On this page, we provide more detail about our previous projects for participants and other interested people.
We commit to provide information to participants and the public about the progress of research, its publication and impact as far as possible. There can be long delays between research completion and publication due to funding availability, editing processes, further research and consultation on recommendations, or lengthy approval processes in some larger organisations. We are very grateful to research participants and clients for helping us to improve our communications around publication and impact, and we continue to develop this area of our work.
We commit to supporting our clients to publish the research, disseminate it to key audiences and advise on next steps in order that the maximum impact of the research is reached. We cannot however always guarantee that a report will be published.
The list below does not include any projects which were desktop-only, or which related to an organisation’s internal evaluation or strategic planning activities (i.e. no interviews, focus groups or surveys with the public). If you have questions about these, please email us so we can connect you with the relevant person in the organisation concerned.
All published research is available at our Publications page.
Updates at 14 April 2025
Policing of People of African Descent and Brazilians in Ireland (PABI) for the Policing Authority: The final report was submitted to the Policing Authority in November 2024. The Policing Authority authorised publication on 31 March 2025. The full report, a summary of findings and short advocacy briefings are available at http://www.inar.ie/pabi_2503
FRA Rights of Disabled People and protection from abuse in residential settings: The fieldwork for this project was completed in September 2024. A country report for Ireland has been submitted to FRA, who are currently developing an EU-wide report. FRA intends to publish an EU-wide comparative report, with 30 country desk research reports and fieldwork from 10 countries (including Ireland) in November 2025.
Irish Congress of Trade Unions Stronger Together Against Racism programme: A Train-The-Trainer programme was delivered in spring 2024, and further trainings delivered across the island through Q2-Q3 2024. The Leadership programme for Migrant and Minority Ethnic Trade Union Members was delivered in May 2024. The ICTU Toolkit, expanding on the training materials, was launched at the ICTU Conference on Anti-Racism in September 2024. https://www.ictu.ie/publications/anti-racism-toolkit A research report for ICTU on workplace discrimination and union membership is being completed – findings were presented at the ICTU Conference in September 2024. A leadership programme for minority ethnic and migrant trade union members is being delivered in spring/summer 2025.
University of Galway: We completed focus groups and advised on the design of the staff and student survey in early 2023. The University has used the evidence from the focus groups and survey to develop a new 120-point Race Equality Action Plan, launched in November 2023. View the plan and further updates by the University of Galway at https://www.universityofgalway.ie/equalityanddiversity/raceequality/
Arts funding in Ireland: exploring factors affecting grant awards to Black and Black-Irish artists, for the Arts Council of Ireland: The report was completed in August 2023 and was reviewed internally to confirm next steps in terms of its impact on policy and practice, in line with the EDI Implementation Plan in place. The Arts Council published our report with a launch event to discuss our recommendations in April 2024. An action plan will be developed by the Arts Council in response.
Equal Access Project for the Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) and Irish Network Against Racism (INAR): The report was submitted to FLAC in 2023 and was not published.
Higher Education Authority: The HEA published our analysis of their Race Equality Survey in 2021, which received more than 2000 responses from staff in universities across Ireland. In 2022, the HEA consulted on and published a new Race Equality Implementation Plan for the Higher Education Sector. The HEA held its first Race Equality Conference in Galway in March 2023. A set of Anti-Racism Principles was launched and has been signed by 16 institutions to date. The Action Plan also requires all institutions to develop and publish their own Race Equality Plans by Q4 2024. We have since been providing training on developing race equality plans to a wide range of universities. Further updates by the HEA at https://hea.ie/policy/gender/race-equality/
Inequalities experienced by Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Traveller People in Belfast, for Belfast City Council, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland: The report was published by Belfast City Council in December 2022 with a public launch at City Hall including stakeholders from across the participant communities and with key policymakers. The Council is now developing its Race Equality Action Plan in response to the research, and we were pleased to have been contracted to support this process.
Voices of Syrians in Ireland for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Ireland: The report was completed in November 2022 and proceeded for review and translation thereafter by IOM. The report was published by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in August 2023.
Church of Ireland: The Archbishop of Armagh commissioned a survey of Church members in 2021 and we worked with a working group of ethnic minority clergy and lay members to develop and analyse the survey. The headline findings of our research were shared by the Primate at the General Synod in May 2022.