WISERD 2012 Devolution, Place and Change Wednesday 28th March 2012

9.00- 9.45 / Arrival and Registration / Reception Hugh Owen Hall
Bangor Management Centre
9.45 -10.00 / Formal Welcome / Bangor Vice Chancellor
Professor John Hughes
(Powis Hall)
10.00 - 11.00 / Keynote speech / Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Title: tbc
(Powis Hall)
Chair: Professor Ian Rees-Jones
(Refreshments served in hall)
11.15 – 12.45 / Session 1 / A: Retreat from Local Justice? The effect of cuts and reorganisations on Wales
Roundtable / B: Researching Wales: technology & collaborative working / C: Labour Markets in Wales and the UK / D: Health and Care in Wales / E: Identity & place in Wales
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 / WISERD GeoPortal: An innovative research tool for social scientists
(Dr Rob Berry, WISERD, University of Glamorgan)
Physical proximity and techno-cultural 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 / 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 / Positive rights? Exploring changing relationships between mental health clients & services in a devolved Wales
(Dr Myfanwy Davies, AWARD, Cardiff 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 / Representing and Documentary Welsh Ethnicity:Jews, Wales & Film
(Dr Nathan Abrams & Dr Llion Iwan, 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
12.45 – 1.30 / Lunch / Hugh Owen Hall, Bangor Management Centre
1.30 - 2.30 / Keynote Speech / Professor John Curtice (Strathclyde)
(Powis Hall)
Chair : David Blackaby
(Refreshments served in hall)
2.45 – 4.15 / Session 2 / A: The use of longitudinal research to understand Wales
Roundtable / B. Researching Wales: representation & misrepresentation / C. Employment and Earnings in Wales and the UK / D: Community in Wales / E Crime and Criminology in Wales
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 / Mourning the death of a nation: The impact of 1979 on Welsh Politics
(Dr Andrew Edwards, Bangor University)
The misrecognition of Wales in Social & Educational Research
(Prof Sally Power, WISERD, Cardiff University)
Investigating spatial variations in access to public services and potential associations with socio-demographic trends in Wales
(Prof Gary Higgs, Dr Richard Fry and Dr Mitchel Langford, WISERD, University of Glamorgan)
Chair: Dr Bella Dicks,WISERD, Cardiff University / The Effect of ESF Programmes on Labour Market Outcomes in Wales"
(Rhys Davies, WISERD, Cardiff University)
The “Discovery” of False Self-Employment: Some Ethnographic Observations and Questions for Further Research
(Sally Hester, Bangor University)
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)
Chair: Dr Stephen Drinkwater, 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 / 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
4.15 – 4.30 / Break / Refreshments served in Hugh Owen Hall
Bangor Management Centre
4.30 – 6.00 / Session 3 / A: Poverty & Ethnicity in Wales
Roundtable / B: Ethnicity, language & Identity / C: Rural & Environmental issues in Wales / D: Education in Wales / E: Community & regeneration in Wales
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 / Welsh & European Identities: Exploring Europe through biographical narratives (Prof Howard Davis, WISERD, Bangor 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)
Good eggs, fixers & movers: The use of networking amongst the cultural elite in Wales
(Alice Clayton, WISERD, Cardiff University)
Chair: Mr Graham Day / Farmer decision making on environmental schemes in Wales
(Dr Sophie Wynne Jones & Dr Mike Woods, Aberystwyth 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)
Senior Citizens & Endogenous Service Provision in rural communities
(Dr Laura Jones, Dr Jesse Heley & Dr Suzie Watkin, WISERD, Aberystwyth University)
Chair: Dr Rob Smith,WISERD, Cardiff University / Home and Away:Higher education, mobility and localities (Dr Chris Taylor, Prof Gareth Rees, WISERD Cardiff University and Dr Luke Sloan, Cardiff 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 / Communities First in Wales
(Dr Bella Dicks, WISERD, Cardiff University)
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
7.00pm / Drinks Reception / 1884 Bar
Bangor Management Centre / 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
7.30- late / Conference
Dinner / 1884 Brasserie
Bangor Management Centre / Conference Dinner
9.30 – 10.30 / Keynote Speech / Prof Ron Martin (Cambridge)
(Pritchard Jones Hall)
Chair: Prof Martin Jones
(Refreshments served in hall)
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 / C: Performance and productivity in Wales / D: Devolution: theory and practice
Room / tbc / tbc / tbc / tbc
(Natalie Jones. Dr Alex Plows and Mr Brian Jones, WISERD, Bangor University)
Summary to follow.
Moderator: tbc / Capturing the moving relations between people and place
(Dr Jon Anderson, Cardiff University and Dr Chris Taylor, WISERD, Cardiff University)
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)
Chair: Dr Robin Mann, WISERD, Bangor 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 andProf David Blackaby, WISERD, Swansea University)
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 / Multiispatial Metagovernance
(Prof Martin Jones, WISERD, Aberystwyth University)
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
12.15-1.00 / Lunch / Hugh Owen Hall
Bangor Management Centre
1.00-.2.30 / Session 5 / A: Subsidising multi-national corporations: is that a development policy? / B: Citizenship and Language in Wales / C: The impact of deindustrialisation / D: Children in Wales
Otton Solis, University of Florida
Respondent: tbc
Chair: Prof David Blackaby, WISERD, Swansea University / 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)
‘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)
Chair: Prof Paul Furlong, WISERD, Cardiff University / Negotiating deindustrialisation over time: workers’ socio-spatial strategies in two former industrial areas
(Dr Bella Dicks, WISERD, Cardiff University)
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 / Safeguarding children: A staff survey in North Wales
(Dr Stefan Machura, Bangor University)
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
2.30 – 2.45 / Break / Refreshments served at the back of Powis Hall.
2.45 – 3.30 / Director's Address / Professor Gareth Rees, Director WISERD, Cardiff University
Research and Higher Education in Wales: Current State and future directions.

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