Inequalities in the UK: Future Research Priorities

We are conducting research on behalf of the Arts and Humanities Research Council regarding future research priorities about inequalities across the UK to understand more about regional disparities*.

We would like to collect your views by inviting you to take part in a short survey which should take no longer than c.15 minutes to complete. If at any point you would like to modify your responses, then you can scroll up or down.

Many thanks for your time,

Prof. Helen Chatterjee (UCL)
Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt (Kings College London)
Dr Linda Thomson (UCL)

For further information please contact: linda.thomson@ucl.ac.uk

[*to include: Arts, culture, health, outdoors and other community-based research, Social Prescribing and other areas of public health research]

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* 1. Which of the below best describes your current role? (please select one)

Academic

Creative/Cultural professional

Clinical commissioner

Economist

Funder

Healthcare professional

Social care professional

Local authority employee

Parliamentarian

Policy maker

Researcher

Third Sector/Voluntary sector professional

Other (please describe below)

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* 2. Please identify which of these key areas of inequality would benefit from more research (select all that apply).

Age

Economic

Education

Employment

Environment

Ethnicity

Gender

Health

Living standards

Regional

Social

Other (please use this space to expand your answer)

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* 3. Please rank the below areas in order of your top three research priorities (please indicate other areas you consider are also important).

	1st Priority	2nd Priority	3rd Priority	Also important
Access to cultural and creative opportunities	Access to cultural and creative opportunities 1st Priority	Access to cultural and creative opportunities 2nd Priority	Access to cultural and creative opportunities 3rd Priority	Access to cultural and creative opportunities Also important
Access to nature / outdoor spaces	Access to nature / outdoor spaces 1st Priority	Access to nature / outdoor spaces 2nd Priority	Access to nature / outdoor spaces 3rd Priority	Access to nature / outdoor spaces Also important
Alcohol / Drug / Substance abuse	Alcohol / Drug / Substance abuse 1st Priority	Alcohol / Drug / Substance abuse 2nd Priority	Alcohol / Drug / Substance abuse 3rd Priority	Alcohol / Drug / Substance abuse Also important
Child abuse	Child abuse 1st Priority	Child abuse 2nd Priority	Child abuse 3rd Priority	Child abuse Also important
Childcare	Childcare 1st Priority	Childcare 2nd Priority	Childcare 3rd Priority	Childcare Also important
Closing shops, banks and building societies	Closing shops, banks and building societies 1st Priority	Closing shops, banks and building societies 2nd Priority	Closing shops, banks and building societies 3rd Priority	Closing shops, banks and building societies Also important
Community	Community 1st Priority	Community 2nd Priority	Community 3rd Priority	Community Also important
Crime	Crime 1st Priority	Crime 2nd Priority	Crime 3rd Priority	Crime Also important
Disability	Disability 1st Priority	Disability 2nd Priority	Disability 3rd Priority	Disability Also important
Education / Training	Education / Training 1st Priority	Education / Training 2nd Priority	Education / Training 3rd Priority	Education / Training Also important
Ethnicity	Ethnicity 1st Priority	Ethnicity 2nd Priority	Ethnicity 3rd Priority	Ethnicity Also important
Foodbanks	Foodbanks 1st Priority	Foodbanks 2nd Priority	Foodbanks 3rd Priority	Foodbanks Also important
Gambling	Gambling 1st Priority	Gambling 2nd Priority	Gambling 3rd Priority	Gambling Also important
Gentrification	Gentrification 1st Priority	Gentrification 2nd Priority	Gentrification 3rd Priority	Gentrification Also important
Healthcare	Healthcare 1st Priority	Healthcare 2nd Priority	Healthcare 3rd Priority	Healthcare Also important
Homelessness	Homelessness 1st Priority	Homelessness 2nd Priority	Homelessness 3rd Priority	Homelessness Also important
Housing	Housing 1st Priority	Housing 2nd Priority	Housing 3rd Priority	Housing Also important
Loneliness and isolation	Loneliness and isolation 1st Priority	Loneliness and isolation 2nd Priority	Loneliness and isolation 3rd Priority	Loneliness and isolation Also important
Policing	Policing 1st Priority	Policing 2nd Priority	Policing 3rd Priority	Policing Also important
Pollution	Pollution 1st Priority	Pollution 2nd Priority	Pollution 3rd Priority	Pollution Also important
Public transport	Public transport 1st Priority	Public transport 2nd Priority	Public transport 3rd Priority	Public transport Also important
Sense of place	Sense of place 1st Priority	Sense of place 2nd Priority	Sense of place 3rd Priority	Sense of place Also important
Social care	Social care 1st Priority	Social care 2nd Priority	Social care 3rd Priority	Social care Also important
Smoking cessation	Smoking cessation 1st Priority	Smoking cessation 2nd Priority	Smoking cessation 3rd Priority	Smoking cessation Also important
Unemployment	Unemployment 1st Priority	Unemployment 2nd Priority	Unemployment 3rd Priority	Unemployment Also important
Urban regeneration	Urban regeneration 1st Priority	Urban regeneration 2nd Priority	Urban regeneration 3rd Priority	Urban regeneration Also important

Other (please use this space to expand your answer)

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* 4. Please rank which of the approaches below would benefit from more research in relation to addressing inequalities.

	1st Priority	2nd Priority	3rd Priority	Also important
Adult education / Training	Adult education / Training 1st Priority	Adult education / Training 2nd Priority	Adult education / Training 3rd Priority	Adult education / Training Also important
Advice services	Advice services 1st Priority	Advice services 2nd Priority	Advice services 3rd Priority	Advice services Also important
Arts (incl. Performing and Digital Arts)	Arts (incl. Performing and Digital Arts) 1st Priority	Arts (incl. Performing and Digital Arts) 2nd Priority	Arts (incl. Performing and Digital Arts) 3rd Priority	Arts (incl. Performing and Digital Arts) Also important
Art galleries / Museums / Archives / Historic / Heritage sites	Art galleries / Museums / Archives / Historic / Heritage sites 1st Priority	Art galleries / Museums / Archives / Historic / Heritage sites 2nd Priority	Art galleries / Museums / Archives / Historic / Heritage sites 3rd Priority	Art galleries / Museums / Archives / Historic / Heritage sites Also important
Creative Arts therapies	Creative Arts therapies 1st Priority	Creative Arts therapies 2nd Priority	Creative Arts therapies 3rd Priority	Creative Arts therapies Also important
Community spaces	Community spaces 1st Priority	Community spaces 2nd Priority	Community spaces 3rd Priority	Community spaces Also important
Clubs / Societies	Clubs / Societies 1st Priority	Clubs / Societies 2nd Priority	Clubs / Societies 3rd Priority	Clubs / Societies Also important
Early years provision	Early years provision 1st Priority	Early years provision 2nd Priority	Early years provision 3rd Priority	Early years provision Also important
Exercise / Sports	Exercise / Sports 1st Priority	Exercise / Sports 2nd Priority	Exercise / Sports 3rd Priority	Exercise / Sports Also important
Health / Social care (incl. mental health)	Health / Social care (incl. mental health) 1st Priority	Health / Social care (incl. mental health) 2nd Priority	Health / Social care (incl. mental health) 3rd Priority	Health / Social care (incl. mental health) Also important
Horticulture	Horticulture 1st Priority	Horticulture 2nd Priority	Horticulture 3rd Priority	Horticulture Also important
Libraries	Libraries 1st Priority	Libraries 2nd Priority	Libraries 3rd Priority	Libraries Also important
Green / Blue / Outdoor spaces	Green / Blue / Outdoor spaces 1st Priority	Green / Blue / Outdoor spaces 2nd Priority	Green / Blue / Outdoor spaces 3rd Priority	Green / Blue / Outdoor spaces Also important
Social prescribing	Social prescribing 1st Priority	Social prescribing 2nd Priority	Social prescribing 3rd Priority	Social prescribing Also important
Third sector / Charities	Third sector / Charities 1st Priority	Third sector / Charities 2nd Priority	Third sector / Charities 3rd Priority	Third sector / Charities Also important
Urban regeneration	Urban regeneration 1st Priority	Urban regeneration 2nd Priority	Urban regeneration 3rd Priority	Urban regeneration Also important
Volunteering	Volunteering 1st Priority	Volunteering 2nd Priority	Volunteering 3rd Priority	Volunteering Also important

Other (please use this space to expand your answer)

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* 5. Please identify which geographic areas below are a priority for research (select all that apply).

Eastern England

East Midlands

West Midlands

London

North East

North West

South East

South West

Yorkshire and the Humber

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Please specify particular geographic location(s).

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* 6. Please indicate which research or evaluation methods are most appropriate for conducting research into inequalities (select all that apply).

Action research

Arts-based methods

Big data analysis

Brain scanning techniques

Cohort studies

Community / Participatory / Co-production methods

Epidemiological methods

Ethnographic studies

Health economics

Historical / Archival studies

Longitudinal studies

Meta-analysis

Observational methods

Phenomenological research

Physiological / Biological measures

Pilot studies

Quasi-experimental research

Questionnaires / Focus groups / Other qualitative methods

Randomised controlled trials (RCT)

Social return on investment (SROI) analysis

Statistical / Other quantitative methods

Systematic reviews

Systems change / organisational change

Translational research

Other approaches / methods (please use this space to expand your answer)

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* 7. Please use this space to make any other comments about future research priorities in relation to addressing inequalities.

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* 8. Please leave your name and email address if you are willing to be contacted for follow-up questions in relation to this survey.

Name

Email Address

Thank you for your time.