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Laura Arman is a Research Associate at Cardiff University working within the Wales Institute of Social Sciences Research (WISERD), where she contributes to the longitudinal WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study (WMCS) tracking Welsh youth development since 2012. Her role focuses on language education research, particularly Welsh language integration in schools, and national educational dataset development.
She earned her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Manchester in 2015, specializing in Welsh syntax and semantics. Prior to Cardiff, she developed pedagogical resources at Bangor University including the edited volume Cyflwyniad i ieithyddiaeth and contributed to the National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh (CorCenCC).
Her research centers on minoritized language preservation with Welsh as the primary focus, extending to Romani and Kurdish dialectology. Current investigations examine socio-linguistic factors in education, including student identity formation, teacher challenges in bilingual settings, and policy impacts on language maintenance. She employs mixed-methods approaches to analyze longitudinal data on school trust, political socialization, and pandemic recovery.
Analysis of her 2022-2025 publications reveals consistent WMCS-driven research on Welsh educational ecosystems, emphasizing pandemic impacts, language policy efficacy, and youth perspectives. Her work demonstrates evolving focus from immediate pandemic disruptions toward long-term identity and policy questions, using survey data to inform Welsh Government educational strategies.
No scientific awards or fellowships are documented. While no formal student supervision is indicated, her WMCS leadership involves mentoring junior researchers. Project funding derives from Welsh Government and Higher Education bodies supporting longitudinal data collection.
As a core WMCS team member alongside Chris Taylor and Mark Connolly, she collaborates across Cardiff University departments and Welsh schools. Her work includes public dissemination through ESRC Festival events, policy briefings, and the WISERD data portal, with ongoing projects examining post-pandemic educational recovery and Welsh language sustainability.
