We use a range of methodologies and approaches produce our research findings. This can range from surveys of around 2,000 people to one-to-one- conversations. Our research informs the policy work we do with businesses, regulators and Government.
2024
February 2024: Intersectional experiences at work (research paper, survey of 1,228 employees with disabilities as well as other personal characteristics, completed October 2022-June 2023)
Completed as part of The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023 (see below)
February 2024: the Disability Action Plan (consultation response and briefing, created October 2023 and February 2024)
2023
October 2023: Life with plastic is fantastic: Examples of eco-ableism and the plastics disabled people need (call for evidence with members of disability employee networks, completed September 2023)
June 2023: The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023, sponsored and supported by Microlink (a research paper based on a survey of 1,480 disabled employees, 396 managers, and 99 disabled graduates, completed October 2022-June 2023)
This project included the following publications, both released in June 2023:
- The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023 main report: full and summary reports, based on findings from 1,480 disabled employees and 396 managers.
- Graduating university and entering work: full and summary reports, based on findings from 99 graduates.
- A third report based on this research, Intersectional experiences at work, was released in February 2024 (see separate entry above).
2022
May 2022: From ‘ping dread’ to burnout: why we must manage technology instead of letting technology manage us (discussion paper, based on views of employees gathered from June 2021 to January 2022)
April 2022: Disability Workforce Reporting (consultation response, informed by views of Disability Data Monitoring Group, made up of our Members and Partners, formed in December 2021)
April 2022: Living and working with cancer (response to call for evidence, informed by views from our Members and Partners)
