Funded Research Projects

Current Projects

Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice (WCCSJ)

Funder : Partially funded - HEFCW
Period : 4 years from April 2010

An evaluation of multi-agency working with children and young people who are experiencing the effects of domestic abuse in the Communities First area of Penparcau and Aberystwyth West.

Funder : New Ideas Fund, Welsh Assembly Government
Amount : £10, 000
Period : 12 months from November 2008 - revised deadline to May 2010
Principal Investigator : Sarah Wydall
Co-investigators :  Alan Clarke, Kate Williams.

Parental participation in child education : a European comparative investigation

Funder : European Union (Lifelong Learning Programme)
Project Manager : University of Bergamo
Amount (UK investigation) : 72, 550 Euros
Period : 3 years from January 2009
Principal Investigator (UK) : Marco Odello
Research Officer : Jill St George

Examining the role substance misuse plays in families experiencing domestic violence

Funder : Home Office/Welsh Assembly Government
Amount : £15,000
Period : 12 months from March 2010
Principal Investigator : Sarah Wydall
Co-investigator : Alan Clarke

Recently Completed

A profiling project to examine the current effectiveness of service provision for victims of domestic violence in Dyfed Powys

Funder : Home Office/Office for Criminal Justice Reform
Amount : £10,000
Period : 12 months from March 2009
Principal Investigator : Sarah Wydall
Co-investigator :  Alan Clarke
Research Officer : Jan Newman 

Comparative effectiveness of interventions to address anti-social behaviour

Funder : Home Office
Amount : £196, 285
Period : 12 months from November 2008
The Aberystwyth researchers are Alan Clarke, Kate Williams and Sarah Wydall.

This is a collaborative project involving researchers from Aberystwyth University, Swansea University and ARCS LTD.

School Inclusion: A Scoping Exercise

Funder : Dyfed-Powys Local Criminal Justice Board
Amount : £4,000
Period : 3 months from February 2008
Principal Investigator : Sarah Wydall
Co-investigators : Alan Clarke and Kate Williams

An Evaluation of the Introduction of a Youth Inclusion Programme in Rural Wales

Funder : New Ideas Fund, Welsh Assembly Government
Amount : £10,000
Period : 12 months from November 2006
Principal Investigator : Sarah Wydall
Co-investigators : Alan Clarke and Kate Williams