Oxford Brookes Business School: Research News

22Oct
Increasing Gender Diversity in Spinout Leadership - UKRI Blog
UKRI published a blog that highlights the key findings from a research project undertaken by a group of researchers led by Professor Simonetta Manfredi in the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice in the Business School, and funded by the EPSRC, under their Inclusion Matters programme.
Dr Joanna Karmowska elected to the Scientific Board of the ‘Work, Employment and Industrial Relations’
Dr Joanna Karmowska has been elected to the Scientific Board of the ‘Work, Employment and Industrial Relations’ Research Network in the European Sociological Association for 2021-2023. The Network gathers over 300 international researchers concerned with all aspects and dimensions of work, labour and the employment relationship.
22Sep
Managing Tourist Congestion for Sustainable Destination Recovery Post-COVID-19
Dr Kate Ji gave a successful virtual seminar on Managing Tourist Congestion for Sustainable Destination Recovery Post-COVID-19 on 14 September 2021.
29Jul
CDPRP contributes to ‘Equity in the STEM workforce’ report
The Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice’s EPSRC research project, 'Women and Spinouts: A Case for Action' has contributed to the ‘Equity in the STEM workforce’ report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
29Jul
Oxford Brookes Business School acted as critical friend to the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce
Oxford Brookes University has been a pioneer in promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) since the 1990s. Since then, Brookes’ policies and practices have been based on EDI and it is continuously working within the framework of the Race Equality Charter.
13Jul
Euro 2020: could Twitter stop racist abuse before it happens?
As excitement built in England ahead of the Euro 2020 final against Italy, fans took to Twitter to express pride in their diverse and inspiring team. There was also a sense of nervous anticipation at the chance to win a major tournament for the first time in 55 years.
01Jul
Older people in research: Interdisciplinary participatory co-research and the role of digital technologies
Funded by a university Central Research Excellence award this interdisciplinary project, across three universities, brings together researchers from the Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Arts and the Business disciplines to focus on how to best engage older people in creativity through participative research and the role of digital technologies in this.
29Jun
Investing in Women-led Start-ups and Spinouts
A webinar organised by The Centre for Diversity Policy and Practice on 'Investing in Women-Led Start-Ups and Spinouts'
07May
New research aims to reduce gender inequalities caused by COVID-19 policies
Academics at Oxford Brookes University have been awarded a share of €5.2 million to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected equality in 31 European countries.
26Apr
Blog post on European H2020 project CASPER
Read our recent blog on considerations for a Europe-wide gender equality scheme. It is based on interviews with 74 European stakeholders with experience and understanding of equality schemes.

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