University), the
millennium cohort study in Wales;
Prof Gareth Rees (WISERD,
Cardiff University), qualitative data
and the National Child
Development Study (NCDS);
other speakers tbc
Mourning the death of a nation:
The impact of 1979 on Welsh
Politics
(Dr Andrew Edwards, Bangor
University)
The Effect of ESF Programmes on
Labour Market Outcomes in
Wales"
(Rhys Davies, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
The misrecognition of Wales in
Social & Educational Research
(Prof Sally Power, WISERD,
Cardiff University)
The “Discovery” of False SelfEmployment: Some Ethnographic
Observations and Questions for
Further Research
(Sally Hester, Bangor University)
Moderator: tbc
Investigating spatial variations in
access to public services and
potential associations with sociodemographic trends in Wales
(Prof Gary Higgs, Dr Richard Fry
and Dr Mitchel Langford,
WISERD, University of
Glamorgan)
Chair: Dr Bella Dicks, WISERD,
Cardiff University
4.15 – Break
4.30
2
Professor John Curtice (Strathclyde)
(Powis Hall)
Chair : David Blackaby
(Refreshments served in hall)
C. Employment and Earnings in D: Community in Wales
Wales and the UK
What has been happening to the
public/private sector pay
differential in the UK? An analysis
based on conditional wage
distributions
(Prof David Blackaby, Prof Philip
Murphy, Dr Nigel O’Leary,
WISERD, Swansea University)
A place called Ebbw Vale
(Dr Heike Doring & Prof Huw
Beynon, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Informal Learning, Trust and Civil
Society: Working with Migrant
Worker Communities in the
Valleys
(Dr Lesley Hodgson, University of
Glamorgan & Dr Stuart Tannock,
Cardiff University)
Space
Chair: Prof Mike Woods,
Aberystwyth University
Chair: Dr Stephen Drinkwater,
WISERD, Swansea University
Refreshments served in Hugh Owen Hall
Bangor Management Centre
E Crime and Criminology in Wales
Crimes against businesses in
Wales: an exploratory study
(Dr Jane Jones, Aberystwyth
University & Dr Tim Holmes,
Bangor University)
RD paper on policing
A Welsh Criminological Imaginary:
The State of Criminological
Research in Wales
(Robert David Jones, Cardiff
University)
Chair: Alex Plows
Bangor University
WISERD 2012 Devolution, Place and Change
4.30 –
6.00
Session 3
A: Poverty & Ethnicity in Wales
Roundtable
Room
Powis Hall
Organisers: Wales Ethnicity
Research Collaboration
Speakers: Dr Roiyah Saltus
(University of Glamorgan),
ethnicity, health and poverty in
Wales; Gill Olumide (Swansea
University), mixed heritage
communities; Anita Naoko Pilgrim
(Centre for Social and Evaluation
Research, London Metropolitan
University), on ethnicity, education
and poverty in Wales); Tamsin
Stirling (Bron Afon Community
Housing), on ethnicity, housing
and poverty in Wales; Tue Hong
Baker (Race Equality Network) on
BME third sector in Wales
Moderator: Prof Charlotte
Williams OBE, Keele University
Wednesday 28th March 2012
B: Ethnicity, language & Identity
C: Rural & Environmental
issues in Wales
D: Education in Wales
E: Community & regeneration in
Wales
Welsh & European Identities:
Exploring Europe through
biographical narratives (Prof
Howard Davis, WISERD, Bangor
University)
Farmer decision making on
environmental schemes in Wales
(Dr Sophie Wynne Jones & Dr
Mike Woods, Aberystwyth
University)
Home and Away: Higher
education, mobility and localities
(Dr Chris Taylor, Prof Gareth
Rees, WISERD Cardiff University
and Dr Luke Sloan, Cardiff
University)
Communities First in Wales
(Dr Bella Dicks, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Welsh Speakers and the Labour
Market:
Differences Between the Public
and Private Sectors
(Dr Stephen Drinkwater, WISERD,
Swansea University & Dr Robin
Mann, WISERD, Bangor
University)
Marine Energy Development and
Sustainable Transition: A
comparative case study of South
West Wales and North West
Ireland
(Julie Porter & Laura Norris,
Centre for Advanced Studies,
Cardiff University)
Good eggs, fixers & movers: The
use of networking amongst the
cultural elite in Wales
(Alice Clayton, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Senior Citizens & Endogenous
Service Provision in rural
communities
(Dr Laura Jones, Dr Jesse Heley
& Dr Suzie Watkin, WISERD,
Aberystwyth University)
Beyond graduation: graduate
outcomes in a devolved nation
(Teresa Crew, Bangor University)
The Progression and Outcomes of
Higher Education Students with
the Welsh Baccalaureate
Qualification (Dr Chris Taylor, Prof
Gareth Rees and Rhys Davies,
WISERD, Cardiff University)
Chair: Prof Sally Power,
WISERD, Cardiff University
Chair: Mr Graham Day
7.00pm
7.30late
3
Drinks
Reception
1884 Bar
Bangor Management Centre
Conference
Dinner
1884 Brasserie
Bangor Management Centre
Chair: Dr Rob Smith, WISERD,
Cardiff University
Drinks Reception in the bar with poster display
Stephanie Best – Ideas and Actions: The Process of Innovation Rural Health in Wales
Ceri Ellerton – Assumptions of Correctness the effectiveness of inclusive education for visually impaired Students
Conference Dinner
Creating the liveable city in 1970s
Britain:State policies and inner city
community building.
(Dr Peter Shapely, Bangor
University)
In a good state of repair? The
everyday politics of the Welsh
capital
(Dr Tom Hall & Dr Robin Smith,
WISERD, Cardiff University)
Chair: Prof Martin Jones,
WISERD, Aberystwyth
University
WISERD 2012 Devolution, Place and Change
Wednesday 28th March 2012
9.30 –
10.30
Keynote
Speech
10.45 –
12.15
Session 4
A. Let’s hear it from the workforce: A
joint academic practitioner discussion
about the future of public services
research in Wales
Roundtable
B: Migration and Mobility
Room
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(Natalie Jones. Dr Alex Plows and Mr Brian
Jones, WISERD, Bangor University)
Capturing the moving relations between
people and place
(Dr Jon Anderson, Cardiff University and Dr
Chris Taylor, WISERD, Cardiff University)
Exporting and performance: firm level
evidence on Wales & the UK
(Panagiotis Fouskas Bangor University, Dr
Catherine (kate) Robinson, WISERD,
Swansea Dr Mamata Parhi WISERD,
Swansea and Prof David Blackaby,
WISERD, Swansea University)
Multiispatial Metagovernance
(Prof Martin Jones, WISERD, Aberystwyth
University)
Summary to follow.
Moderator: tbc
Prof Ron Martin (Cambridge)
(Pritchard Jones Hall)
Chair: Prof Martin Jones
(Refreshments served in hall)
C: Performance and productivity in
Wales
From ethnic enclaves to glocalising Wales?
Polish migrant families managing
experiences of migration
from Central- to Western European small
communities
(Paula Pustulka, Bangor University)
‘Horizons of mobility’:
socio-spatial mobility in a post-industrial
South Wales setting.
(Dr Stephen Burgess, WISERD Cardiff
University; Prof Gareth Williams & Dr Eva
Elliott, CISHE, Cardiff University)
12.151.00
4
Lunch
Research on the impact of the Severn
Bridge on productivity
(Prof Don Webber, University of the West of
England)
Export Dynamics in Wales: Firm Level
Evidence
(Mamata Parhi)
Chair: Dr Stephen Drinkwater, WISERD,
Swansea University
Chair: Dr Robin Mann, WISERD, Bangor
University
Hugh Owen Hall
Bangor Management Centre
D: Devolution: theory and practice
Economic governance and decision-making
strategies in Wales: a secondary analysis
of WISERD stakeholder interviews' (Prof
Paul Furlong, WISERD, Cardiff University)
From Act to Measure: Language legislation
in post devolution Wales
(Dr Cynog Prys, Bangor University)
Chair: Prof Gareth Rees, WISERD,
Cardiff University
WISERD 2012 Devolution, Place and Change
1.00.2.30
Session 5
A: Subsidising multi-national
corporations: is that a development
policy?
Otton Solis, University of Florida
Respondent: tbc
Chair: Prof David Blackaby, WISERD,
Swansea University
Wednesday 28th March 2012
B: Citizenship and Language in Wales
C: The impact of deindustrialisation
D: Children in Wales
An Identity without a country or a country
without an identity: Stakeholder
imaginations of Wales
( Dr Robin Mann, WISERD, Bangor
University; Dr Laura Jones, WISERD,
Aberystwyth University & Dr Stephen
Burgess, WISERD, Cardiff University)
Negotiating deindustrialisation over time:
workers’ socio-spatial strategies in two
former industrial areas
(Dr Bella Dicks, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Safeguarding children: A staff survey in
North Wales
(Dr Stefan Machura, Bangor University)
‘We always invite residents to come along’
Discourses of citizenship amongst local
government stakeholders
(Dr Sally Baker & Prof Howard Davis,
WISERD, Bangor University)
Robust bilingual indicator explaining
bilingual consumers response to marketing
communications
(Dr Karen Jones, Bangor University)
2.30 –
2.45
2.45 –
3.30
5
Break
Director's
Address
De-industrialisation, the growing spatial
divide and reduced opportunity
(Rhys Davies, WISERD, Cardiff University;
Prof Ross McKay & Prof Shanti
Chakravarty, Bangor University)
Workers accounts of redundancy at
Anglesey Aluminium
(Dr Alex Plows & Huw Lloyd Williams,
WISERD, Bangor University)
Chair: Prof Philip Murphy, WISERD,
Swansea University
Chair: Prof Paul Furlong, WISERD,
Cardiff University
Refreshments served at the back of Powis Hall.
Professor Gareth Rees, Director WISERD, Cardiff University
Research and Higher Education in Wales: Current State and future directions.
Foundation phase evaluation
(Dr Chris Taylor, WISERD, Cardiff
University)
Children, young people and the future of
housing
(WISERD Housing Research Network)
Chair: Dr Robin Smith, WISERD, Cardiff
University