Professor Gareth Rees
A major social science conference exploring the landscape of a 'Changing Wales? within social, economic and political contexts is taking place in Swansea next week. The Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods? (WISERD) second annual summer conference, will reflect on the institute's interdisciplinary working methods and feature an array of speakers from academia, central and local government, and third sector agencies. A key topic under discussion at the conference will be an analysis of the economic contribution of major events in Wales, where Rob Holt (Chief Executive of Ryder Cup Wales 2010) will reflect on the value of the Ryder Cup. The session will also look at the wider public policy implications of major events and to developing methodologies to measure the impact of similar events in the future. Another session will address the concept of 'behaviour change? within a Welsh context. Clive Bates, Director General of Sustainable Futures at the Welsh Assembly Government, will be joined by Cardiff University's Professor Ken Peattie to review the work being undertaken around behaviour change in Wales and its potential to offer improved policy outcomes. Other themes to be covered over the two-day conference include; Inequality in Wales, Ageing and Place, Poverty and Homelessness, Education and Health in Wales, Migration, Tourism, Citizenship, Criminology and Devolution, Participation and Civil Society, and Skills and Employment.
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