Healthy, fair and inclusive societies
Shaping healthier, fairer and more inclusive societies
Our researchers at Leeds University Business School provide expert insights into building healthy, fair, and inclusive societies across workplaces, organisations, and wider communities. This includes research on creating inclusive jobs and organisations, analysing the gendered effects of UK child policies, supporting healthcare workers from ethnically diverse communities, and addressing modern slavery in supply chains.
Delve into our blog posts, reports, and podcasts for actionable insights that support wellbeing, promote inclusive and ethical practices, and inform policies that help create healthier and fairer societies.
Spotlight blog posts
View all healthy, fair and inclusive societies blog posts here.
Podcast episodes
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Reports and policy briefs
- “Building the Early Education workforce in England: A model for change” – reports from the Early Education and Childcare Coalition. Professor Kate Hardy, Dr Xanthe Whittaker, Dr Helen Norman, Professor Jennifer Tomlinson, Caitlin Bray (University of Leeds), Dr Sara Bonetti, Dr Nathan Archer (Early Education and Childcare Coalition), Dr Claire English (Anglia Ruskin University). 2026.
- “Improving performance through Diversity and Inclusion in National Highways’ supply chain” – Final report from the “Examining the scope for improving performance through diversity and inclusion in National Highways’ supply chain” project. There is also a roadmap and a Diversity and Inclusion toolkit.
- “Insecure lives: The growth and impact of multiple insecurities” – Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) Report – Irene Bucelli, Irena Grugulis, Stuart Henderson, Laura Lane, Helen Lomax, Anita Mangan, Abigail McKnight, Jonathan Payne, Sally Pearse, Laura Sorvala, Rebecca Tunstall and Jonathan Webb, 2025. (Related media coverage.)
- “Earning While Learning: Student Employment” – Three research briefings from the “L-earning” project, tailored for: the education sector, employers and industry, and trade unions. Dr Kim Allen, Dr Lilith Brouwers, Professor Rachel Cohen, Dr Kirsty Finn, Dr Cassie Kill, and Miz Zhong, 2025.
- “Business startup support in West Yorkshire: A focus on aspiring migrant women entrepreneurs” – Report from the “Migrant Women in Business – A Focus on West Yorkshire” project. Ewa Lelontko (Migration Yorkshire) and Dr Deema Refai (Leeds University Business School), 2025.
- “Beyond Covid-19: Supporting the well-being of ethnic minority NHS staff” – Fact sheet and policy brief from the “Designing human resource management practices to improve the wellbeing of healthcare workers from BAME backgrounds in the context of COVID-19” project. Professor Lynda Song, Dr Ahmed Mostafa, Dr Aleksandra Irnazarow, Professor Andy Charlwood (Leeds University Business School), Dr Lisa-Dionne Morris (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds), Dr Jessica-Jones Nielsen and (City, University of London), 2024.
- “What a difference a dad makes” – Report from the “Paternal Involvement and its Effects on Children’s Education (PIECE)” project. Dr Helen Norman (Leeds University Business School) and Dr Jeremy Davies (Fatherhood Institute), 2023.
Research projects
- Can transnational education address female underrepresentation in Higher Education leadership?
- Transition to Parenthood in UK SMEs
- Women into Studying Economics (WiSE)
- What influences fathers' engagement in children’s education and care?
- Paternal Involvement and its Effects on Children’s Education (PIECE)
- Gender, digital technology, and the future of work in India
- Rethinking EDI practice and policy through evolutionary psychology (REDI)
- Can transnational education address female underrepresentation in Higher Education leadership?
- Examining the scope for improving performance through diversity and inclusion in National Highways’ supply chain
- Enhancing the value placed on diversity: from the international classroom to the global workplace
- Developing an inclusive research culture through improving research support practices
- Migrant women in business – a focus on West Yorkshire
- NHS ethnic minorities colleagues wellbeing and culture competence training
- Designing human resource management practices to improve the wellbeing of healthcare workers from BAME backgrounds in the context of COVID-19
- Transformational effects of COVID-19 on inequalities at work: An international analysis of job polarisation, occupational segregation and emerging policy responses
- Can workforce diversity stimulate transformation towards a more sustainable future?
- Longitudinal study: sex work, violence and HIV reduction in Southern Africa
- Understanding human rights: implications for the management of supply chains
- Predicting inequality from digital textual data
- Climate change, social inequality & psychosocial wellbeing with emerging digital data – a multidisciplinary network between UK and South Korea
Contact us
To find out more about any of the above research, or how you can work with us in these areas, contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk.