Blogs

Can organisations build trust and collaboration among people who do not share the same beliefs and values?

In her latest blog, Meenakshi Krishnan considers what role should AI play in people management, and how much should employers be willing to delegate to algorithms when making decisions about people?

Dr Meenakshi Krishnan reflects on 2025 in terms of the rapidly changing face of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace, and identifies the key EDI trends for the coming year.

Dr Alexandra Nancarrow and Dr Susie Bamford take an in-depth look at the importance of inclusive research and its role in improving social equity in the UK, and reflect on specific IES projects which have demonstrated this.

In the second blog of this series on neurodiversity in the workplace, Claudia Plowden Roberts and Joseph Cook discuss the benefits of neuroinclusion to organisations, and explore how employers can implement inclusion most successfully including high-profile business examples.

Following the recent IES report on workforce inequalities in health and adult social care, Dr Meenakshi Krishnan and Claudia Plowden Roberts focus on the high prevalence of intersectional discrimination in the research findings, and how implementing Section 14 of the Equality Act could help to address this.

Joseph Cook and Cristiana Orlando reflect on just-published IES research for the Youth Futures Foundation, considering the ongoing business advantages for UK organisations investing in EDI initiatives and the drivers and enablers that motivate employers to sustain such investments.

Meghna Sharma explores the contributing factors behind the continuing gender pay gap, including cultural bias around the value of different skills, government wage policies, and the variation between male and female dominated industries.

Are you concerned about the impact of the US U-turn on DEI and climate initiatives? Dr Duncan Brown sets out reasons to be cautiously optimistic.

As Neurodiversity Celebration Week progresses, Kate Alexander reflects on her personal experience, the value of being diagnosed, and how supportive employers and policies can transform navigating the challenges of the workplace.