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EVENS

Documenting the lives of ethnic and religious minorities in a time of crisis.

Research

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Projects

Researching ethnic inequalities in health, culture, employment and education. 
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Briefings

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Our specialist research areas

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Diversity in creative and cultural industries

Covid, BLM and their impact on diversity in creative industries.
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Entrepreneurship and the high street

Researching ethnically diverse urban environments and the people who work there.

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Accumulation of disadvantage across the life course

Working with ethnic minority older people to understand how disadvantages in health, economic security and housing 'layer up' over decades.

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Exploring the policing of the crisis

How the policing of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matters protests have impacted minoritised people and communities.
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Young people transitioning into education and employment

Understanding how labour market inequalities are experienced by young people from ethnic minorities.

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Ethnicity and the gig economy

Uncovering patterns of ethnic inequalities in the gig economy.

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Work packages

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Ethnic inequality in higher education

This work package examines the operations and practices of major institutions in the higher education sector. 
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Cultural production and consumption

This work package examines the presence and representation of ethnicity in major cultural institutions.
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Politics, representation and ethnic minorities

This work package approaches political structures as institutions and will examine processes within them.