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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.

Structurally Unsound Report Cover

22 March 2019

Project information


Funding Source:ÌýÕ¬ÄÐÊÓƵ Knowledge Exchange Fund (HEIF)
³Û±ð²¹°ù:Ìý2019-20
´¡³¾´Ç³Ü²Ô³Ù:Ìý£4,000
Partners: UCL Grand Challenges,

The project, funded through Õ¬ÄÐÊÓƵ 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.
  • in Westminster attended by over 100 people.Ìý
  • Coverage in the national press as well as publications in sector-leading media outfits, including , , , , and
  • Report referenced during
  • with project partners exchanging insights and knowledge from across different sectors.ÌýTo 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 with Whitehall & Industry Group, Wales Centre for Public Policy and UCL Lunch Hour Lecture.

Read more​ on UCL Grand Challenges →