Projects ranging from young people’s vaping to women’s leadership, and from the future of Welsh animation to the impact of online hate will all benefit from our latest Research Workshop Grant Scheme awards.
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The new fund aiming to boost Wales’ research culture
9 December, 2025
A new fund we are launching, in partnership with Medr, aims to encourage a strong research culture in Wales and support researchers and their networks at a time of pressure for higher education.
Plans for the fourth LSW Early Career Researchers Colloquium are already underway with a date and venue set.
Two-days of training, flash-talks, networking, social activities and our popular poster competition will take place on 29-30 June 202... Read More
Job Vacancy: Programme Officer – Researcher Development
5 November, 2025
We are looking to appoint a motivated and professional Programme Officer on a full-time, fixed-term contract until 31st March 2027.
The Programme Officer role will support the expansion of our Researcher Development Programme... Read More
‘Trusted Voices’: new grant scheme offers up to £10,000
25 September, 2025
A new partnership between the Learned Society of Wales and The Williamson Trust will offer three grants of up to £10,000 each for projects that create content for audiences in Wales and beyond which is inno... Read More
ECR Blog: ‘Devolved Jurisdictions as spaces for aspirational legislation’ by Dr Caer Smyth and Genevieve Gunn
29 August, 2025
Dr Caer Smyth is interdisciplinary legal researcher at Cardiff University (School of Law and Politics) who employs socio-legal research methodologies to explore problems of environmental law and procedural environmental justice. Genevieve Gunn is a PhD student at the Sc... Read More
ECR Blog: ‘Decolonisation in the context of Welsh Higher Education’ by Dr Ahmed Raza Memon
28 August, 2025
Dr Ahmed Raza Memon is a Lecturer at Cardiff University with expertise in decolonial research and teaching, focusing on building student informed pedagogical practices. The author has published in The Law Teacher, London Review of International Law and International Journal of Law in Co... Read More
LSW Colloquium 2025: Prioritising the needs of ECRs
18 June, 2025
Next month’s third LSW annual Colloquium for early career researchers will run over two days for the first time in a sign of its growing importance in Wales’ research environment.
Dr William Perry is a postdoctoral researcher at Cardiff University’s Water Research Institute. In November 2024 he gave the keynote talk at the annual Read More
ECR Blog: Dr Shubha Sreenivas reflects on the ‘Disability in Wales’ ECR Expert Forum
17 February, 2025
On the 5th of February 2025, Early Career Researchers from across Wales gathered at Wrexham University to participate in an Expert Forum on ‘Disability in Wales’ chaired by Professor Ruth Northway FLSW. The forum brought ECRs together with policymakers, third-sector organ... Read More