Research projects 

Commissioned research projects: ongoing June 2008

This section gives brief details of the 27 research projects that were established by the Commission between November 2007 and May 2008 and are expected to result in published reports. It includes projects set up by the Commission in Scotland and in Wales. Completed reports can be found on our Published research reports page.

The current projects have been grouped into nine broad themes:

GB-wide projects:

Career mobility, life chances and social class

• Changing career mobility and returns to education
• Early years, life chances and equalities: a review
• Social class, income, education and equality: a review

Equality statistics and indicators

• A review of equality statistics (published October 2008)
• Developing a framework for measuring equality: revising the capability list
Equality statistics in practice at a local level

Human rights

• Evaluating the impact of selected cases under the Human Rights Act on public service provision
Human Rights in Britain since the Human Rights Act 1998: a critical review
Research into the role and experience of inspectorates and regulatory bodies in promoting human rights standards in public services
Review of the human rights dimensions of community cohesion

Minority groups

• Refugees and asylum seekers: a review of equality and human rights implications
• Review of inequalities experienced by Gypsy and Traveller communities
• Social housing allocation and immigrant communities
• The equality implications of being a migrant in Britain: a review

Pay and income

• Equal pay reviews survey 2008 (published 14 November 2008)
• Pay gaps across the equality strands: a review
• Pay gaps across the equality strands: secondary analysis of pay data
The under-pensioned: ethnic minorities and disabled people    (published 17 November 2008)

Other equality strands (age, religion or faith, sexual orientation)

• Older people inside and outside the labour market
Religion or faith in employment, education or services: a review
• Sexual orientation: a review

Procurement

• Procurement and Supplier Diversity in the 2012 Olympics (published 26 November 2008)

Scotland:

• Attitudes to equality in Scotland (published 17 November 2008)
• Equal opportunities and the Scottish Parliament: a progress review
• Equality issues in Scotland: a review of recent research

Wales:

• Equality issues in Wales: a review of recent research
Public attitudes to discrimination in Wales

The ‘six equality strands’ discussed for some projects are: age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or faith and sexual orientation.

This list will be updated periodically as new projects are commissioned and existing projects are completed; the groupings will also change accordingly.