Theme 1: Power, Inequalities and Justice
This theme explores concepts of power, governance, legitimacy, and trust, investigating how these impact equality, rights and justice. This encompasses a breadth of research areas, such as crime, policing and the criminal justice system, access to justice, legal and human rights, social movements and governance in modern Britain. It also includes historical perspectives that contribute to the understanding of contemporary challenges, such as empire, colonialism, and historic rule in England and Wales.
Theme 2: Identity, Heritage and Environment
This theme concerns how individuals perceive themselves and relate to their surroundings, including built and natural environments. It brings together existing areas of research strength, such as national and community identities, particularly Welsh socio-cultural histories and identities, racialised groups and radicalisation, and applied psychoanalysis. The theme also explores the importance of accessible archaeology and the legal protection of both cultural heritage and the natural environment. Collaborative research under this theme includes cultural heritage and climate change, and developing innovative approaches to analyse historic landscape use over time.
Theme 3: Language, Communication and Technologies
This theme focuses on human communication and the ever-evolving role of technology in shaping interactions and the world around us. It covers several key areas of research, such as language use and policy, particularly the Welsh language, misinformation and disinformation, emotional AI, protest, and free speech regulation. Interdisciplinary research includes the use of technology and AI in policing, and the use of Welsh in legal settings.
Upcoming Research Seminars
Past Research Seminar Speakers
- 10th of October - The Duncan Tanner Memorial Seminar/ Seminar Goffa Duncan Tanner: Labour Country Redivivus: British Social Democracy and it's Prospects, 1924-2024 by Dr Daryl Leeworthy. Daryl Leeworthy is the author of several books including Labour Country, Causes in Common: Welsh Women and the Struggle for Social Democracy, and, most recently, Fury of Past Times, his highly-regarded biography of the Rhondda novelist, Gwyn Thomas.
- 18th October - Hidden in the Sight of Society by Dr Gareth Evans-Jones, Lecturer in the School of History, Law and Social Sciences.
- 25th October 2023 - Mercy Killing: Changing the way we view mercy killers within Homicide Law / Lladdiad Trugarog: Newid y ffordd rydyn ni'n gweld lladdiadau trugaredd o fewn Cyfraith Dynladdiad by Lois Nash, Lecturer in the School of History, Law and Social Sciences
- 15th November - Life in Early Medieval Wales: A Journey of Discovery" by Prof Nancy Edwards, FBA (Emeritus Professor of Medieval Archeology, Lecturer in the School of History, Law and Social Sciences).
Find out more about our Research Centres within the School
Find out more about our Research Centres within the School