BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Columba Systems Ltd//NONSGML CPNG/SpringViewer/ICal Output/3.3- M3//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T102335Z DTSTART:20260311T130000Z DTEND:20260311T180000Z SUMMARY:The politics of equality: the evolving nature of equality agendas at work in the UK and Europe in a context of political uncertainty UID:{http://www.columbasystems.com/customers/uom/gpp/eventid/}x1qh-mm4qv9 ki-m68uqc DESCRIPTION:The workshop will discuss key research findings from an ESRC- funded project focusing on the rhetoric and policy development of equali ty and regulation at work and within organisations in the UK and interna tionally (France\, The Netherlands and Spain).\n\nThe project aimed to u nderstand how equality policies have developed across time within differ ent national\, institutional\, and political contexts\, and how the coun tries have engaged with the notion of equality at work in terms of its l anguage\, practice\, and institutional sustainability.\n\nUsing a qualit ative methodology involving in-depth interviews and focus groups in each national context with actors including employers\, trade unions\, polic y actors\, NGO’s\, and other academics and experts\, the project investi gated the key paradigm shifts in the engagement with equality and underl ined the way in which these paradigms are understood and responded to wi thin the sphere of work and employment.\n\nThe research also outlined th e nature of new challenges that have emerged in a context of political u ncertainty and how these have been responded to by various organisations across the private and public sphere.\n\nThe workshop will include inte rventions from the academics involved in the project\, Prof. Miguel Mart inez Lucio\, Dr Heather Connolly\, Dr Stefania Marino and Dr Holly Smith \, as well as two roundtables comprising of experts from the respective different national and organisational contexts. STATUS:TENTATIVE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Mechanics Institute\, 103 Princess Street\, Manchester\, M1 6DD END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR