The Wales Governance Centre (WGC) (Welsh: Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru) is a research centre and think-tank based Cardiff, Wales, which specialises in research into the law, politics, government and political economy of Wales, as well the wider territorial governance of the UK and Europe.
[1] It was established shortly after the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum, and was founded by Barry Jones in 1999.
Its current director is Professor Richard Wyn Jones, and it is a part of Cardiff University.
The Centre produces the nationally reported coverage of Welsh politics of the Elections in Wales Etholiadau yng Nghymru blog written by Professor Roger Awan-Scully.
The centre has worked with a number of other organisations on jointly funded projects including the Public Policy Institute for Wales,[4] the Institute of Welsh Affairs,[4] the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, UK in a Changing Europe, University College London, the Electoral Reform Society Cymru,[4] the Rowntree Charitable Trust[4] and the Nuffield Foundation.