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Image-Based Sexual Abuse

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Criminology and Law

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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Street-level urban maintenance practices

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

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A Multi-Modal, Multi-Sited Ethnography: young children and religion in three different local communities

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Exploring the relationship between the increased tuition fees in England and young peoples ‘Horizons for action’

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Sensing Wales: Conflicting identities and belonging of young ethnic minority people in Wales

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Human Geography

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Exploring the experiences, attitudes and understandings of domestic violence among street sex workers

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Criminology and Law

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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Nothing about us without is for us: the role of experts by experience in food security governance

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Human Geography

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Building just and sustainable food systems: A case of female small-scale farmers in Gulu district, Uganda

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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The Impact of Disability on Employment in the UK

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Economics

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Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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The Financial Consumption of Muslims in Wales

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Management and Business

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Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

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EU engagement in the Horn of Africa Maritime Sector

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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Dysphoria, dissolution and diversity: An ethnographic exploration into the growing disillusionment of Black Caribbean students 

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Livestock Markets as Therapeutic Sites: evaluating third sector approaches to rural health in Wales

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Optimising older adults' home spaces to support independence, activity, connection and wellness

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Sport and Exercise Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Developing awareness of and widening access to Welsh medium and bilingual statutory education for international migrants in Wales

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Using episodic future thinking to improve climate decision making and action in organisations

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Chosen families? Exploring the effects of UK family policies on LGBTQ+ parenthood  

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Looked-after children and education

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Understanding the social and environmental consequences of climate-driven migration to the tropical forest frontier

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Gender Health and Sustainability in Using Natural Resources A Case Study in Two National Parks in Wales

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Parent-child relationship quality and child psychological well-being among adoptive families in the first year post-placement

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Mediated neurodivergence on social media in the context of increasing diagnoses and public health service shortfalls

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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Reporting on Climate Change and Veganism in the British Press

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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Short is Beautiful: Restructuring the West Dorset Food System

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

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Asesu a lluosieithrwydd Assessment and plurilingualism

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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Emergence and sequalae of attention biases to threat across the first three years of life

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Racism in secondary schools

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Predicting and Mitigating Energy Poverty in Wales: An Explainable Machine Learning Approach for Early Intervention

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

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Teacher Professional Development, National Curriculum for Wales, Relationships and Sexuality Education

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Enhancing discharge care coordination in mental health and social care: A probabilistic data-driven modelling approach

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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Visual Activism and Amnesty International: Photography, Transnational Networks, and the Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1961-90

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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Exploring the Dynamics of Multimodal Integration in Emotion Perception

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Exploring the relationship between young people’s gendered bodies, their sexual practices and their sexual subjectivities – A participatory study

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Public Health and Wellbeing

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Health and Well-Being and Data Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Reading Skills of Arabic-English Bilingual Children with DLD

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Intersection of Disability and Asylum Seeking

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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Investigating the psychological impact of Domestic Violence and Abuse on human and canine victim-survivors  

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Effecting Policy Change to Enhance Climate Change Resilience Within Threatened Communities In Nepal

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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What are the implications of health inequalities such as parental education and household income in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) 11-16 years old’s mental health in Wales?

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Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
A Year of Immersion into the River Thames: Diving into the seasonal social worlds of river swimming

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Language belonging and psychosis

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Trust and distrust in sports coaching

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Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Jokes/wordplay in the primary curriculum; children’s cognitive/humour/linguistic development and children’s ability to decode different types of verbal ambiguity in joking riddles across KS2

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Geography - food and animal geographies

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Mild traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration risk.

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

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What are the social and individual economic impacts of importing used bicycles in sub-Saharan Africa?

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

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Expanding the speciesist confines of animal abuse perspectives in criminology

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The Neuroaesthetics of Implied Motion in Visual Art

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

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The reframing and recontextualisation of sexual violence cases as an online radicalisation tool by right wing extremists

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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The enduring role of conspiracy theories and disinformation in the post-Covid health domain: Exploring the case of the Wellness Industry in Wales.

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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The Fractured Left: An Investigation of Left-Wing Division and the Psychological Underpinnings Driving It

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Imagination and repetitive behaviours in autism spectrum disorders

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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An analysis of gendered experiences of street harassment and bystander intervention

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Local Government and Local Governance: Analysing the office of the Chief Legal Officer (Monitoring Officer)

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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Education, minority languages and young people

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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Youth Engagement with Culture and Herritage sites

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Horticultural systems diversity: growing spaces, cropping practices and food supply

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Speech and Language Therapy in Wales: the availability and adequacy of bilingual Welsh resources

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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The role of Welsh in community action groups

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
A Global Exploration of Flood Risk Management and the Potential of Integrating Traditional Environmental Knowledge

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
How Do Different Cultural Understandings of Trust Affect the Potential for Trusting Relationships in International Relations?

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Rethinking Stigma: Intellectual disability and motherhood in an era of neoliberal ableism

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Linguistic, pragmatic and relational determinants of effective communication in dementia care in Wales

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Social and empathy phenomenon in human-robot interactions

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
From City to Nation of Sanctuary: Examining the Political Geographies of Citizenship

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Making inclusive school cultures: exploring young people's worldviews in the context of RSE

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Social cues in the social environment

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Investigating Meaningful Making in Communities of People Living with Brain Injury

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Digital Economy and Society

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Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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Governance for Food Security

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Criminalisation of children and young people in care

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Good Lives Model and the Trajectories Away from Islamist Extremism

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Teacher & Learner Experience of the Welsh Baccalaureate

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Exploring the Bilingual ‘Catch-up’ in Welsh-English Bilingual Teenagers

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
YouTube video essays, investigative journalism and encouraging higher levels of media literacy in non-academic communities

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
China in the world-syttem

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
How businesses carry out Corporate Social Responsibility in schools

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Exploring perceptions and experiences of foundational and wellbeing economy policies through lived experience in low-income communities.

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The impact of rationalisation in the third sector on the experiences and values of its employees

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Delivering effective family mediation in the context of a changing family justice system

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
What are British public attitudes towards secret intelligence?

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Urban Acupuncture in South Wales- Pinprick Solutions for Urban Regeneration

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Climate Change and Gender Inequality in the Fashion Supply Chain: An Eco-Feminism Perspective

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The perspectives, experiences and perceived impacts of social and school policies in relation to the inclusion or marginalisation of gender minority students: a mixed methods case study in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Keeping Out ‘The Other’: Restricting Access to Justice for Asylum Seekers: An Equality and Human Rights Perspective

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
A Tolerant Nation? Race, discrimination and criminal justice in Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Space Warfare and Spacepower Theory: The Continuation of Terran Politics by Other Means

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Behavioural Aspects of Safer Transport

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Plasticity of Far Right Opinion and Community Activism

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
To what extent do employability interventions within HE empower students to succeed in a growing and digitally innovative manufacturing sector in Wales?

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The development of academic writing in the digital age

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Industrial Policy and routes out of poverty

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The role of mutations in Welsh English bilingual lexical access

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The overrepresentation of mental ill-health within UK policing

Research Topic:
Understanding the visual triggers of visual vertigo

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the impact of trauma-informed schooling on students in UK secondary schools

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Walking Severn Miles: an Emotional Geography of the Riverscape

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Child vocabulary development - Explicit etymology and morphology teaching at the transition from primary to secondary school

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
A Mixed Methods Study into the efficacy of music therapy (MT) in strengthening the relationships of UK adoptive families. 

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Coercive Control in Court: A corpus-aided discourse analysis of the representation of domestic abuse at trial

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Civil society, social cohesion, and wellbeing

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Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2014 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
An Evaluation of the Bureau Model of Youth Diversion

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Identity of Adopted Adolescents

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Neuroscience in business

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Examining a Rights-based approach to homelessness prevention

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Multi-Scale Governance of Second Homes: An International Analysis

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Identifying and communicating optimal grazing choices for sustainable livestock farming

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Digital acitivism in authoritarian regims

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Maternity care experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in England and Wales

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Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Implementation of Personal Carbon Allowances

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The Impact of Non Clinical Patient Factors in Clinical Decision Making

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Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Identifying the non-technical skills used by UK Fire and Rescue Service (UK FRS) incident commanders when dealing with emergencies

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Social Isolation and Acquired Brain Injury

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Contestations around the impacts of intensive poultry unit developments

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Global Health Security

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Dialect Levelling in Cardiff

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Covid-19 and reporting complicated political systems: How news is reported upon, engaged with and understood in complicated political systems

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Bankers’ remuneration, its relationship with risk taking

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
An Empirical Investigation into The Nature and Degree of Nominality

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Community Safety in an Age of Austerity

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Immersion Education and Bilingualism: Exploring Perceptions, Expectations and Effective Delivery

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Postnatal depression and associated occupational balance and social influences

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Spatial memory and Alzheimer’s Disease

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Equality and diversity training: An ethnographic approach

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Addressing the Educational Needs of the Community Pharmacy Workforce in Wales to Optimise Medicines Use in Society

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Resetting Libet’s Clock: Measuring the timing of conscious awareness of a decision to act using machine learning analysis of EEG data.

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The neural correlates of spatial memory and the cortical specialisation of scene processing

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Walking the Walk: An assessment of UK universities’ commitment to Climate Justice within Sustainability and NetZero Strategies 

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Migration, labour abuse and modern slavery in adult social care settings in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Drug policy and law enforcement effects on the cannabis market

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Sport and character: Reflections on using sport in character education within Wales

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Is avoidance of facts on social media driving political polarisation and impeding climate action?

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Resilience and Resistance: Women's Struggles for Rights in Authoritarian Regimes with cult leaders - A Comparative Study of Iran and North Korea

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
A cognitive functional account of indeterminate verbal categories

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The effects of air pollution on young people

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Integrating Leadership and Followership

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Climate action as dietary change: Exploring the role of behavioural interventions to support reductions in red meat consumption

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
‘Sex Killjoy’: Social media backlash to incidences of sexual violence since #MeToo

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Transgender People’s Experiences of Digital Technology in Wales

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Early detection of Frontotemporal dementia

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating lay understanding of medical terminology

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Identifying new woodland owner types: what is driving new woodland ownership and what advice and guidance would facilitate delivery of multiple benefits from new woodlands?

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Traumatic Memories and Memorialisation of Sexual Violence in the Aftermath Of Conflict

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Making its place in the 21st century countryside: life and identities within todays English rural sporting estate

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Remote Control: The Emergence of Drones in Contemporary Policing in England and Wales

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Corporate Governmentality

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Motion construal in verbs and deverbal nouns

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Internet Mediated Political Mobilization in China: The Case of Environmental Politics

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Cognitive and Linguistic Skills in emergent-bilingual primary school children in Wales

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Anti-Doping and Competition Manipulation

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Is ‘Head of Well-being’ an essential post in UK secondary schools?

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating The Experiences of Informal Carers Within the Process of Long-Term Care Admissions: Implications for Social Work Practice

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Asylum Law

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding the Experiences of Multiply Neurodivergent Language Learners

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Cybercrime and Fraud Victimisation in Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Mathematics Anxiety in Primary Teachers in Wales

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding Statelessness

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Online Misogyny: A gateway from everyday extremism to violent extremism?

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Prefigurative Nomadism

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Who speaks for the non-sentient post-human? Agency and resistance in ecological security

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Toward a unified theory of decision-making: integrating information from multiple modalities to explore the neural processes underlying decision-making

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Tapestri Llawr Gwlad: Post-Extractivist Pathways in Wales

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Local Area Energy Plans: an effective tool for Net Zero energy transitions?

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Trail and development of a resilience based intervention to reduce reoffending in young offenders

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The mental health needs of children and young people in care

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Social and biological mechanisms that underlie the perception of pain.

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Understanding how data based solutions to social problems are produced

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
User Centred Design Approach to Designing and Evaluating Fair Unbiased AI-Driven Models in Socio- Technical Decision Support Systems

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Environmental Sustainability

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating the relationship between identity conflict and exercise behaviour in women

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The behavioural effects of Oxytocin

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Election Systems in Wales: The Impact of Election Reform on Voting Behaviour, Ideology, and Political Understanding

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
A comparative ethnography of coal and steel communities: the social significance of literary representations

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Legitimising Role of Judicial Dialogue between the UK Courts and the European Court of Human Rights

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
A critical exploration of the promotion of gender equality in sport in postdevolution Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Enhancing Welsh Heritage

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding how Social and Environmental Uncertainty Impacts the Sustainability of Shared Resources

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Co-Creation in Rail-Services

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Early interventions for preventing radicalisation

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Experiences and attitudes of children and young people transferring to Welsh education

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The impact of Modernisation: A case study of Time within the UK Fire Service.

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Labour entry and Skill formation in the UK TV industry

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Male Sex Work

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Language Development of Bilinguals with Rett Syndrome

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The impact of paid employment for people with learning disabilities

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
A study into the effectiveness of readability strategies on look-a-like words in first and second language users of English

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Employers’ Organisations and their Codes of Conduct targeting Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study of Business in the Community

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Towards a racially diverse education workforce in Wales

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Investigating the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine in the UK

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The tree planting phenomenon: A 'Giant Leap' for climate change mitigation or mere greenwashing?

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Neural Correlates of the Executive Control of Social Cognition

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Welsh higher education delivering a second-chance nation: Barriers to mature students’ engagement with Welsh universities

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An Analysis into Social Deprivation and Educational Attainment

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An investigative study: exploring the coordination of multi-agency resettlement strategies for young people leaving secure accommodation.

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
How does transition from primary to secondary school impact upon young people's mental wellbeing?

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Correcting the Legitimacy Deficit: Relationships, Order and Safety in Prison

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Young Adults and New Citizens: The Social Construction of National Identity and State Affiliation in Contemporary Britain

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Impulse Purchasing

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Developing an adapted curriculum of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for children and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Women in Wales and Second Class Citizen Status

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the impact of the Buvidal Psychological Support Service (BPSS) on service users and whether it meets the needs and creates benefits that matter for all

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Coexistence in Confinement: An Exploration of Dual-Sex Prisons in Scotland Through Female Narratives

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
An investigation into the effects of music service funding reforms on children from low-income families in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Journalism in Poland after 1989, Partisanship and politicisation of the free press in a post communist society

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the (possibly contested) re-construction of the identities of young Gypsies and Travellers in relation to education for citizenship.

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Contextual Welsh language use in Gwynedd

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of sport in the manifestation of addicitve behaviour

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Girls, boys and the cyber-social relations of digital gaming: new mediations of gender and sexuality in contemporary childhoods

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Militarism in Post Soviet Russia from 1990 to 2000

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Parent as Coach: An empirically informed philosophical analysis.

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Intergovernmental relations and climate change policy

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Newid Ymddygiad Ieithyddol: Cynyddu defnydd pobl ifanc (16-25 oed) o'r iaith Gymraeg yng Nghymru

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
How lineup construction methods impact the accuracy of eyewitness identifications

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An analysis of the backgrounds of children entering public care (looked-after children) in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The impact of privatisation on relationships between offenders and their supervisors

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Welsh head teachers professional learning and development needs

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating the mobilisation of national identity in the digital age: Comparing the digital practices of nationalist movements

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Tours in Wales (c.1780-1820), and National Museum Wales: Contested Territories?

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding the influence of food variety in the hypermodern food environment

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Child Welfare Inequality in the Four Nations of the UK

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
DEFINE: UnDerstanding Experiences of deaF unIversity studeNts in WalEs – a case study

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Place Branding and Sustainable Development: Growth, No-growth or Degrowth

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Effects of Political Ideology and News Consumption on the Publics Perception of Fact-Checking

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Medicinal plant socio-ecologies in Brazil and the UK

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Water Insecurity, Conflict and Crime: The Role of Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Measures in Afghanistan

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Objective measures in stress and fatigue in train crew

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The relationship of social network structure with social participation in midlife.

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Towards an accessible and inclusive co-produced intervention to support the menstrual cycle and contraceptive use in netballers: a World Netball project

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Parental advocacy in child protection social work

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Waste Crime

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Co-Creating Stories in Schools for an Anti-Racist Wales

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
A co-productive approach to developing and evaluating the acceptability and feasibility of a social engagement intervention for men living in extra-care

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Providing legal protection for Grass Roots Rugby

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Preventing homelessness at the intersection of hostile policies: the experiences of refugees in Wales

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The construction of Latin American femininities and how online self-representation is pushing us toward a decolonial future

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Influence of Bilingualism on Cognitive Decline in Aging: A Psycholinguistic Perspective

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Innovation, Management Capability and Productivity in SMEs

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
An exploration of the role of online networks on the reconfiguration of home-schooling

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
What is the way forward: Athletes with a Difference in Sex Development (DSD) in elite sport

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Users’ experience of direct to consumer genetic testing for disease risk, and clinicians’ perceptions of its impact on genetic services

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Revisiting and reframing sport for older adults

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Marine social science

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Towards agency of opportunity for young people leaving care: A comparison of Welsh and Norwegian models of practice

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
London's Boat Dwelling Community

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Energy and Equity Revisited: Community Energy and Social Justice in Energy Systems

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Financial Frictions in Dynamic Stochastic Equilibrium Models

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Emotional Experiences of Nighttime Interventions

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
An Evaluation of Online and Offline Community Tension and Cohesion Monitoring Techniques: Towards a Blended Approach

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Stigma experienced by Vegan Mothers within the UK, due to being vegan while pregnant and for raising their children vegan.

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring impacts of foraging as a nature-based activity on human and ecological wellbeing

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Gender in the Online Far-Right

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Action perception and the sensorimotor system in infant verb language development

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Cognitive functioning in homeless young people

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Affective Infrastructures: Trans Spatialities and the Politics of Belonging in Bristol.

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Restoring the Celtic Rainforest for Net Zero – A Just Land Use Transition?

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
A study of integrated socio-ecological restoration initiatives at community level in Great Britain

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Protecting the health and wellbeing of children in sport: The role of parents

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Leveraging digital technologies to facilitate circular economy practices for UK food Waste reduction

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Organisational remembering in temporary work

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Transfer effects in English-Welsh bilinguals learning French as a third language

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Evaluation of characteristics of RESILIENce for patient safeTy in care delivery by the Rapid Response System in a Welsh Health Board, a mixed methods study

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Intersectionality and sex work

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Wales in China; promoting cultural diversity or normative cultural diplomacy? Evaluating the impacts of Sino-Welsh cultural exchanges post 2005.

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Young men, masculinity, employment and de-industrialised areas

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Girls Everyday Politics in the Dominican Republic and El Salvador

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Tuning into your body to manage self harm - Conceptualisation and test of a novel treatment paradigm

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
A critical analysis of biodiversity in urban planning

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Climate change and the future of health and care service delivery in Wales: Building resilience to rising sea levels & flooding

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Microfinance interventions in developing countries

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Social Class and Education

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Genetic Testing for Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) and the British Coronial System

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Wildlife Crimes and Responses to Them

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Styling authenticity on Twitter disinformation accounts

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Health, Place, and Animals: The Co-Production of Therapeutic Geographies

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The democratic image A study of photography as collaboration for INGOs

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2014 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Offenders and desistance

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
A Biopsychosocial Exploration of the Impact of Taekwondo on Adults with Autism

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
A multimodal approach: Comparisons between developmental stuttering and speech disfluencies in Parkinson’s Disease.

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2014 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Misogynistic Discourses on Social Media

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Heritage and Public Space

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating the Existence of a Multicultural Cardiff English Within Working Class Cardiff English

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An investigation into the management of change within a voluntary sector organisation.

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of perceptual organisation on auditory short-term memory

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Miscarriages of Justice

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Challenges of Building State Capacity in Ukraine

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Implications of AI on Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise: A synthesis of the current theories and a proposed framework for future adoption

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Healthy Vending in Welsh Hospitals

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Community participation in biological recording: an ethnography of citizen science.

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Redefining Professional Boundaries - Relationship Centred Practice in the Care for Older People with Dementia

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Proliferation of Mexican Organized Criminal Organizations into the United States

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
It’s the end of the world as we know it: Conceptualising the role of popular culture in the emerging post neoliberal world order through a feminist analysis of TV shows from 2018-present

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Evaluating the impact of various practices of translanguaging on pupils' educational and linguistics outcomes

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
How can violence against women in sport be tackled: A qualitative study to establish the extent and nature of gender-based abuse in football in England and Wales. 

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Race Ethnicity and Dementia A qualitative study to explore the ways African Caribbean Peoples dementia care needs are understood and perceived by social workers in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The use of Qualitative GIS in environmental decision-making processes

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Habit Discontinuity and Travel Choices

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Learning to Mind the Self: A Multi-Sited Ethnography of a Secondary School Mindfulness Programme in the UK

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Forecasting improvements for better reproductive health and family planning operations in global health supply chains

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The Nature of Quantitative Methods and Analysis in A-level Social Sciences

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Human Values

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring urban food access from the bottom up

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Leadership and the Motherhood Penalty: Exploring Workplace Challenges Faced by Mothers Post-Maternity

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring Queerness, Kink and Feminised Self Employment – An Ethnography of UK Strip Club Culture  

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding the Nature and Impact of Online Hate Speech Victimisation

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
An ethnographic study of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: exploring the experiences and perceptions of children, young adults and their families.

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Using an Evolutionary Psychological Approach to Develop an Intervention to Improve Relationship Prospects and Mental Health in ‘Dysphoric’ Singles

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Geographies of the digital outdoors: bringing together digital and outdoor learning spaces in Welsh primary Schools

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Pre-teen childrens digital social worlds a participatory and creative exploration

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
A Critique of the Social Discourse of Museums

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Estimating the social care needs of looked after children

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
An Examination of the public/private sector pay differential in the UK.

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Betting on Fame: Assessing the Psychological Impacts and Evolution of Celebrity Endorsement in Gambling Advertising

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Teacher training in oracy* and vocabulary development in primary schools in Wales

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2014 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Towards an Understanding of Zero-Hours Contracts as a Variegated Phenomenon: Evidence from the UK Higher Education Sector

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The Impact of Gender on the Substantive Representation of Women in Local Government in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Memories of COVID-19: Pandemic Commemoration in Wales

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
An interdisciplinary investigation of anterior cruciate ligament injury risk during decelerations in female athletes.

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Citizenship and belonging in sparsely populated rural areas of Wales and Norrland

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The Emotional Geographies of Museums

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
A Bayesian Approach to Modelling Risk Factors and Youth Reoffending Relationships

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Social Norms, Identity, And Habits For Better Local Environmental Quality In Wales

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Black British Experiences of Higher Education

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Psychosocial wellbeing

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The platformisation of politics: investigating TikTok’s role in shaping Gen Z’s political engagement and democratic participation in Wales

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Workplace surveillance and resistance

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Development of an Intervention to Support the Wellbeing of Adolescents in Football Academies via Engagement in Protective Leisure Practices

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Memorialising Missing Persons

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Board Diversity and CSR Performance

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
In good faith? An ethnographic exploration of faith-sensitive RSE provision in predominantly Muslim-faith primary schools

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Establishing international best practices for sport-based positive psychology programmes to combat behavioural issues and promote wellbeing in adolescents

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the Impact of Crime on Young Homeless People

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Adolescent offenders: can neurobiological deficits predict the persistence and desistence of antisocial behaviours?

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Electricity Supply, Consumption and Demand Reduction

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Reconstructing knowledge management: A radical modernisation of maintenance and capital expenditure risk modelling for a North Wales Hydro Power Station

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Consumer Behaviour

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Investigating and improving STEM learning: From coding to logic across home, lab and school

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Portraying and engaging disabled people in the museum

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of the Fostering Self model of identity in supporting foster placement stability for Looked After children

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Everyday Affects of Protest: Engaging the Politics of Citizenship at the Museum

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Period poverty, period products, sustainability and environment

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating the Gender Pay Gap in UK firms

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Researching Spatial, Educational and Cultural Transitions with Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children and Young People

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Evaluation of Welfare Regime Types of Cyprus and Turkey’

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Shareholder activism, corporate governance and the ethical politics of finance

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding Divergent Perspectives Associated with Species Re-introductions in the UK

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Everyday experiences of food insecurity: food aid initiatives in a multicultural city

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Ending “Too Big To Fail” in the Banking Sector

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Impacts on child dietary behaviours and health: Exploring school policy responses to the rise in cost of living

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An interdisciplinary approach to return-to-running following childbirth

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring legal need in North Wales: the impact of the development of a law centre in addressing the gaps in access to justice

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Young carers and mental health

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Youth Justice in Wales: The Role and Influence of Welsh Youth Offending Teams in the Context of Pre-devolution Youth Justice

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Developing Transformational Ways of Analysing and Representing Minority Languages: A Case Study of the Welsh Language

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Stategic Bilingualism: identifying optimal context for Welsh as a second language in the curriculum

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Creating safe surfing spaces for women - an exploration of restoration, reclamation and resistance in South Wales

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Evaluating Routes into Languages Cymru

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Digital Competence Framework in practice: The local and practical accomplishment of the digital in an educational setting

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Violent acts and violent identities: constructing and repairing identities in mixed martial arts

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Behaviour Change Interventions and Behavioural Spillover of Proenvironmental Behaviours in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Business of Care

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Cognitive Changes Linked to Martial Arts Practice in Adults

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the treatment and experiences of children in Jamaica’s juvenile correctional facilities

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Education

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Portrayals and Perceptions of the Basque Post-Conflict in the Spanish Press: Victims, Prisoners and Past Narratives

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Strategic and psychological effects of the use of children as weapons of war and their impact on the conduct of British troops on operations

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Precarity and social mobility

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Tackling food poverty: Building resilience into alternative food supply chain provision

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Policy making in social work - the case of Independent Visiting

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Gender and the decision-making process within Business Angel Syndicates

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The impact of new regulation on credit rating agencies

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The nature of skill in knowledge work: an ethnography of the creative industries.

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Walking Wales: Global Positioning and Sense of Place

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding the decline in women’s healthy life expectancy in Wales

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Impact of nature engagement on the health and well-being of children from disadvantaged communities

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Peace Between the Virtual and the Actual

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Changes in human values and wellbeing experienced from treescape expansion

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
An electrophysiological investigation into the impact of mindfulness on emotion regulation in primary school children

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
What Is So Special About The Circus: Mediating the Divide Between Elite and Populist Values

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Green Finance and Rural Development

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2014 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
An Analysis of Modern Conservative Party Rhetoric; Representing Politics/Economics in the Age of ‘Post-Democracy’

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The obsession with coaching: Examining the allure of coaching in professional tennis

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Queer(ing) masculinity: An exploration of indentities and digitally mediated cultures and practices across South Wales and South West England

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Socioeconomic and Health Vulnerabilities of Women in Disasters: A Cross-country and MicroLevel Analysis

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2014 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Supply Chain Integration in Humanitarian Aid Supply Chain Management

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Attitudes to traditional food in remote communties

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
(In)visible Women: experiences of and responses to gender-based online harms

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Our Voices, Our Strengths: Understanding Neurodiversity and the Educational Participation of Young People in Wales.

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Pupils Experiences of and Involvement in School Curriculum Reforms

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating the Benefits of a Dyslexia Diagnosis: A study using survey, longitudinal and administrative data to analyse the dyslexic label

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Supporting the Reduction of Suicide using Structured Professional Judgement

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Regulation of the security industry and its challenges in contemporary society

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Sustainable Urban Development Practices in the UK, Fighting back against the Growth Machine with a focus on Urban Justice

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Disasters as conflict multipliers: The case of the Beirut blast

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Dual and Multiple Heritage Welsh Identities in Contemporary Wales

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The legality and morality of the EU-Turkey agreement towards the Human Rights of the Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Turkey and Greece

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
High Streets as Quintessential Social Infrastructure – Exploring their role in economic revitalisation and community cohesion/ town-centre regeneration framework

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Shifting the problem: understanding the mechanisms and consequences of leakage in forest carbon projects

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Over-imitation in Older Adults

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring how causal explanations for mental ill-health shape patient identities within mental health care.

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Developing inclusive care homes: addressing care home staff views of older LGBTQ+ people in long-term residential settings.

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Understanding university culture to support student wellbeing in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
A Prospective Study of the Developmental Biographies of Great British Pathway Athletes

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Integration Experiences of Forced Migrant Women in Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Futures in brain injury rehabilitation

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Impact of Sustainable and Innovative Practices on Supply Chain Performances

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Inflows of foreign languages and their political and diplomatic implications in South Korea

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Orientalism in French Academia concerning the causes of the Arab Spring

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Ecological Techne: Craft, Knowledge and Technology in Sustainable Development Projects

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Early stages of neurodegenerative diseases

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Teacher training in oracy and vocabulary development in primary schools in Wales

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Skills, the Industrial Strategy and Spreading prosperity throughout the UK

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Bilingual Prosody and Phonology

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
How do some of the worlds biggest geopolitical actors construct the Arctic in relation to eachother

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding, facilitating and measuring personal and social development and well-being in the Foundation Phase

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Interspecies cities: spatial governance practices, dilemmas and future

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Implications for the future of fisheries in the creation of sustainable places

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Causality Between Output, Prices and Currency in China

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Convergence Clubs in Sovereign Bond Yield Spreads and the Impact on Bank Lending

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Barriers to exiting homelessness

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
How do self-testng kits infuence parents’ and guardians’ cognitve representatons and behavioural responses to children’s Respiratory Tract Infectons?

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Independent Media

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Secondary Effects of Alcohol on Young Peoples wellbeing

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Exploring the Impact and Harms of Online Abuse toward LGB Victims

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Identity, Narrative Construction, and the Negotiation of Power in Investigative Interviews of Police Suspects

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Developing the pedagogical creativity of coaches

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Managing Agglomeration and city-region dynamics in Wales

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Appropriate adults

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Local authority enforcement of council tax: a case study on the use of committal in Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The impact of idiosyncratic deals on feelings of psychological contract fulfilment in peers

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The Traditional Environmental Knowledge of Beekeepers’ Civil Society Organisations: A Charter for Environmental Sustainability?

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Inter and intra-ideological contempt across the political spectrum

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
How are relations between semantic meanings affected by Alzheimer's disease in bilinguals?

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Managing Vicarious Trauma and Vicarious Resilience in Domestic Abuse Advocates

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Adolescent Mental Health Care Leavers Mental Health and Transistions

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Sexual Orientation and Well-Being

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
HAPPEN Health and Attainment of Pupils involved in a Primary Education Network

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
NGOs and the production of conflict knowledge

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring discrimination of neurodivergent people in the recruitment practices of the UK private sector, and how to create more equitable employment opportunities

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Impact of digital social interactions on the adolescent brain and well-being

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Online Child Sexual Abuse: A Focus on Offender-to-Offender Communication

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the relationship between UK young people’s digital cultures and sexual and gender subjectivities

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Welsh as a Second Language in Further and Higher Education: Learner Preconceptions and Attitudes

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An Examination of the Social Implications of Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome as New Diagnostic Categories

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
How does the securitization of the terrorist threat in Tunisia serve to undermine the process of democratic consolidation and suggest a reversion to authoritarianism

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Science as Religion and “Elective Modernism”

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Refashioning confession: The recontextualisation of digital confession evidence in court

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding player load management and rest in English professional rugby union

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Legal constructions of trans subjectivity across empires: a comparative and connected study of British India and French Algeria

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
MeToo and the Media: Justice and Discourse

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Class, education and discrimination

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Dark Patterns in Online Gambling

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Minding the gap between theory and application in the twilight world of child labour

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Valleys Archive at Ffotogallery: Community, Photography & Democracy in South Wales, 1978-2028

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Sustainable Diet

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Post Conflict Justice in Post Conflict Societies

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Beyond the binary: where next for the United Kingdom’s territorial constitution?

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Monetary Policy and Housing: Transmission Effects and Policy Implications.

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Falling through the gaps - Analysing the human rights framework as it relates to learning disabled and neurodivergent children and young poeple in Wales and how effectively it is delivered, within the context of the devolved legislative framework of Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Economic Austerity, Civil Society and Wellbeing

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The Impact of Evolving Payment and Investment Delivery Systems on Consumer Behaviour and the Perception of Money

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Sign-augmented language learning in young children with Down syndrome

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Energy security under the context of critical security studies The potential of securing the energy demand of the European Union with reserves of gas in the Arctic

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Community Food Growing in Wales as a Sustainable Way of Living

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the relationship between poverty, inequality and child neglect

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
To design and implement a school-based intervention to reduce alcohol, tobacco and drug use

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Applied Linguistics

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Conceptualizing The Social Dimensions of Person Perception

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Better Understanding the Welsh Productivity Puzzle

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Menstrual cycle symptom management in female athletes

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Accessing the Potential of News Podcasts in an Age of Journalistic Shift

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Immigration Control as Revenue Regime: Mapping the Contours and Consequences

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Green Technology Consumption: Examining the Role of Pride and Extended Self in he Context of Battery Electric Vehicle Adoption

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Emotion, memory, and language

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The development of resilience in young people within communities through sport participation: A process approach

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Critically evaluating the language and communication of narcissistic abuse - as reported by recovering victims of domestic abuse - to inform supporting agencies and best practice

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Learning lessons: Informing suicide prevention from a documentary analysis of Child Practice Reviews and Adult Practice Reviews

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Development of a training course in breaking bad news for health professionals in fertility care

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Social Vision

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Collaborative agri-environment delivery

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding Second Language Acquisition for Syrian Refugees in Wales: Challenges and Identity Issues

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Online Grooming Communication: The Victim's Perspective. New Understandings for Professional Practice Enhancement

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
International [Sustainable] Development policy in Wales: Wales for Africa and development aid as a two way exchange

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding national curriculum enactment: Choice and constraint in the Welsh school system

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Public Service Interpreting in healthcare and support for language equity in Wales

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
An investigation into the treatment of patients with mental health disorders using outdoor activity based social prescribing programmes:

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The intersectionality of sex and deprivation on young people experience of emergency acute asthma care and the outcomes following ED Presentation in Wales

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Gullible and the Naive: exploring the impact health-related misinformation on social media

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
What types of poverty and disadvantage exist in older households experiencing fuel poverty in Wales?

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Practices and Perceptions of gender, leadership, and the governance for sustainable development: a place-based case study of Wales

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Social Sustainability Assessment of Railway Transportation to Achieve Net Zero

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Why does the gender pay gap vary across areas within Wales?

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the Living Wage movement in Wales

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Strengthening family responses for criminally exploited children

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Learning to be social: development of an imitation intervention to enhance social cognition in typical and atypical groups

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The relationship between the Welsh language and the new curriculum that will operate in schools and non-maintained settings from September 2022

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Investigating the role of agency and resilience in relation to Flourishing among students in Higher Education

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Daughterhood in Pakistani Families

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The normalisation of adolescent digital dating abuse

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Networks as an actor in sustainable transitions: the case of Anglesey Energy Island

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Addressing the disability employment gap

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The Great Balancing Act: The Welsh Conservatives and Devolution (1997-2024)

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Consumption practices within circular economies of Ireland and Wales

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Where the Wild Things Are- Living With governing Wild Boar

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The Protective Properties of Welsh-English Bilingualism in Older Adults

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An exploration of sex work that involves defining the scope of the industry and assessing sex workers access to support

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Impact of Energy Transitions on Vulnerable Peripheral Communities

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Sensory sensitivities: Mechanisms, triggers and soothers

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Decolonising in Practice: Co-Creating a framework for best practice in decolonising the student experience at Welsh Higher Education Institutions, using Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Ethnic Variations in Health and Social Service Use and Mental Health Outcomes of Unpaid Family Caregivers in Wales

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
ADVISE: Analysing Domestic Violence through Integrated System Evaluation

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Children In Care data – can routine data help inform practice

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Can financial intermediation mitigate climate change

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Exploring the impact of big data technologies on organisational outcomes using an affordance actualisation lens

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Short and long-term effects of sauna bathing on physical health and mental wellbeing

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Literacy and Welsh: Identifying and Exploring the Markers of Literacy Difficulties in the Welsh Language

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Using evidence-based methods to support numerical fluency development

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Out of sight, out of mind - The hidden life of belongings in self-storage: Identity, immobility and life-course

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Securing equality rights and access to justice in Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Central Bank Transparency - Information and Optimal Stabilization Policy

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Usage-Based L2 Learning

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Can the alternative speak? The rise of Indian alternative media and its attempt at recalibrating democratic watchdog ideals

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the variation and equality of access for at-risk adults in receipt of care and support in Wales 

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Technology-led teaching of anatomy: does an absence of cadavers increase accessibility to the new medicine course in North Wales? 

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Language and cognitive abilities in bilingual children and the role of educational context

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Choice over chance? A case study of pre-implantation genetic testing for polygenic traits

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The return of the urban-rural divide? Broadband in rural Wales

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding the Role of Schools in Adolescent Self Harming Behaviours

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Discursive constructions of integration for refugees and asylum seekers in Wales: Implications for practice and policy

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
How the emotions and affect in right-wing mediated UK discourses on transgender topics have changed over the Brexit era

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of social work with older people with complex needs in times transition

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Optimising the effectiveness of Education about Psychosis in improving understanding and reducing stigmatising attitudes

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Sustainable food systems and heritage food production

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Building start-up teams around challenges: a relational study of entrepreneurial identity EI and entrepreneurial opportunity construction and their interplay

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Language rehabilitation in Welsh-English bilinguals with brain damage

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
An interdisciplinary examination of motor skill proficiency and injury risk in female team athletes

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Putting a finger on peripheral nerve injury: Developing a core outcome set.

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Modern Law of Iron Wages

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Efficiency and Quality in the English and Welsh Water and Sewerage Industry

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Child to Parent Violence

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Restructuring road user charges in the UK in preparation for an ACES world

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Governing road safety: citizens, speed and road user responsibility in Wales

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Shifting the narrative from climate anxiety to constructive hope

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Remote working: exploring regional variation and socio-economic inequalities,

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Visual Extremism Online: A Discursive News Values Analysis of Social Media Images from Radical Right Groups

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
mTBI in Womens Rugby Union

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Continuing Significance of EU Law for the National Assembly for Wales during UK Withdrawal and Beyond

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Traditional markets: Alternative and/or marginalised consumption sites?

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Womens Activism and Conservative Backlash in the Southern Cone

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The relationship between the Welsh language and Higher Education participation

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Imaginations of the future in Wales and their role in societal responses to global environmental change

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Rural Resistance in Nazi-Occupied France

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Devolution Fiscal Policy

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Implicit shame in offending populations

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Childbearing and decisional factors

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The Development of Expertise in Interpersonal Threat Detection - An Identification, Lived Experience and Defence Perspective

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Electricity Supply, Consumption and Demand Reduction: Visual Culture and Corporate Worlds

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Race and Ethnicity in Urban Territoriality: Brazil’s Quilombos and Indigenous Communities

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Civil society and civil issues within Internet Governance

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Intermittent hypoxia and cerebrovascular function

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The global circulations of Welsh slate

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Trust and the Financial Adviser

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Looking the same and different: Growing up with a rare disease and the implications for belonging, identity and self

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Sub-state international democracy promotion

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
A corpus stylistic analysis of agency in pre-crime narratives

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
A sociological exploration of bequest giving

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Learning to Talk the Language of Men? A Corpus-Informed, Critical Discourse Analysis of the Masculinisation of the Linguistic Styles of Women Teachtaí Dála in the National Parliament of Ireland

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the outcomes for children and young people in kinship care in South Wales.

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Rehabilitation Through Learning: The Effects of In-Prison Education and Skills Training on Recidivation Rates and Resettlement Issues for Adult Male Prisoners in Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
University Networks and the Success of Academic Spinouts

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2011 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Style shifting in Welsh

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The End Of The Campaign: Regional Press And Citizen Action In South Wales 1985-2015

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2013 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Performance Measurement and Managers’ Temporality

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
European struggles and American resistance: inclusion of aviation into the EU ETS

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Looked After Children and birth family contact

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Mind the Gap! An investigation into the transition between secondary and university learning environments in Wales, with a focus on essay-based academic writing practices.

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Consumer acceptability of sustainable foods and behaviours in culturally diverse populations

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The Cultural Representation of Older People: Cultural Ageism in the Health Care Sector

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Welsh Womens Imprisonment

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Coproducation of wellbeing interventions in secondary schools

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Purpose-Built Student Accommodation

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The structure and potential value of measuring children's self-reported well-being

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Prevention of youth homelessness - an exploration of mediation in networks of care and place attachment

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the long-term educational and health outcomes of babies born late preterm

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
‘Scaffolding’ players’ learning: A way forward for coaching

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
State collusion with Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland 1968-98

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Inter-agency collaboration to support children with mental health needs

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Diffusing lean from manufacturing operations to the wider organisation: lessons learnt from the experiences of middle management within a UK medical manufacturer

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
A multi-layered perspective of cultural heritage marketing.

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The influence of environmental sounds on walking integrity in older adults

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Human rights and British military identity

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The possibilities and limits of upscaling Unarmed Civilian Protection

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Predicting real world behaviours with neural correlates

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Politics of Space, Globalisation and Transportation, Interdisciplinary Approaches

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS) and Crowd-Sourcing Social Sensing for Statistical Modelling

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Young people's mental health

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Paths to decolonising bio-cultural curation: new perspectives on the Economic Botany collection at Amgueddfa Cymru-Museum Wales

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Reducing Energy Consumption in Everyday Life: A study of landscapes of energy consumption in rural households and communities in North Wales

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Digital services vs physical outreach: their implications and effects on the financial wellbeing of welfare recipients

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Teaching coding in schools: implications for employability and inclusion: A comparative study of the UK and Singapore

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Efficient and effective circular infrastructures toward food waste elimination in the Tourism & Hospitality sector: the ‘Two Seas’ region.

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Combatting Online Extremism: The Algorithmic Amplification of Counter-Speech

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Age Friendly Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the double jeopardy of marketing within the Behavioural Perspective Model

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Can the endurance of extra-conflict forms of child exploitation be considered a consequence of the recruitment and use of child soldiers?

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Interactions between constitutional watchdogs in the post devolution UK

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
News Censorship, Transitology and the Adaptability of News Control in Democracy Process: Paradox of Journalism Freedom

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Big Health Data and Journalism

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Walking in policymaking and practice in Wales: Exploring the influence of embodied realities in active travel

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Atmospheric work: a study of NHS surgical teams leadership

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Examining relationships between human well-being and avian biodiversity within natural and urban soundscapes

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Photography in Wales An Exploration of Identities and Communities in Photography Practices Exhibitions and Policies

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Evaluation of Welsh language programme for English medium primary schools in Wales

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
What works: increasing the impact of research that demonstrates structural inequalities

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Counter-narratives and online hate speech

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding and modelling the impact of consumer purchasing behaviour on the global supply chains' decisions in adapting anti-slavery practices

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
PREVENTing Extremism and Safeguarding Contestation: The Role of Agonistic Institutions in Counterterrorism

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Adult Community Learning participation and involvement in schooling

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Navigating the politics of Cross-border Conservation of Coastal habitat (C3)

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Critical Big Data Literacy

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Exploring the Impact of Devolution on State and Third Sector Relations in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
A physiological investigation of mindfulness training in secondary schools: Modifications in emotion regulation and cognitive control in adolescents practicing mindfulness

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Peacebuilding through co-creation of cultural memory in borderlands

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Climate Change Attitudes and Actions in Developed Economies

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
DSGE models with nonstationary data

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Polarising nature-culture: an examination of value in Svalbard

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Evaluating Innovation Investment Outcomes of Government Venture Funding: A Longitudinal, Multi-Level, Multi-Source Analysis of Small Firms in the U.S.

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Gender and climate justice: informal street and market traders in Dar es Salaam

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Social class and living well with dementia

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Socio-emotional development in children with neurodevelopmental difficulties - building emotional skills through a musical intervention

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2011 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Signs of mental and physical health in the face

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Rethinking sustained healthy lifestyle change through design and evaluation of socio technical wearable systems

Subject pathway:
Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
A video-ethnography of hybrid mobile subjects: exploring conflictual interactions between female cyclists and motorists at urban junctions

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Extreme mobilities and charitable fundraising

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Knowledge and interactional possibilities across spaces of child protection practice

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Released to the streets: exploring the pathways from prison to street homelessness in Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Migrants and globalising cities: A comparative ethnography of cosmopolitan place-making in Cardiff and Seoul

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Evolutionary Perspectives into Social Signalling

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Education and Forced Migrants in Wales

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
A study of the impact of the socioeconomic, educational and demographic characteristics of people with Multiple Sclerosis on their healthcare interactions and clinical decisions

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Climate change and the meat debate: reframing livestock farming as part of the solution

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Parental Engagement in Education

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The uses of English in urban, middle-class India: social meaning and identity constructions

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Neighbourhoods and Older People

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
A View from a PRU: Daily practices and routines from within a pupil referral unit

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
sub-state governments, policy integration and policy mainstreaming

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Digital Restorative Approaches in Wales

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Grassroots Engagement with Climate Justice: the search for new forms of legal advocacy and hearing

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the experience and use of long-acting reversible contraception among vulnerable population

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Role of Journalists in Reporting End-of-Life Decisions: Questions of Ethics, Law and Democratic Citizenship

Subject pathway:
Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Urban Farming Detroit

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The neural organisation of lexical knowledge in Welsh-English bilinguals

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Welsh Experience with a Living Language: Minoritized Language through the Lens of Phenomenology

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2011 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
An assemblage approach to ship, sea and shore

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Countering Conspiracy Theories and Disinformation with Digital Media Literacy Interventions

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
What are siblings' lived experiences of providing kinship care? Identifying pathways to improving kinship care outcomes

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Austerity, Stimulus and Inflation in a Low Interest Rate Environment

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Police-victim interactions at the scene during domestic abuse call-outs

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Enhancing equality in sport: informing the development of a standardised starting system for deaf athletes

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Social and pedagogical aspects of mindfulness training a discourse analysis

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Young People’s Access to employment in disadvantaged communities in Wales.

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Supporting women at risk of recurrent care proceedings: A mixed methods study of Reflect services in South Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Snacking and eating behaviour

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility, maternal and neonatal health

Subject pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Environmental activism in surfing

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Attitude and Identity in Wales’ Primary and Secondary Schools

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Women Veterans Transition from Military to Civilian life and Implications for Gender Identity

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Developing Agroecological Farmer to Farmer Agroecological Learning and Training Models: A Place-Based Perspective in the UK

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
From rhetoric to reality: human rights and adult social care in Wales.

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Do farmer groups encourage tree planting? Exploration of changes in willingness and capacity for planting in England and Wales

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Public sector evaluation design and planning as reflective and relational dialogical opportunities: The role of discursive tools in cultivating empathetic evaluation design cultures

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Walking Home: Belonging and Identity in Urban Greenspace

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Advancing the examination of Arctic Shipping from both the economic and environmental perspectives

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of legal services in law-making; the case of the legal service of the European Commission

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The impact of process led technological innovation on SME service businesses in Wales Post-covid

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Black mothers experiences of imprisonment

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Television news coverage of “executive pay” debates

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Disclosure, distrust and discourse in the public engagement of psychiatric genetics and genomics

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2012 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
(Homo)Sex out of the city: The digital cultures of rural men who have sex with men

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2022 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The Right to Health in Welsh Gypsy, Romani and Travelling Communities

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2011 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Global Labour Regulation and the Role of the International Labour Organisation

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Neural and behavioural correlates of disordered eating in children

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Designing serious games to inform land use decisions for net zero in Wales

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Asylum, Statehood and citizenship

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Emotion Recognition in Looked After Children in Wales: An Investigation and Intervention Study

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Hand-in-hand: Basic science inspired virtual reality gaming for upper-limb rehabilitation

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of the EU in the formation of the Paris Agreement on climate change

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of historical narratives in extremist propaganda

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Watts for Dinner: Reducing Peak Energy Demand with Behaviourally Informed Cooking Innovations

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The sustenance, struggle and development of the Hong Kong diaspora(s) in the UK

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Libraries as Quintessential Social Infrastructure: Exploring Their Role in Community Cohesion and Socio-Digital Equity

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Opportunities for encounter: exploring the public role of community asset transfers

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Dragonisation of Looked after Children - Can Wales Extinguish the Criminogenic Fire

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
How do children and parents experience the transition to secondary school? A creative, qualitative study

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Essays on the Quality of Institutions and Economic Preference

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Feminist geographies of women’s health; understanding barriers for perimenopausal women in reducing the use of harmful toxic chemicals in the domestic setting

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Basic perceptual processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from psychophysics and Multi-Sensory Environments

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Travelling Manual Labourer: A Qualitative Study of the Anarchic Working Culture of the Festival Rigger and their Hidden Cultural Impacts

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Examining the strategic response and approach to integration of resettled refugees in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Life History Interviews With Imprisoned Sexual Offenders

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of mindfulness in eating behaviour and potential applications for intervention

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
South Africa, technopolitics, and nuclear order

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
What is good leadership in child protection services?

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2015 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Individual Heritage: Masculinity, Familial Narratives, Memory and Post-Industrial Urbanity (working title)

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Being Well at Work

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The Impact of Proportionality on Access to Justice in Personal Injury Law

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Systematic Linguistic Profile of Welsh English Bilinguals with Down Syndrome

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The Graveyard of Empires: the production of resilience across space, scale and time within Afghanistan

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Democratic innovations, sub-states, and the future of democracy

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
The impact of adversity on improvements in parental feelings of competence among Home-Start parents

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Application of Digital Forensics and Machine Learning to Automatically Detect and Flag Modified Online Terrorist Propaganda

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The recovery approach in community mental health teams: a discourse analysis

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the Impact of Substance Misuse on Longer Term Outcomes for High Risk Young People

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

2018 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Vegetation fires and their management: from perceptions to policy

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
The emotion regulation function of endurance running, and the underlying role of pain, for alexithymic individuals

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Why does loss matter? An ethnographic analysis of the responses to Dutch Elm Disease and Ash Dieback

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Reducing antisocial behaviour in at risk youth

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
How children and young people from the West Midlands made sense of the COVID-19 pandemic and UK lockdowns.

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Youth Digital-Social Entrepreneurship in Post-Conflict and Post-Socialist Countries: Comparative Study of Kosovo and Slovenia

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Reflexivity and the Third Age

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Evaluating the Role of Minority Stress in Substance Use for LGBTQ+ Young Adults: A Multi￾Disciplinary Approach to Early Intervention.

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2017 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
An exploration into whether prospective parents are being given sufficient information by medical practitioners in relation to genetic testing to give informed consent

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Communitarian rights to housing in Cuba: reframing homelessness prevention

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Homelessness Spaces Places Knowing

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Rights of nature in Wales: legal compatibility and potential pathways for social and environmental change

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Assessing the role and motivations of women in the populist radical right in the UK and Germany

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
How misinformation in the aftermath of terror attacks has been used to influence public reactions by the UK far-right.

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The Effects of Personality and Social Support on Rehabilitation Adherence and Return-to-Sport

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of communication in access to healthcare for autistic adults

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Ethics of Marketing Psychoactive Drugs

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
To understand if masking is important to the experience of ADHD in young people, and its impact on their mental health.

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Understanding mental health in elite women's cricket

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Interactions of Language Use, Neurotype, and Reasoning

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Learning for professional judgement: practitioner and policy conceptions

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The role of risk-taking activities in interoception, agency, and emotion regulation: The high-risk sport domain

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the Role of Experts within Multi Level Governance in Wales and Francophone Canada

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
A functional description of the Verb-Noun in Welsh

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Negotiating Urban and Wilderness Environments: Tracking Environmental and Mediated Information Use

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Being ‘mixed race’ across space and time: exploring young people’s journeys through mixedness as they transition into adulthood

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
The restorative nature of Cirles of Support and Accountability

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Managing ImPermanence: end-of-life challenges for the wind and solar energy sectors

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

2019 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Ecological Identities in the UK

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
The Role of Care and Repair Cymru Caseworkers in Facilitating Independent Living for Older People

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Social issues in public procurement

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
The diplomacy and implications of the Hong Kong Handover and the Joint Declaration

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
The British labour movement and the campaign for democratic and human rights in Iraq 1984-2010

Subject pathway:
Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Can nature-based systems leadership foster effective transformational behavioural change to deliver on environmental and social outcomes for future generations?

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring the Benefits of Museum-Based Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MBCST) for Individuals Living with Dementia

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Social inclusion, rights based approaches and public transport in rapidly urbanising cities.

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Periods, preferences, and perceptions: Exploring young people’s menstrual experiences

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2016 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
An analysis of referrals and outcomes for young people at risk of CSE

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
What is the perception of Polish migration's socio-cultural impact on Wales post-2004: Missing the human factor?

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Soil Care Practices and Socio-Ecological Transformation

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Religious Identity, Extremism, and Desistance: Exploring Prison Dynamics and Designing Desistance in Lebanon

Subject pathway:
Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Promoting Diverse Workforce and Inclusion in Welsh Schools

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Exploring intelligent immersive systems for field service operations

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Negotiating recovery: practitioner and service user experiences of mental health care trajectories in Wales

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Agroecological transition: understanding farmers’ cultural identities and social practices to enable mixed farming futures (in collaboration with the Soil Association).

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Improving circular economic operations: characterisation, forecasting and management of circular flows

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
Gender Inequality in Mental Space

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster