Institute of Welsh Affairs

Institute of Welsh Affairs episodes:

• 05.30.2024

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Episode 7: the Review of the UK Constitution, with Steph Coulter

  In the seventh episode of our series Wales: A Work in Progress, the IWA's Policy and External Affairs Manager Joe Rossiter talks to Steph Coulter from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy. Wales: A Work in Progress is the companion piece...

  
• 05.20.2024

  20240319 - Building from the Bottom - Delivering wellbeing and resilience through community ownership

  This is a recording of Building from the Bottom: Delivering wellbeing and resilience through community ownership held by the Institute of Welsh Affairs in partnership with Bangor University. Despite our best efforts, we apologise that part of the recording is unintelligible...

  
• 04.02.2024

  25/03/2024 - Sharing Power, Spreading Wealth: Report Launch

  You can now listen to the launch of our latest report, Sharing Power, Spreading Wealth. Read the full report here: https://www.iwa.wales/our-work/work/sharing-power-spreading-wealth/

  
• 02.05.2024

  the welsh agenda - Living and working in the Welsh language - with Matthaus Bridge, Sion Jones, Leila Navabi, and Efa Gruffudd Jones (Welsh and English)

  Welcome to the welsh agenda podcast. In this episode, our resident editor Matthaus Bridge reflects on his journey as a bilingual English and Welsh speaking journalist as he enters the professional world after learning the language in school.

  
• 02.05.2024

  the welsh agenda - Living and working in the Welsh language - with Matthaus Bridge, Sion Jones, Leila Navabi, and Efa Gruffudd Jones (English only)

  Welcome to the welsh agenda podcast. In this episode, our resident editor Matthaus Bridge reflects on his journey as a Welsh speaker as he enters the professional world after learning the language in school.

  
• 01.31.2024

  24/01/2024 - Event: Rising to the Challenge: Wales' Pathway to Net Zero with Derek Walker and Chris Stark

  The IWA are delighted to bring you a discussion between Chris Stark, CEO of the UK Climate Change Committee (UKCCC) and Wales’ Future Generations’ Commissioner, Derek Walker. In this conversation we will touch on where Wales stands on its net...

  
• 12.19.2023

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Episode 6: Transport, with Mark Barry

  In the sixth episode of our series Wales: A Work in Progress, the IWA's Policy and External Affairs Manager Joe Rossiter talks to Professor Mark Barry about the future of Wales' transport networks. Wales: A Work in Progress is the companion...

  
• 11.16.2023

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Event recording: Social Security Spotlight, with Mairi Spowage

  This week, we release the recording of our recent event Social Security Spotlight with Mairi Spowage.  Mairi is a Professor of Practice and Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute, at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. In this event, she...

  
• 10.02.2023

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Event recording: Devolution across the UK, with Akash Paun

  This week, instead of an episode, enjoy a recorded version of our recent event with Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

  
• 09.13.2023

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Episode 5: The Talking Shop: An Experiment in Democracy, with Yvonne Murphy

  In the fifth episode of our series Wales: A Work in Progress, the IWA's Policy and External Affairs Manager Joe Rossiter talks to Yvonne Murphy, the mind behind the Talking Shop, an innovative space created for people wishing to learn...

  
• 09.06.2023

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Episode 4: Our Media and Democracy, with Dylan Moore

  In the fourth episode of our series Wales: A Work in Progress, the IWA's Policy and External Affairs Manager Joe Rossiter talks to the IWA's own Media and Democracy project lead Dylan Moore. Dylan discusses the aims of his research...

  
• 08.30.2023

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Episode 3: Dialogue and Democratic Renewal, with Anwen Elias and Jennifer Wolowic

  The IWA's director Auriol Miller speaks to Dr Anwen Elias, a member of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales and a reader at the University of Aberystwyth, and to Dr Jennifer Wolowic, Principal lead at Aberystwyth University's...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Wales: A Work in Progress - Episode 2: Federalism (Part 2), with David Melding and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones

  In this episode, you will hear the second part of the IWA's director Auriol Miller with David Melding, Conservative MS for South Wales Central from 1999-2021, acting as Deputy Presiding Officer from 2011-2016, and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones, advocate for a...

  
• 06.12.2023

  Wales: a Work in Progress - Episode 1: Federalism, with David Melding and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones

  In this episode, the IWA's director Auriol Miller discusses all things federalism with David Melding, Conservative MS for South Wales Central from 1999-2021, acting as Deputy Presiding Officer from 2011-2016, and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones, advocate for a UK-wide constitutional convention.

  
• 06.05.2023

  Wales: a Work in Progress - Intro Episode

  In the intro episode of our new podcast series Wales: A Work in Progress, Policy and External Affairs Manager and Project lead Joe Rossiter and IWA Director Auriol Miller give a whistle stop tour of the work already underway to...

  
• 03.21.2023

  9/03/2023 - IWA Report Launch: Broadcasting Regulation in Wales: What can we learn from Europe?

  Hear about our latest research on broadcasting, with a presentation from Dr Marlen Komorowski (Media Cymru), Dylan Moore (Media and Democracy Policy Lead, IWA) and Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed (Media Cymru)

  
• 02.22.2023

  The Role of Trade Unions in Wales - Featuring Harry Thompson in conversation with Hannah Blythyn MS and Nisreen Mansour

  Hear from Harry Thompson, author of the IWA's report Beyond Social Partnership? Devolved Levers to support Trade Unions in Wales, which was launched on 16 February 2023. This podcast is a recording of a discussion about the role of trade unions....

  
• 02.20.2023

  16.02.2023 - IWA Report Launch: Beyond Social Partnership? Devolved Levers to Support Trade Unions

  Hear from Harry Thompson, author of the IWA's report Beyond Social Partnership? Devolved Levers to support Trade Unions in Wales, which was launched on 16 February 2023.

  
• 10.18.2022

  Fiscal Firepower: Effective Policy-Making in Wales, featuring Harry Thompson, Rebecca Evans and Llyr Gruffydd

  In the IWA's report Fiscal Firepower and Effective Policy Making in Wales, our Economic Policy Lead Harry Thompson argues that reforming the Welsh Government’s borrowing powers is a key option to better enable transformative policy making in Wales. In this podcast,...

  
• 09.02.2022

  31/08/2022 - Levelling Up in Wales, in conversation with Sam Rowlands MS

  A new Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative & Unionist Party will be announced on 5th September 2022. The new government formed will take over the promises made in the 2019 Conservative Manifesto around levelling up and regional funding...

  
• 08.03.2022

  29/06/2022 - The Swiss Decentralisation Experience and Wales' Constitutional Perspectives

  In this conversation recorded after our event with the Swiss Embassy, Auriol Miller, Co-Chair of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales Laura McAllister, and Swiss Ambassador to the UK Markus Leitner have an in-depth conversation about Swiss...

  
• 04.05.2022

  31/03/2022 - Taxing Twilight: The Health Economics of North Wales (with Bangor University)

  In this event organised as part of the IWA's partnership with Bangor University, we discussed the future of North Wales, the impact of changing demographics on communities, and what policymakers can do now to redress geographic inequalities.

  
• 03.01.2022

  17/02/2022 - IWA Report Launch: Our Land: Communities and Land Use

  This event was dedicated to the launch of our latest report, Our Land: Communities and Land Use. The project is funded by the Friends Provident Charitable Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. Our report tells a story of Wales severely lagging...

  
• 12.20.2021

  20/12/2021 - IWA Economy Summit Podcast

  On the 30th of November and 1st of December 2021, the IWA held a two-day summit on the future of the Welsh economy. In this episode, our policy team, Will Henson, Harry Thompson, and Dr Jack Watkins, look back on...

  
• 10.13.2021

  7/10/2021 - IWA Report Launch: Stepping Up: How Covid-19 Tested the Resilience of Welsh Places

  Co-written with Welsh consultancy firm The Means, this report draws on original research and the Understanding Welsh Places online tool to explore how Welsh places responded to Covid-19. We use stories from communities across Wales to understand how residents used local...

  
• 09.30.2021

  23/09/2021 IWA Report Launch: Regulation and the Foundational Economy

  At this free online event, attendees heard about our latest report, part of our project on the Foundational Economy, funded by CREW. Produced in collaboration with The Means, a consultancy working on economic regeneration across the UK, our report outlines how...

  
• 07.21.2021

  08/07/2021 Rethinking Wales: Volunteering in a Pandemic

  This event discusses the surge in volunteering during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  
• 07.05.2021

  01/07/2021 Beyond the BBC: Reimagining Public Service Media in Wales

  This event, jointly organised by the Media Reform Coalition and the Institute of Welsh Affairs, is part of ‘The BBC and Beyond’, an MRC campaign which aims to reimagine public media for the digital age. The event focusses on what...

  
• 06.17.2021

  17/06/2021 Rethinking Wales: Banking for the Community

  This event discusses changes to how communities in Wales are using banking services, and explores the possibilities of more community-oriented models. One of the most dramatic changes to Welsh high streets in the last decade has been the decline of banking,...

  
• 06.03.2021

  27/05/2021 Rethinking Wales: Community Sport and Inequality

  “If you can’t afford a bike, having the freedom to go cycling doesn’t mean anything.” This event discusses access to sport for Welsh communities and how the pandemic has exacerbated inequalities. Whilst elite sport has been able to continue fairly uninterrupted since...

  
• 05.25.2021

  24/05/2021 Welsh Places Charter

  The Welsh Places Charter has been created by the Welsh Places Influencing Group, convened by the IWA. We are a coalition of organisations, practitioners, and academics passionate about creating a Wales in which people’s social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing...

  
• 05.14.2021

  13/05/2021 Senedd 2021: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

  We look at the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on the results, the impact of young people being given the right to vote for the first time and whether the electoral landscape of Wales has shifted in the wake of...

  
• 04.15.2021

  13/04/2021 Prof. Gerry Holtham: Rejuvenating Wales

  Facing less secure work and high house prices – especially in coastal areas – it could be argued that young people today in Wales are less well-off relative to their elders than any generation since WWII. This calls for a...

  
• 03.25.2021

  24/03/2021 Mobility in Our Fast-growing Capital City

  Our panel of transport experts and local leaders discussed how to create a region-wide travel network that works for everybody who lives and works in the capital. Is it time for Cardiff to have a congestion charge? What are the politics...

  
• 03.18.2021

  18/03/2021 Rethinking Wales: Re-defining Community and Connections

  During this panel discussion we hear from people with a learning disability about their experiences during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, specifically in regards to relationships and connections. Mencap Cymru have been collecting oral histories which show how important friendships and relationships...

  
• 03.03.2021

  02/03/2021 IWA Report Launch: Business Support for the Foundational Economy

  This report presents an analysis of policy and practice in business support in Wales and its impacts on the Welsh economy. We argue that business support needs to be reoriented to be more accessible to firms in the foundational economy,...

  
• 03.03.2021

  02/03/2021 Live Learning Partnership: Findings and Analysis

  To understand the ongoing impact of the pandemic on individuals, work, the community and the world around us, we need to listen to people’s experiences. That is why the Institute of Welsh Affairs and the Wales Co-operative Centre, alongside 8 other...

  
• 02.26.2021

  25/02/2021 Rethinking Wales: Curriculum and Assessment Through the Lens of COVID-19

  The topic of this discussion is proposed changes to GCSEs and qualifications for 16 year olds as part of the ongoing reform of the curriculum.  How can assessment remain robust whilst supporting the curriculum’s radical vision? How can the new curriculum...

  
• 02.09.2021

  4/2/2021 Rethinking Wales: Our Tough Choices for Health and Care

  This Rethinking Wales is led by the Bevan Commission and will explore health and care challenges in vulnerable communities and the mental health impacts of Covid-19.

  
• 01.21.2021

  21/01/2021 IWA Media Summit: S4C - Ariannu, Covid a'r Dyfodol (English)

  From April 2022 all of S4C’s public funding will come from the licence fee. With the discussion over the funding settlement for 2022 to 2027 underway, journalist Guto Harri interviews S4C Chief Executive, Owen Evans.

  
• 01.21.2021

  21/01/2021 IWA Media Summit: S4C - Ariannu, Covid a'r Dyfodol (Cymraeg)

  The IWA Cardiff Media Summit 2021 is a series of four events focusing on the new landscape for media in Wales.

  
• 01.21.2021

  13/01/2021 IWA Media Summit: Fact or Opinion? Who Decides What’s News?

  This, the third event in the series, will focus on news in Wales.

  
• 01.21.2021

  12/01/2021 IWA Media Summit: The Future of Screen Work

  This, the second event in the series, will look at the screen sector in Wales.

  
• 01.21.2021

  11/01/2021 IWA Media Summit: The State of Play

  The first event ‘The State of Play’ will look at the headline findings from the IWA’s 2020 Media Audit and will be followed by a panel discussion looking at the new, post-Covid, landscape for media in Wales.

  
• 12.15.2020

  10/12/2020 Rethinking Wales: Has Wales Performed Well in Our Covid Response?

  Statistics show that after the first wave, excess deaths in England were 46% higher than last year, and in Wales only 26% higher, but should we have set a far higher bar for our response than just ‘being better than...

  
• 12.10.2020

  8/12/2020 Live Learning Partnership: Your Pandemic Story

  The Live Learning Partnership is the Institute of Welsh Affairs and the Wales Co-operative Centre, alongside 8 other partner organisations, who are launching a new initiative to gather experiences using the online storytelling tool Sensemaker®.

  
• 11.26.2020

  26/11/2020 Rethinking Wales: Wellbeing on the Front Line

  With lockdowns increasing across the UK and winter on its way, how stretched are our public services and the people who keep them functioning on a daily basis?

  
• 11.06.2020

  5/11/2020 Rethinking Wales: Business after Covid-19

  We invited Ken Skates MS, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, to hear views and take questions from representatives of businesses across Wales.

  
• 10.15.2020

  15/10/2020 Rethinking Wales: Social Care after Covid-19

  In this session we will explore: - The experiences of Covid-19, in terms of the capacity of the sector, its growing prestige and its relationships with local authorities and Health Boards; - The issue of resources and how to fund a sustainable...

  
• 09.23.2020

  22/9/2020 Inter-Parliamentary Relations: Missing Links?

  A panel of politicians and constitutional experts explore issue of inter-parliamentary relations in the UK and the IWA's new report, 'Missing Links'.