Based in the Cardiff School of Management at UWIC, “Cardiff’s Metropolitan University” is a research unit dedicated to co-operatives with a worldwide reputation.

Formed initially in 2002 from a conversation between myself and the founding Director, Dr Len Arthur, it continues to go from strength to strength under the direction of Molly Scott-Cato.

Since it’s inception I have chaired the Advisory Board, as well as collaborating on one of the research projects.

The Institute was the first Wales-based research centre working to focus primarily on exploring and developing knowledge about co-operatives, credit unions, mutuals and member-based organisations in the region.

It comprises academic and research staff within the school, together with a broader network of practitioners and academics from across Wales and the UK and is part of various international networks of academics who are engaged in complementary work.  Through collaborations and networks, members of the Institute are actively involved in the promotion and development of the co-operative organisations and applied research through umbrella organisations such as the UK Society for Co-operative Studies, Co-operativesUK and Co-operatives and Mutuals Wales.

Key areas of expertise include critical management, applied economics, regeneration policy and practice, social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability, quantitative and qualitative methods of social research, and practical experience of developing and supporting a wide range of Co-operatives, Mutuals, Credit Unions and other Social Enterprises in a variety of settings.

www.uwic.spindogs5.co.uk/cardiff-institute-for-co-operative-studies/

www3.uwic.ac.uk/english/management/rande/circ/pages/home.aspx

www.uwic.ac.uk/ubs/research/wirc/people.asp

W3C valid-html401   valid-rss-rogers