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

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Management and Business

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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

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Rights and Governance 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

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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

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

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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

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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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  

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Geography - food and animal geographies

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development 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  

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Society and Well-Being 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   

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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

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Consonant Development in typically developing Welsh-English bilingual children

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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The role of Welsh in community action groups

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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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

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Social and empathy phenomenon in human-robot interactions

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Education

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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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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

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Rights and Governance 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

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Urban Acupuncture in South Wales- Pinprick Solutions for Urban Regeneration

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Human Geography

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Environmental Impact and Gender Inequality in the Fast Fashion Supply Chain: An Eco-Feminism Perspective

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Management and Business

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Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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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

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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

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Criminology and Law

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Digital Economy and Society

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Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

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The overrepresentation of mental ill-health within UK policing

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

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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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   

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Multi-Scale Governance of Second Homes: An International Analysis

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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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Identifying and communicating optimal grazing choices for sustainable livestock farming

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Digital acitivism in authoritarian regims

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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Maternity care experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in England and Wales

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Health and Well-Being and Data Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

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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

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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

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Sport and Exercise Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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

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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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The effects of air pollution on young people

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Health and Well-Being and Data Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Integrating Leadership and Followership

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Sport and Exercise Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Transgender People’s Experiences of Digital Technology in Wales

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Digital Economy and Society

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Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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Investigating lay understanding of medical terminology

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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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?

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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Motion construal in verbs and deverbal nouns

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

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Anti-Doping and Competition Manipulation

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Sport and Exercise Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Investigating the Language Learning Experiences of People with Multiple Neurodivergent Conditions

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Mathematics Anxiety

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Criminology and Law

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Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Environmental Planning

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Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Welsh cultural legacies of colonialism and the politics of exhibition

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

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Rights and Governance Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

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Understanding how data based solutions to social problems are produced

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

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

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Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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

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

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Experiences and attitudes of children and young people transferring to Welsh education

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Education

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Language Development of Bilinguals with Rett Syndrome

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Towards a racially diverse education workforce in Wales

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

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Investigating the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine in the UK

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Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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“Welsh higher education delivering a second-chance nation: It’s never too late to learn” Barriers experienced by mature students at Welsh universities

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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Contextual Welsh language use in Gwynedd

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Parent as Coach: An empirically informed philosophical analysis.

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Sport and Exercise Science

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Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Intergovernmental relations and climate change policy

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

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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How lineup construction methods impact the accuracy of eyewitness identifications

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Parental advocacy in child protection social work

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Waste Crime

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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Co-Creating Stories in Schools for an Anti-Racist Wales

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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Preventing homelessness at the intersection of hostile policies: the experiences of refugees in Cardiff

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2021 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Innovation, Management Capability and Productivity in SMEs

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Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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Revisiting and reframing sport for older adults

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Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Psychology

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Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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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

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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Intersectionality and sex work

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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Girls Everyday Politics in the Dominican Republic and El Salvador

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Politics, International Relations and Global Language Based Area Studies

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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A critical analysis of biodiversity in urban planning

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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A Biopsychosocial Exploration of the Impact of Taekwondo on Adults with Autism

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Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Heritage and Public Space

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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Investigating the Existence of a Multicultural Cardiff English Within Working Class Cardiff English

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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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

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

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

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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

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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

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Digital Economy and Society

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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

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Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Black British Experiences of Higher Education

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

Research Topic:
Psychosocial wellbeing

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Sociology / Science and Technology Studies  

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster

Research Topic:
Judicial Review: Understanding the Low Numbers of Social Care Challenges in Wales

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Criminology and Law

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

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Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being 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:
Reconstructing knowledge management: A radical modernisation of maintenance and capital expenditure risk modelling for a North Wales Hydro Power Station

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Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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

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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

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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

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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

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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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

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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

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Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

Research Topic:
Incarceration as a system of oppression: 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:
Media Representation of the Basque Country in the Spanish Press After the End of Armed Conflict

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Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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:
Changes in human values and wellbeing experienced from treescape expansion

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Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster

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

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Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

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

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Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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:
Over-imitation in Older Adults

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Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

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Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

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

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development 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

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:
Appropriate adults

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance 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:
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

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:
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

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:
Identification and Impact of Dark Patterns in Online Gambling: A Multi-Component Approach

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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:
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:
Sign-augmented language learning in young children with Down syndrome

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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

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:
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:
Emotion, memory, and language

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:
Social Vision

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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:
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 for healthcare and support for language equity: a comparative evaluation in South Wales and Central Scotland

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:
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:
Strengthening family responses for criminally exploited children

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being 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:
Addressing the disability employment gap

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity 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:
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:
Sensory sensitivities: Mechanisms, triggers and soothers

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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:
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

Research Topic:
Can financial intermediation mitigate climate change

Subject pathway:
Management and Business

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

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

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Usage-Based L2 Learning

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Remote working: exploring regional variation and socio-economic inequalities,

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster

Research Topic:
mTBI in Womens Rugby Union

Subject pathway:
Sport and Exercise Science

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being 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

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:
Intermittent hypoxia and cerebrovascular function

Subject pathway:
Psychology

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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

Research Topic:
Welsh Womens Imprisonment

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

2020 Cohort (Alumni)

Research Topic:
Purpose-Built Student Accommodation

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:
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:
Young people 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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Accessing housing justice: a critical legal geography of independent housing advice in Wales

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development 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

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

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster

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

Subject pathway:
Environmental Planning

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development 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:
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:
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

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:
Digital Restorative Approaches in Wales

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 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

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:
Working with Reflect

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being 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:
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:
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:
Understanding hiring discrimination against disabled people in the UK

Subject pathway:
Economics

Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity 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:
The Right to Health in Welsh Gypsy, Romani and Travelling Communities

Subject pathway:
Criminology and Law

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance 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:
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:
British National (Overseas) HongKongers, their conflicts with existing Chinese communities and the implications for Identity Politics in the UK

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

Thematic Cluster:
Rights and Governance Cluster

Research Topic:
Building Temporary Communities: The Mobilities, Geographies and Working Practices of the Festival Rigger

Subject pathway:
Human Geography

Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development 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

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

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:
Longer-term health and criminal justice outcomes for care experienced young people 

Subject pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy   

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

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

Subject pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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:
Periods, preferences, and perceptions: Exploring young people’s menstrual experiences

Subject pathway:
Education

Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour 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