New WiSE Working Paper explores the gendered impacts of interest and confidence on young people’s engagement in political activism What keeps girls and young women from participating in political activism?…
Published May 9, 2024 by Alison
Published April 25, 2024 by Alison
Wise secures philanthropic funding The WiSE Centre for Economic Justice has secured its first award from a US philanthropic fund. The WellSpring Philanthropic Fund has donated $60,000 (circa £48,000) to the Centre to…
Published March 27, 2024 by Alison
Following a competitive selection process, 3 Wise PhD students – Katy Gillespie, Dominic Lo and Carolina Herrera Cano – have been selected to attend and present at the Spring School…
Published March 5, 2024 by Alison
We are delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Ailsa McKay Memorial Lecture will be held on Wednesday 22 May, 5pm at Glasgow Caledonian University. Our speaker this year is…
Published February 19, 2024 by Alison
We are pleased to share with you a newly published piece with some reflections on progress or otherwise on gender budgeting in Scotland. This forms part of a full special…
Published January 30, 2024 by Alison
WiSE Director, Professor Sara Cantillon, contributes to recently published book Edited by Fran Bennett, Associate Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK, Silvia Avram, Senior Research…
Read More A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household
Published January 30, 2024 by Alison
Wise Director, Professor Sara Cantillon, has recently published her co-authored book “Feminist Political Economy: A Global Perspective”. This book offers an introduction to key topics in feminist political economy, including…
Published December 12, 2023 by Alison
In support of the first ever UN International Day for Care and Support on 29 October 2023, the WiSE Centre for Economic Justice hosted an online forum with a range of…
Read More Who cares? Re-valuing and Re-distributing Household Care and Domestic Work Webinar
Published October 20, 2023 by Alison
Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize: From a Milestone to a Stepping Stone October 19th, 2023 By Carolina Herrera Cano[1] Recently, Claudia Goldin was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…
Read More Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize: From a Milestone to a Stepping Stone
Published October 16, 2023 by Alison
Who Cares? Re-Valuing and Re-Distributing Household Care and Domestic Work New WiSE Report, ‘Stubbornly Sticky’ released and New Webinar Event announced as part of our Conversations on Care series…