Goal 10: Research

The University’s research activities play a key role in our approach to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Here’s a wider showcase of our work addressing Goal 10.

Report uncovers ‘Institutional Racism’ in the Justice System

‘Racial Bias and The Bench’ is a report written by experts from our University and barrister Keir Monteith KC which has raised urgent questions about racial attitudes and practices in the justice system in England and Wales. The report is a response to the five-year strategy launched by Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett of Maldon to enhance equality and diversity in the judiciary and finds that it does not consider the issue of racism or even mention ‘racial bias’. Findings from the report conclude that 95% of respondents said racial bias plays some role in the processes or outcomes of the justice system, while 29% said it played a more ‘fundamental role.’

Project Helps Leaders Make Greater Manchester More Age-Friendly

To mark the UN’s International Day of Older Persons a lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography from our University has created a booklet which showcases the different ways older age is experienced in Greater Manchester, alongside an accompanying animation. This booklet offers a guide to a more immersive, flexible, creative and participatory approach for engaging with those within the category – enabling policy communities, academics, and others to gain a richer, localised and more personal understanding of what it means to be an older person. The project also responds to research and campaigns that have found representations of older age often fall back on medicalised, stereotypical accounts of what constitutes older lives.

University Researcher Gives Evidence to Support Levelling Up through R&D

A researcher at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at the University has given a speech at the Geography of Innovation international conference held in Milan, Italy in July to support an increase in R&D (research and development) public spending across the UK regions. This comes after concerns that the regional sub-national R&D is unevenly distributed, with London and the South East (LSE) accounting for 54% of the UK’s private R&D spending and 52% of the UK Government’s R&D expenditure. On Productivity a report written by experts from our University also seeks to understand and address gaps in economic performance across the UK.