WISERD Civil Society: Changing perspectives on Civic Stratification and Civil Repair

今年是WISERD成立10周年。随着时间的推移，它已经发展成为一个国际研究机构，培养下一代研究领导者。我们的研究汇集了不同学科（地理学家，经济学家，社会学家，数据科学家，政治科学家），以解决国家和国际层面的公民社会的重要问题。我们的社会科学核心为与其他学科（包括环境科学、工程和医学）合作提供了坚实的基础，从而将我们的理解和方法转变为公众关注的关键领域。我们的目标是提供证据，告知和改变政策和实践。该中心将在以前所有WISERD研究活动的基础上开展一项雄心勃勃的新研究计划。我们的重点将放在公民分层的概念上。这是一种通过关注公民的权利、义务和实践以及民间社会组织在解决这些权利和义务中的不平等方面的作用来看待社会分歧的方式。我们将审查和分析人们不享有与其他人（例如移民或难民）相同权利的情况。我们还将考察民间社会内部的个人和团体共同努力争取新权利的例子；这被称为公民扩张。例子可能包括动物权利运动或对机器人和人工智能的关注。我们将调查人们拥有相同权利，但在获得这些权利的能力方面存在差异的情况；有时被称为公民得失（例如，有些人比其他人更有能力获得法律服务）。最后，我们将探讨个人和团体如何团结起来，克服其权利和公民身份方面的缺陷；有时被称为土木修复的形式。这可能包括人们正在寻找其他形式的经济组织，当地的可持续性以及使用新技术（平台和软件）来组织和争取他们的权利。我们的中心将提供四个关键领域的活动。首先，我们的研究计划将侧重于解决公民分层的不同方面的主题。我们将审查经济、政治和社会权利两极分化的趋势，研究争取权利的运动如何变化，并对试图修复公民生活结构的案例进行研究。第二，我们将扩大和深化我们的国际和公民社会研究伙伴关系和网络，并以此加强我们未来进一步开展联合研究的基础。第三，我们将实施一项令人兴奋的、可获得的“知识交流”计划，使我们的研究和证据能够触及、参与和影响尽可能多的人。四是扩大社会科学研究能力，培养未来科研领军人才。我们所有的研究项目都将与主要合作伙伴共同开展，包括慈善机构等民间社会组织和当地社区。研究方案范围广泛，将包括收集新数据、利用现有数据来源和连接现有数据集。这些数据的范围从当地的详细研究到大型的跨国比较。我们将充分利用我们的技能和能力与RCUK的主要研究投资合作。我们在最大限度地发挥研究影响，将广泛的研究方法应用于现实世界问题方面有着出色的记录。这个令人兴奋和具有挑战性的研究项目是基于威尔士五所核心大学之间独特，长期和支持的关系，以及我们与英国和国际上的大学和研究机构的合作伙伴关系。它解决了ESRC和政府确定的优先领域，并通过我们与民间社会组织的持续密切联系提供信息。

WISERD celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Over time it has grown into an international research institute that develops the next generation of research leaders. Our research brings together different disciplines (geographers, economists, sociologists, data scientists, political scientists) to address important issues for civil society at national and international levels. Our social science core provides a strong foundation for working with other disciplines including environmental science, engineering and medicine to transform our understanding and approaches to key areas of public concern. Our aim is to provide evidence that informs and changes policy and practice. This Centre will build on all previous WISERD research activities to undertake an ambitious new research programme. Our focus will be on the concept of civic stratification. This is a way of looking at divisions in society by focusing on the rights and obligations and practices of citizens and the role of civil society organisations in addressing inequalities in those rights and obligations. We will examine and analyse instances where people do not have the same rights as others (for example people who are migrants or refugees). We will also look at examples of people and groups working together within civil society to win new rights; this is referred to as civic expansion. Examples might include campaigns for animal rights or concerns about robots and Artificial Intelligence. We will investigate situations where people have the same rights but experience differences in their ability to access those rights; sometimes referred to as civic gain and civic loss (for example some people are better able to access legal services than others). Lastly, we will explore how individuals and groups come together to overcome deficits in their rights and citizenship; sometimes referred to as forms of civil repair. This might include ways in which people are looking at alternative forms of economic organisation, at local sustainability and at using new technologies (platforms and software) to organise and campaign for their rights. Our centre will deliver across four key areas of activity. First our research programme will focus on themes that address the different aspects of civic stratification. We will examine trends in polarization of economic, political and social rights, looking at how campaigns for rights are changing and undertaking case studies of attempts to repair the fabric of civil life. Second, we will extend and deepen our international and civil society research partnerships and networks and by doing so strengthen our foundations for developing further joint research in the future. Third, we will implement an exciting and accessible 'knowledge exchange' programme to enable our research and evidence to reach, involve and influence as many people as possible. Fourth, we will expand the capacity of social science research and nurture future research leaders. All our research projects will be jointly undertaken with key partners including civil society organisations, such as charities, and local communities. The research programme is broad and will include the collection of new data, the exploitation of existing data sources and linking existing sets of data. The data will range from local detailed studies to large cross-national comparisons. We will make the most of our skills and abilities to work with major RCUK research investments. We have an outstanding track record in maximising research impact, in applying a wide range of research methods to real world problems. This exciting and challenging research programme is based on a unique, long standing and supportive relationship between five core universities in Wales and our partnerships with universities and research institutes in the UK and internationally. It addresses priority areas identified by the ESRC and by governments and is informed by our continued close links with civil society organisations.