Understanding the dynamics of ethnic identity and inequality in the UK (CoDE): Application for Transition Funding
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Social Sciences
Abstract
Understandings of ethnic inequalities in the UK have developed substantially as a result of the work of The Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE). CoDE has successfully carried out an innovative programme of research, pursued challenging scientific objectives, and worked closely with a range of non-academic partners to impact on policy debates and development.
In a rapidly evolving political and policy context, we propose a further, ambitious programme of work that takes us in new directions with a distinct focus. We will move beyond nuanced description to understanding processes and causes of ethnic inequalities, and build directly on our established experience in interdisciplinary and mixed methods working. In addition, we will use a co-production approach, working with a range of partners, including key public institutions such as the BBC, universities, political parties, ethnic minority NGOs, activists, and individuals, in order to frame and carry out our research in ways that will maximise our societal impact and lead to meaningful change. Our overarching objectives are to:
-Understand how ethnic inequalities develop in a range of interconnected domains
-Examine how these processes relate to and are shaped by other social categories, such as gender, class, religion and generation
-Understand how ethnic inequalities take shape, and are embedded, in institutional spaces and practices
-Work closely with policy and practice partners to meaningfully address enduring ethnic inequalities
-Pursue methodological developments with interdisciplinary mixed methods and co-production at their core
-Achieve ongoing high quality international academic impact
Through a research plan divided into four work packages, we will examine ethnic inequalities in (1) higher education, (2) cultural production and consumption, (3) politics, representation and political parties and (4) pursue policy and institutional impact with our work in these areas. Alongside this, we are also conducting a programme of work on severe mental illness. These work packages will be organised around our ambition to understand, explain and impact on ethnic inequalities through a focus on institutional production of and responses to ethnic inequalities.
At the core of our methodological approach is interdisciplinary and mixed methods working. Our quantitative work will be predominantly secondary data analysis, making the best use of the wide range of resources in the UK (e.g. Understanding Society, Destination of Leavers of Higher Education Survey, British Election Study, ONS Longitudinal Studies). Our qualitative work will be based around ethnographic approaches that are attentive to the ways in which social processes play out differently in different sites and institutions. We are informed especially by the approach of institutional ethnography which prioritises an attention to the lived, everyday experience of inequality, but aims to clarify the wider social relations in which such experiences are embedded and by which they are shaped. Thus institutional ethnographies will be developed which begin with exploring the experience of those directly involved in institutional settings as a route to understanding how structures and practices of institutions shape individuals' experiences and practices.
Throughout our work we will integrate and mobilise research evidence to engage with a full range of partners in order to influence policy and practice development, public understanding and institutional practice. As well as having academic impact (journal articles, conferences, seminars, newsletters), our findings will be communicated directly to policy and advocacy organisations through a combination of well developed (blogs, Twitter, policy briefings) and emerging (podcasts and live streaming, museum and art exhibitions, online portal for individual narratives) forms of dissemination, and we will work directly with these organisations to achieve change.
In a rapidly evolving political and policy context, we propose a further, ambitious programme of work that takes us in new directions with a distinct focus. We will move beyond nuanced description to understanding processes and causes of ethnic inequalities, and build directly on our established experience in interdisciplinary and mixed methods working. In addition, we will use a co-production approach, working with a range of partners, including key public institutions such as the BBC, universities, political parties, ethnic minority NGOs, activists, and individuals, in order to frame and carry out our research in ways that will maximise our societal impact and lead to meaningful change. Our overarching objectives are to:
-Understand how ethnic inequalities develop in a range of interconnected domains
-Examine how these processes relate to and are shaped by other social categories, such as gender, class, religion and generation
-Understand how ethnic inequalities take shape, and are embedded, in institutional spaces and practices
-Work closely with policy and practice partners to meaningfully address enduring ethnic inequalities
-Pursue methodological developments with interdisciplinary mixed methods and co-production at their core
-Achieve ongoing high quality international academic impact
Through a research plan divided into four work packages, we will examine ethnic inequalities in (1) higher education, (2) cultural production and consumption, (3) politics, representation and political parties and (4) pursue policy and institutional impact with our work in these areas. Alongside this, we are also conducting a programme of work on severe mental illness. These work packages will be organised around our ambition to understand, explain and impact on ethnic inequalities through a focus on institutional production of and responses to ethnic inequalities.
At the core of our methodological approach is interdisciplinary and mixed methods working. Our quantitative work will be predominantly secondary data analysis, making the best use of the wide range of resources in the UK (e.g. Understanding Society, Destination of Leavers of Higher Education Survey, British Election Study, ONS Longitudinal Studies). Our qualitative work will be based around ethnographic approaches that are attentive to the ways in which social processes play out differently in different sites and institutions. We are informed especially by the approach of institutional ethnography which prioritises an attention to the lived, everyday experience of inequality, but aims to clarify the wider social relations in which such experiences are embedded and by which they are shaped. Thus institutional ethnographies will be developed which begin with exploring the experience of those directly involved in institutional settings as a route to understanding how structures and practices of institutions shape individuals' experiences and practices.
Throughout our work we will integrate and mobilise research evidence to engage with a full range of partners in order to influence policy and practice development, public understanding and institutional practice. As well as having academic impact (journal articles, conferences, seminars, newsletters), our findings will be communicated directly to policy and advocacy organisations through a combination of well developed (blogs, Twitter, policy briefings) and emerging (podcasts and live streaming, museum and art exhibitions, online portal for individual narratives) forms of dissemination, and we will work directly with these organisations to achieve change.
Planned Impact
Our approaches to achieving impact are tailored to our specific target audiences. We will build on existing partnerships and our track record of active engagement, and will develop new and creative ways of engaging with our audiences. Working closely with policy and practice partners, we will influence policy debates and development and enhance public understanding to meaningfully address enduring ethnic inequalities.
Our research has significance for a wide range of stakeholders and will be of particular benefit to:
a) Political actors, policy stakeholders and think tanks who are keen to improve their understanding of ethnic inequalities, and the ways in which policy responses have the potential to impact significantly on inequalities. These include central and local Government and associated policy advisors and civil servants. In addition to our series of policy briefing papers, we will use CoDE's already successful policy blog stream and Twitter feed to engage directly with key influencers, such as MPs, policy commentators and journalists, with coordinated campaigns focusing on key activities. We will also use our relationship with Cumberland Lodge to pursue opportunities to contribute to political party debates and conference fringe events that are relevant to ethnic inequalities.
b) Third sector organisations, public bodies and NGOs working to tackle ethnic inequalities. We are already partnered with the Runnymede Trust and will develop our relationships with other public bodies, such as the NHS, housing associations, the National Governors' Association, the BBC and the Arts Council England, and Liberty. These beneficiaries will be actively involved in the dissemination of the Centre's outputs. For example, our work with the Runnymede Trust will deliver a high profile national report and event in late 2018 on the 'State of ethnic inequality in the UK', focusing on the continuing challenges, progress made, and the opportunities for further progress, in the area of ethnic inequality in the UK.
c) Businesses and Trade Unions, who will benefit from our work on ethnic inequalities in employment, unemployment and wages. We have developed relationships with Trade Unions (TUC, UNISON, NUT) and Business in The Community, who facilitate access to major and smaller companies.
d) The general public, who will be interested in and concerned about ethnic inequalities, prejudice, racism and discrimination. We will use our positon as an expert and trusted source of information to make evidence available in informative ways, and enhance understanding of the issues covered by our research. We currently use a range of visual methods in social media to communicate our research findings and these approaches will be further exploited through the use of YouTube and podcasts. The Centre will maintain its free, public, seminar series involving international and national experts, and will use round table discussions to creatively promote new publications. We also intend to continue to develop new approaches to dissemination and public engagement, including playback theatre and performance poetry to capture, summarise and disseminate outputs and discussions at events and workshops. This will provide new and powerful forms of research communication and will incorporate the use of alternative venues such as museums and libraries. The development of an on-line portal will provide an opportunity for individuals to record their stories of ethnic inequality, allowing the public to contribute our work
Our research has significance for a wide range of stakeholders and will be of particular benefit to:
a) Political actors, policy stakeholders and think tanks who are keen to improve their understanding of ethnic inequalities, and the ways in which policy responses have the potential to impact significantly on inequalities. These include central and local Government and associated policy advisors and civil servants. In addition to our series of policy briefing papers, we will use CoDE's already successful policy blog stream and Twitter feed to engage directly with key influencers, such as MPs, policy commentators and journalists, with coordinated campaigns focusing on key activities. We will also use our relationship with Cumberland Lodge to pursue opportunities to contribute to political party debates and conference fringe events that are relevant to ethnic inequalities.
b) Third sector organisations, public bodies and NGOs working to tackle ethnic inequalities. We are already partnered with the Runnymede Trust and will develop our relationships with other public bodies, such as the NHS, housing associations, the National Governors' Association, the BBC and the Arts Council England, and Liberty. These beneficiaries will be actively involved in the dissemination of the Centre's outputs. For example, our work with the Runnymede Trust will deliver a high profile national report and event in late 2018 on the 'State of ethnic inequality in the UK', focusing on the continuing challenges, progress made, and the opportunities for further progress, in the area of ethnic inequality in the UK.
c) Businesses and Trade Unions, who will benefit from our work on ethnic inequalities in employment, unemployment and wages. We have developed relationships with Trade Unions (TUC, UNISON, NUT) and Business in The Community, who facilitate access to major and smaller companies.
d) The general public, who will be interested in and concerned about ethnic inequalities, prejudice, racism and discrimination. We will use our positon as an expert and trusted source of information to make evidence available in informative ways, and enhance understanding of the issues covered by our research. We currently use a range of visual methods in social media to communicate our research findings and these approaches will be further exploited through the use of YouTube and podcasts. The Centre will maintain its free, public, seminar series involving international and national experts, and will use round table discussions to creatively promote new publications. We also intend to continue to develop new approaches to dissemination and public engagement, including playback theatre and performance poetry to capture, summarise and disseminate outputs and discussions at events and workshops. This will provide new and powerful forms of research communication and will incorporate the use of alternative venues such as museums and libraries. The development of an on-line portal will provide an opportunity for individuals to record their stories of ethnic inequality, allowing the public to contribute our work
Organisations
Publications
Rhodes J
(2018)
The rise and fall of the 'inner city': race, space and urban policy in postwar England
in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Rhodes, J.
(2019)
Reframing the 'Left Behind': Race and Class in Post-Brexit Oldham
Rhodes, J.
(2018)
The Rise and Fall of the 'Inner City': Race, Space and Urban Policy in Postwar England'
in Journal of Ethic and Migration Studies
Saini R
(2020)
Demarcation and Definition: Explicating the Meaning and Scope of 'Decolonisation' in the Social and Political Sciences
in The Political Quarterly
Salway S
(2020)
Transforming the health system for the UK's multiethnic population.
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Sims J
(2018)
"We Were All Just the Black Kids": Black Mixed-Race Men and the Importance of Adolescent Peer Groups for Identity Development
in Social Currents
Sobolewska M
(2020)
Brexit and Britain's Culture Wars
in Political Insight
Sobolewska M
(2018)
Explaining motivation to represent: how does descriptive representation lead to substantive representation of racial and ethnic minorities?
in West European Politics
Sobolewska M
(2019)
British Culture Wars? Brexit and the Future Politics of Immigration and Ethnic Diversity
in The Political Quarterly
Description | Research is organised around three work packages (1. Ethnic inequality in higher education; of ethnicity; 2. Cultural production and consumption - the presence and representation of ethnicity in cultural institutions; 3 experiences; 3. Politics, representation and ethnic minorities.) Fieldwork has focused on the ways in which institutions reproduce and address ethnic inequalities in all three areas - both in their staffing structures, employment practices as well as how they deliver services and reach audiences, using a range of methods. This work has allowed an examination of the impact of process of discrimination and inclusion, but also, through institutional ethnographies, tracked how institutions recognise and seek to address these inequalities. We have been able to trace the moves to decolonise both university curriculums and museums at a time of increased awareness of these issues in part due to the prominence of Black Lives Matter. Analysis of the data on local councillors has revealed surprising data that the representation of local councillors of an ethnic minority background is worse than that of Members of Parliament (and both are lower than the general population). We have also conducted an underpinning programme of work around the conceptualisation and operationalisation of ethnicity within institutions and the methodologies of institutional ethnography alongside interdisciplinary work, and mixed methods work. |
Exploitation Route | Our findings have extensive implications for policy around the drivers of ethnic inequalities, particularly in the areas of party politics, the cultural industries and education. We are working closely with NGOs in the field (most importantly the Runnymede Trust, the Stuart Hall Foundation, the Arts Council and the Royal Historical Society), with local and national Government as well as Manchester Museum, the Arts Council and the Royal Historical Society and the British Sociological Association and universities. The long run impact of this work will be to put in place mechanisms for the monitoring of ethnic inequalities over time and consideration of policy changes to address the nature of these inequalities. This involves generating data on ethnic inequalities, to deliver impact in these sectors. Methodological approaches to institutional ethnography for tracing processes around ethnic inequalities may also be developed in other sectors and industries |
Sectors | Creative Economy Education Government Democracy and Justice Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
URL | http://www.ethnicity.ac.uk |
Description | The findings from work on inequalities within higher education were used to engage with the head of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and have been presented to Advance HE. They have also fed into the creation of a race scholars early career network by founded by CoDE. The findings from the work with museums has been used to feedback to Manchester Museum on the nature of racialised inequalities in the Museum, the impact on staff and the processes which might be used to address this. This has been part of partnership working in the Museum which includes feedback and participation in staff and other meetings. Findings from the politics workpackage were covered by Sky News and resulted in contacts from multiple local authorities wanting to discuss them. Evidence was also given to the Local Government 2030 Commission. |
First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
Sector | Education,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Policy & public services |
Description | Advice on and direct input into the Equality and Diversity Policy for Manchester Museum |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | We have provided direct input and advice on the Equality and Diversity policy for Manchester Museum. We have introduced a nuanced understanding of diversity that will be inform the targets set by the institution for increasing ethnic minority presence and representation. We have also influenced the way that progress is reported in the institution in a manner that will increase efficiency and effectiveness as well as increase the institution's chances of meeting targets. |
Description | Evidence submission to Lessons from the First World War Centenary DCMS report |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/digital-culture-med... |
Description | Pembrokeshire County Council - Strategic Equality Plan Supporting Evidence 2020 - 2024 |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?object_id=9215&language= |
Description | Article - Erasing Empire |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | An article published on Discover Society titled 'Restoring a Cathedral, Erasing Empire: A Tale of Two Fires', analysing the responses to the Notre-Dame fire in the context of French empire. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://discoversociety.org/2019/07/03/restoring-a-cathedral-erasing-empire-a-tale-of-two-fires/ |
Description | Article - civil rights and voter suppression |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | An article published on Open Democracy website entitled 'Civil rights and voter suppression in the US'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/civil-rights-and-voter-suppression-in-us/ |
Description | Award-winning poster presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference 2020, 'New Adventures in Clinical Psychology: Personal, Professional and Political Partnerships', January 22nd - 23rd, 2020, Solihull, UK. The poster was on the subject of 'Using participatory action research to tackle ethnic inequalities in severe psychological distress' and was awarded the Judges Prize. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Bamberg keynote |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 23rd May 2018 I gave an invited keynote speach at the University of Bamberg's graduate school series of guest lectures about political psychology. This included my research about race and ethnicity and identity politics around Brexit referendum. Around 30 graduate students and others came to this talk and it led to an interesting debate about parallels between the UK and the US. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Blog - Empire and WW1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog article published on Manchester Policy Blogs titled 'Empire and the World War One Centenary: Remembrance as racialisation?'. It argued that, in pursuit of a more global narrative of past and present, history curricula should emphasise three themes: the racialised violence of empire, the interconnectedness of local and global stories, and the extent and variety of individual experiences. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/ethnicity/2018/12/empire-and-the-world-war-one-centenary-remembr... |
Description | Blog - Participatory Action Research |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A blog article published on Synergi Collaborative Centre website titled 'Filling the policy gap with Participatory Action Research'. It focused on Synergi's research, 'Ethnic Inequalities in Severe Mental Illness Study'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://synergicollaborativecentre.co.uk/filling-the-policy-gap-with-participatory-action-research/ |
Description | Blog - mental illness |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A blog published on ViewPoint@HSMCentre on the University of Birmingham website. It was titled 'Putting ethnic inequalities in severe mental illness centre stage' and focused on research on this issue. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/social-policy/departments/health-services-management-centre/new... |
Description | Blog - whiteness, class, cohesion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A blog article published on Manchester Policy Blogs titled 'Whiteness, class, and cohesion'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2018/08/whiteness-class-and-cohesion/ |
Description | Blog article for UK Higher Education policy website, Wonkhe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Article was shared widely across numerous policy-makers, generating discussion regarding university admissions during covid-19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://wonkhe.com/blogs/universities-must-not-forget-about-bame-students-during-this-crisis/ |
Description | Blog for Policy@Manchester 'Can British universities be sites for reparative justice?' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The blog stream is intended as a collaborative forum for public policy research and expertise in the UK and internationally. The blog was based on the topic of 'ethnic inequality in higher education', one of the three central research strands in the current CoDE work package. It was intended that the blog would add to sector-wide debates about higher education and ethnic inequality. The blog was shared widely by various academics, research departments, media outlets on social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2018/10/can-british-universities-be-sites-for-reparative-j... |
Description | Call for evidence - Commission for Racial Inequalities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Ethnic Disparities and inequality in the UK - call for evidence - Bridget Byrne (PI) response to call for evidence from Commission for Racial Inequalities (November 2020). The sharing of evidence to impact on policies around race and inequality in the UK likely to bring benefit to society. The nature and timescale of this engagement makes it difficult to assess wider outcomes and impact at this time. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | CoDE webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Academics explore the many facets of ethnic inequalities in the Covid-19 pandemic, from health to education and examine how the pandemic may provide opportunities for change within governments, institutions and society. The webinar was followed by questions and discussions with the audience who expressed their interest in the subject and related areas. Timeframes mean it is to soon to assess outcome accurately. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/doing-things-differently/ethnic-inequalities/ |
Description | CoJit conference and launch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | I spoke at the CoJIT Conference at the Royal Institution, London, 12 September 2018 Combating Jihadist Terrorism in the UK - Launching a National Conversation on Causes and Responses - for invited academics, practitioners and policymakers at an all-day event at the Royal Institution in London, on September 12th 2018. The keynote speech was delivered by Sara Khan, Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism. The event was streamed live on Twitter. The conclusions that emerged from the Conference - based on the presentation of 27 papers commissioned by CoJiT from amongst the 'best in the business' following the lively and informed debate will be published as a book in Spring 2019 by IB Tauris. Following this event I was invited to speak to FCO on the issue of attitudes towards Muslims in Europe. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.cojit.org/events/ |
Description | Combating anti-Arab racism: Strategies of cultural production |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Roaa Ali presented paper at the International Federation of Theatre Research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation on 'Towards the inverted pyramid of representation: geography, political parties, gender and ethnic diversity in English local government' at the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Conference at Queen Mary University of London in September 2019 by Neema Begum |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Nazroo, J. gave a presentation entitled 'Ethnicity, racism and health in the UK' at a NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard: Race and Health the evidence base conference. It was held at the University of Warwick in April 2019. The presentation was given to an audience of around 150 NHS leaders on the impact of racism on health inequality and policy opportunities to address this. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation (by Kapadia, D., October 2019) entitled 'Ethnic Inequalities' at a Black and Minority Ethnic Conference, Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group, Rochdale in October 2019. The presentation was part of Black History Month to an audience of clinicians, local service providers and voluntary groups. It had local geographical reach to 40 people in attendance. It resulted in requests for further information by participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation on 'Towards the inverted pyramid of representation: geography, political parties, gender and ethnic diversity in English local government' given at the University of Bristol Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship Conference on Multiculturalism, Nationalism, Religions and Secularism 8-10 November 2019 by Neema Begum. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation 'Towards the inverted pyramid of representation: geography, political parties, gender and ethnic diversity in English local government' given at Queen Mary's University of London for the Politics research seminar series on 20th November 2019 . |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation entitled 'Towards the inverted pyramid of representation: geography, political parties, gender and ethnic diversity in English local government' given at the International Europeanists Conference, Madrid, Spain on June 20-22, 2019 by Maria Sobolewska. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation (by Kapadia, D.) entitled 'Ethnic minorities, mental illness stigma and health care: stigma as deflection' at European Sociological Association Conference, The University of Manchester in August 2019. It reached an international academic audience of 30 people. It resulted in requests for further information by participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation Manchester |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation on owards the inverted pyramid of representation: geography, political parties, gender and ethnic diversity in English local government' given at CoDE Conference, Manchester in March 2019 by Neema Begum and Maria Sobolewska. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Empire and the World War I Centenary: Remembrance as Racialisation? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Manchester Policy Blog presents social issues in the news to a general audience, and proposes specific policy interventions. This post considers how BME people were depicted during the WWI Armistice centenary, and proposed concrete interventions at the classroom level to make history and memory more inclusive. Coming shortly after Jeremy Corbyn's statement that 'Black history is British history', this article recommends several ways to implement this approach in the classroom. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/ethnicity/2018/12/empire-and-the-world-war-one-centenary-remembr... |
Description | Empty Cases radio broadcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gary Younge (Co-investigator) contribution to Radio 4 documentary about impact of BLM on Museums and their collections (30/08/20). Timescale, scale and scope of this activity makes it impossible to assess impact |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lyyd |
Description | Ethnicity, racism and health in the UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | James Nazroo led a webinar for NHS Chief Executives hosted by the King's Fund leading to discussion and debate. The nature of this engagement and timescale makes it too soon to accurately assess impact and outcomes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Ethnicity, racism and inequalities in Covid-19 related mortality |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | James Nazroo (Co-investigator) led webinar for NHS WRES affiliates. The nature of this engagement and timescale makes it too soon to accurately assess impact and outcomes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Ethnicity, racism and mental health in the UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | James Nazroo (Co-investigator) led a webinar for general public organised by Manchester VCSEs leading to discussion and debate |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Evidence and contribution to Local Government 2030 Commission |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Neema Begum (Researcher) and Maria Sobolowska gave evidence from quantitative dataset and qualitative interviews with BAME local councillors to Heather Wakefield, Arianna Giovanni and Steve Griggs of the Local Government 2013 Commission, established by the local government body the Association of Public Service Excellence. The nature of this engagement and timescale makes it too soon to accurately assess impact and outcomes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | FCO talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | On 15th November 2018 I spoke at the FCO offices to a group of Whitehall officials and their European colleagues (who dialed in from France, Denmark and Italy among other places) about attitudes to Muslims in Europe. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | House of Lords Committee |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Claire Alexander (co-investigator) committee evidence to Public Services Committee - lessons from coronavirus. The nature of this engagement means that it is too early to accurately asses outcomes or impact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/311/public-services-lessons-from-coronavirus/publications/ |
Description | Interview Voice of Islam Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with Voice of Islam Radio on class and migration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview for international television news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | James Nazroo (Co-Investigator) participated in a discussion of ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 mortality on BBC World News (08/04/2020). The scale and cope of this engagement makes it difficult to accurately assess impact and outcomes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp7TAmjnvQo |
Description | Interview for national TV news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | James Nazroo (Co-investigator) participated in a discussion of ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 mortality on BBC Newsnight (30/04/2020). The scale and scope of this engagement make it difficult to accurately assess outcomes and impact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hr18/newsnight-30042020 |
Description | Invited Speaker at ESRC Festival of Social Sciences event, 'Britain by numbers; the big social sciences data quiz' with Sixth Form College Pupils. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | 15 sixth form students attended to learn about my research on ethnic inequalities using quantitative data. Students were interested in both the substantive area and the methods. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Karis Campion WonkHE blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Claire Alexander (co-investigator): contribution to a blog post drawing academic attention to the importance of maintaining the place of equalities on the academic agenda. The scale and scope of this engagement mean that it is difficult to accurately assess outcomes and impact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://wonkhe.com/blogs/universities-must-not-forget-about-bame-students-during-this-crisis/ |
Description | Lecture - widening participation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Lecture, 'Why Should We (Still) Remember the British Empire?' by Dr Meghan Tinsley for the 2019 Pre-University Sociology widening participation course, attended by approximately 30 sixth form students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | News article in Local Government Association magazine LGA First |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | LGA reported on findings from our 2020 briefing and linked to LGA Good Council Practice. The nature of this engagement and timescale makes it too soon to accurately assess impact and outcomes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.lgafirst.co.uk/news/councils-should-be-more-diverse/ |
Description | On and off screen diversity: Why does it matter? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Roaa Ali, workshop organiser and lead speaker at event as part of the Festival of Social Sciences, November 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://youtu.be/gkKWSokYn5M |
Description | Podcast on decolonising history |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A podcast about the decolonisation of history |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://soundcloud.com/codemcr/rashida-bibi-on-decolonising-history-and-migration |
Description | Public lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 'The Sociology of Remembrance Sunday', a public lecture by Dr Meghan Tinsley at Sacred Trinity Church Salford, 10 November 2019. It was a public lecture and discussion on constructing inclusive commemorations, attended by approximately 15 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Racial justice and the museum: exploring ethnic inequalities in the heritage sector |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Bridget Byrne presentation give at the conference, Cultural Heritage as a Resource (CHER) in Hanover, September 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Radio 5 Live: Race and class at the BBC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Commented on the Nicky Campbell Show on BBC 5 Life about representation at the BBC and more broadly about bias and discrimination in job interviews |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Report and event with the Runnymede Trust |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | 50 people attended an event held by the Runnymede Trust in Westminster Central Hall on 25th February to launch a report that I co-authored with Omar Khan, Runnymede's director. After I presented a summer of the research, two politicians - Seema Malhotra and Binita Mehta-Palmer - discussed its implications with Stephen Bush, Special Correspondent at the New Statesman. Audience members included local councillors, an advisor to the Prime Minister, and a senior figure in the Conservative Party. After the event I also corresponded with the Labour Party's Director of Data and Targeting about the results. The report itself gained coverage in the Guardian and the New Statesman. Multiple MPs and peers requested copies of the slides alongside the report after the event. The director of Runnymede also presented some of its findings a fortnight later in Downing Street, including a discussion with the US politician Stacey Abrams on voter registration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.runnymedetrust.org/2017-election-briefing.html |
Description | Response to Parliamentary Inquiry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Drawing from my research on representations of Muslims in national commemorations, I submitted written evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee Inquiry into Lessons from the First World War Centenary. My evidence was noted in the Committee's final report, and was published on the Committee's website. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/digital-culture-med... |
Description | Royal Statistical Society/ONS, 'Ethnic Data Gap: exploring the evidence base' webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation an contribution to webinar (11/4/2020) . "Surveying ethnic minority populations in a time of crisis" Authors: Nissa Finney, Laia Becares, Neema Begum, Dan Ellingworth, Dharmi Kapadia, James Nazroo, Natalie Shlomo, Harry Taylor. This engagement activity promoted the EVEN Survey. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | The presence of Black people in Parliament is no coincidence but the result of a conscious effort to break free |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Gary Younge (Co-investigator) House of Commons magazine feature on history of relationship between Black parliamentarians and the Black community (17/10/2020). Scope and timeframe of this engagement makes it impossible to accurately assess impact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/the-presence-of-black-people-in-parliament-is-no-coinc... |
Description | Waking up to the realities of racism in the UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gary Young (Co-investigator): Financial times article on BAME views on BLM and experiences of racism (26/06/2020). Timescale, scale and scope of this engagement make it impossible to accurately assess impact |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.ft.com/content/b51d534f-5515-4717-a1e3-866f39955d8f |
Description | We can't breathe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gary Younge (co-investigator) New Statesman article about inequalities in CoVID and BLM (30/06/2020). Timescale, scale and scope of this engagement make it impossible to accurately assess impact |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/06/we-cant-breathe |
Description | What Black America Means to Europe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gary Younge (Co-investigator) New York Review of Books article (23/7/2020). Timescale, scale and scope of this engagement makes it impossible to accurately assess impact |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/06/06/what-black-america-means-to-europe/ |
Description | Workshop on archival research |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Approximately 10 people attended a workshop on conducting archival research into state violence at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Centre. It was co-organised by a member of the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 'Longing for What May Be: Nostalgia and Utopia in Anticolonial Thought.' Conference presentation delivered at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association by Dr Meghan Tinsley (San Francisco, August 2020). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | invited talk on nostalgia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 'The Future of Nostalgia: Temporality in Centre- and Far-Right Political Discourse'. Talk delivered at the Centre for Public History, Heritage and Memory, Nottingham Trent University by Dr Meghan Tinsley, May 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | public-facing article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Tinsley, M. 2020. "Do We Need a National Day of Mourning after the Coronavirus Pandemic?" The Conversation. 3 August. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/do-we-need-a-national-day-of-mourning-after-the-coronavirus-pandemic-143... |
Description | public-facing article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Tinsley, M. and N. Begum. 2020. "Clap for Our Heroes: 'Good' Migrants, Wartime Rhetoric, and COVID-19." Discover Society. 21 May. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://discoversociety.org/2020/05/21/clap-for-our-heroes-good-migrants-wartime-rhetoric-and-covid-... |