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Afallen is 6 🎂
Afallen commissioned Professor Calvin Jones to write a series of four blog posts about Wales’ economy. The publication of the fourth and final blog post was celebrated at Afallen’s 6th birthday with a talk in front of 40 guests at Clwb y Bont in Pontypridd. Our values One of Afallen’s overriding aims is to keep…
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Stone by stone: Deconstructing and rebuilding innovation in Wales
The last guest post in the series of four by Professor Calvin Jones about the Welsh economy describes how innovation has developed before and after devolution. You can read his first three posts in the series: Header photo: courtesy of William Warby “In the war against the Welsh, one of the men of arms was…
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Faster: imagining a Wales that *really* goes for growth
This third guest post by Professor Calvin Jones about Wales’ economy is part of Afallen’s objective of elevating the terms of the debate in Wales about how our economy operates – and what can be done to improve it. You can read Calvin’s first blog post here, and his second post here. Header photo: courtesy…
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Leaving Twitter
Afallen was set up in 2018 to keep money and skills in Wales, and to help organisations understand, and implement, Future Generations ways of working. We’re a small business, and in common with most other organisations in Wales, we adopted a range of social media platforms to help communicate with our audience. Twitter (X) was…
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Must Everything Go? The Prospects for economic (re-)localisation in Wales
This second guest post by Professor Calvin Jones about Wales’ economy is part of Afallen’s objective of elevating the terms of the debate in Wales about how our economy operates – and what can be done to improve it. You can read Calvin’s first blog post here. Header photo: courtesy of Jim Nix. London never…
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If we tolerate this; Wales in the world economy
This guest post by Professor Calvin Jones, published on St David’s Day 2024, is part of Afallen’s ongoing work to stimulate debate about the opportunities to create prosperity in Wales by thinking and doing differently. Header photo: the Amazon Warehouse (‘fulfillment centre’) in Swansea, obtained from Coflein.gov.uk. “The original marginality, of course, was that of…
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Congestion Charge Cardiff – the Future Generations Approach
We think that a Congestion Charge – or Clean Air Zone – should be implemented in Cardiff. It’s in line with the Well-being Goals.
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Supporting girls & women in STEM
Afallen is carrying out practical work to help support girls and women in fulfilling their aspirations in STEM
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An urban National Park for Wales
Afallen has been following the development of the National Park City concept with interest. We want to help bring it to Wales.