…and awareness in Wales. Almost six months after the release of Harry Thompson’s foundational report Our Land: Communities and Land Use, lines are shifting in Wales to allow residents more…
Placemaking, or Life and Death (and Rebirth?) of a Great Welsh Town
…space linking the town to the local supermarket, an integrated active travel hub, incubation spaces for new foundational economy businesses and a high design café linking Pontypool Park with the…
A New Public Square: For a Welsh Media that Serves People and Communities
…see on your news feed might be completely different – the opposite, even – of what your neighbour sees. This new project from the IWA shares with the Bureau a…
Usage and Abusage: A Bad Case of Hiraeth
…presence of absence.’ Declarations like this forget that these foundational events of modern Welsh history aren’t just blasé metaphors to be thrown around like hiraeth to make a vaguely articulated,…
A Vision for Welsh Towns
…of revitalising and reimagining our town centres. Welsh Government is looking at some of the structural challenges identified in reports from Audit Wales and Foundational Economy Research with input from…
An Ambition Worth Having: Physics, Innovation and the Welsh Economy
…in foundational subjects like physics, the edifice you build on top will be fragile. The UK Government is emphasising science and technology unashamedly, understanding innovation as tech-driven and high-growth. The…
Morlais: A Homegrown Renewable Energy Project
…ymchwilio. Cefnogwch brif felin drafod annibynnol Cymru. Feedback showed that the status of South Stack, the designated location for Morlais, as an environmentally sensitive site was an important consideration,…
Editorial – Upgrading Work for the 21st Century
…jobs’ that will make a positive environmental impact while securing a fairer economic future. Yet, in our report Turning Rhetoric into Reality: Decarbonising the Foundational Economy, we raised concerns about…
Valuing Local Democracy
…from £14,368 to £16,800 from the next council elections in May. Here’s why. Every year we listen to many people across Wales to get feedback about what it is like…