…underrepresented groups and minorities, including women, ehtnic and religious minorities, LGBTQ+ communities and disabled people. Traditionally, local elections have struggled to attract a diverse pool of candidates. The best-performing parties…
IWA warns the UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a βa deliberate retrenchment of devolution to Walesβ
…Thompson, provided a detailed analysis of UKSPF that highlighted its impact on Wales, particularly its sidestepping of Welsh institutions in favour of Westminster. This analysis built on our preliminary research…
The Welsh Voter Problem
…with 46.8%, but in comparison, the Holyrood election held at the same time hit a 63.2% high. May’s local elections have the chance to be historical. They’ll be the first…
A Vision for Welsh Towns
…the award of UK’s Best High Street in the past four years. While two very different communities with very different backgrounds, both had two things in common – the distinctiveness…
Review: Gorwelion, Shared Horizons
…words of the Prophet Muhammad: ‘If the Day of Judgement comes / and one of you has a sapling in your hand / you should plant it.’ Discussions and debates…
An Ambition Worth Having: Physics, Innovation and the Welsh Economy
…in England. Only one had their compulsory education in Wales. It was a physicist: Brian Josephson. Born in Cardiff in 1940, Josephson completed his school education at Cardiff High School…
Workers and the Climate Crisis
…justice. There are three primary components. Robust debate and agenda-setting research. Support Wales’ leading independent think tank. First, the challenge to secure justice for our workforce. A transition must give…
Diversifying Volunteering, or, Why Ukraine Doesnβt Need your Old Clothes
…formal volunteering, such as the example of non-white communities being more likely to care for the extended family at home. ‘Interviewing is very middle-class and formal. Isn’t community volunteering just…
IWA Analysis: Devolved Power(s): The British Energy Security Strategy
…to the April 2022 Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry into grid capacity in Wales Will Henson of the IWA discussing the energy security strategy on BBC Walescast Our comments on the…