Exploring Inequalities: Igniting research to better inform UK policy

In 2018-19, UCL Public Policy, UCL Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality and the Resolution Foundation collaborated on Exploring Inequalities: Igniting research to better inform UK policy.

22 March 2019

Project information

Funding Source: UCL’s Knowledge Exchange Fund (HEIF)
Year: 2019-20
Amount: £4,000
Partners: UCL Grand Challenges, Resolution Foundation

The project, funded through UCL’s HEIF Knowledge Exchange Fund, set out to cut across standard research and policy boundaries to review, synthesise, and deepen understanding of intersectional inequalities in the UK.

Through a series of six roundtable workshops, the project brought together a range of experts from academia with senior figures, directors, chief executives, and leaders from third sector organisations, businesses, charities, and policy organisations.

Alongside this, the project conducted 20 in-depth expert interviews in areas of specific interest. In total, over 50 organisations drawn from different sectors and from across the UK took part. The discussions provided a unique forum in which stakeholders could share insights and build new partnerships to consider how to tackle structural inequalities.

Outputs and Impacts

The project generated significant outputs and impacts, including:

Publication of major report, Structurally Unsound.
Report launch at Resolution Foundation’s headquarters in Westminster attended by over 100 people.
Coverage in the national press as well as publications in sector-leading media outfits, including Times Higher Education, The Conversation, The Independent, Wonkhe, and CBI Ideas Forum.
Report referenced during debate in the House of Lords.
Eight podcasts produced with project partners exchanging insights and knowledge from across different sectors. To date, these have been downloaded almost 3,500 times.
Invited to present findings to government departments; at academic conferences and workshops; third sector policy forums; and business groups.
Invited to advise the GMCA, CBI and Camden Council on intersectional inequalities.
Delivered webinars with Whitehall & Industry Group, Wales Centre for Public Policy and UCL Lunch Hour Lecture.

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