Projects and case studies

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  • Enhancing everyday working life through meaningfulness initiatives in the workplace

    This study, led by Brighton Business School (University of Brighton), will pilot a short personal development programme with 20 to 25 employees in each participating organisation to find out if meaningfulness improves engagement, performance and...

  • The impact of STEMNET’s programmes on young people’s employability skills

    This research explored whether and how STEMNET’s STEM Ambassadors Programme and STEM Clubs Programme had impacted on young people's employability skills.The research involved interviews with national stakeholders, STEMNET Contract Holders and...

  • Evaluation of the Carers' Employment Pilot: supporting carers to remain in employment

    IES was commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence to evaluate a two-year pilot programme, which focused on testing and finding out 'what works' to support carers to remain in employment and economically active. Nine English local...

  • Health and wellbeing of older workers

    The CIPD commissioned IES to conduct research into how employers could retain older workers by focusing on their health and wellbeing and being flexible about their caring commitments, such as responsibilities for elderly parents.The research...

  • Discriminatory recruitment practices in employment

    IES, along with IFF Research and COMPAS, was commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to carry out research designed to improve understanding of employer behaviour and practices when recruiting British and migrant workers...

  • The gender employment gap: challenges and solutions

    IES, together with IRS in Bologna, Italy, was commissioned to undertake a study on the effectiveness of policy measures aimed at supporting and encouraging the participation of women in the labour market in six EU Member States: Denmark, Finland,...

  • Precarious employment: patterns, trends and policy strategies in Europe

    IES worked with IZA and IDEA Consult to produce a study on precarious work in the EU for the Employment Committee of the European Parliament.The study included a literature review of the extent and trends relating to different forms of precarious...

  • Research into tackling unemployment among disadvantaged young people

    This research for Centrepoint sought to understand what impact the government’s proposed measures to tackle youth unemployment would have on some of the most disadvantaged young people, particularly homeless young people.The research involved...

  • Mindfulness in support of organisational change

    IES, in partnership with Cranfield University, was commissioned by a government department to conduct a systematic review of industry best practice on workplace mindfulness-based applications.The review considered the potential of mindfulness...

  • What works in reducing pay gaps?

    This project comprised a literature review on the effectiveness of interventions to close the gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps plus the design and facilitation of three workshops with employers and stakeholders to identify key...