Buying Social Justice equality and diversity toolkit presented to South African public sector leaders
An audience of more than forty South African public sector officials from the Limpopo Provincial Government heard Professor Tessa Wright present the Buying Social Justice through procurement: an equality and diversity toolkit on 1 February 2024. They were attending a workshop on public procurement as an instrument to advance gender equality, as part of an […]
Equality and diversity toolkit presented at Building People webinar
The Buying social justice equality and diversity toolkit for procurement was presented in Building People’s Sharing Sixty webinar series to an audience of built environment professionals. A recording of the event is available to view here. Professors Hazel Conley and Tessa Wright introduced the Buying Social Justice research project and the interactive toolkit, highlighting the […]
Final report of Buying Social Justice research project published
The Buying Social Justice project has published its report on the findings of the two-year research project, written by Tessa Wright, Hazel Conley, Joyce Mamode and E.K. Sarter. Buying social justice through procurement: report of project findings The report summarises the main findings of the research, which investigated the use of public procurement to advance […]
Equality and diversity toolkit welcomed by speakers at launch
The Buying Social Justice project launched its toolkit for practitioners on including equality and diversity objectives within public procurement at a well-attended online event on 19 October 2023. Participants came from the devolved governments in Wales and Scotland and local government across England, Scotland and Wales, from universities, housing associations and the private sector, and […]
Registration now open for project conference and toolkit launch
You can now register for our online project conference being held on Thursday 19th October at which we will be presenting our key findings and launching our Buying Social Justice toolkit for practitioners on including equality and diversity objectives within public procurement activities. The conference is being held online, to make attendance as easy and […]
Early research findings published in Buildings & Cities journal
First findings of the Buying Social Justice project have been published in Buildings & Cities, an international open-access journal that publishes research on the built environment. In UsingProcurement to Promote Workforce Diversity, Tessa Wright describes how public procurement can be used to create a more diverse construction workforce, arguing that the emergence of the social […]
Project presents findings at conferences in Nottingham and Germany
Project researcher Dr Katharina Sarter has recently presented two papers on the research findings at conferences in Schwerin, Germany and Nottingham, UK focusing on the promotion of public procurement as a policy tool by the governments in Scotland and Wales. At the conference of the Section Welfare State Research of the German Association of Political […]
“Golden thread” of equality throughout procurement process is key to success, hears Scottish workshop
A third workshop organised by the Buying Social Justice project took place in Edinburgh, where the project team presented findings from the research conducted across England, Scotland and Wales. The well-attended event at Edinburgh’s COSLA conference centre on 22 June brought together procurement and equality experts from across the Scottish public sector to hear the […]
Findings of research welcomed at workshop in England
The Buying Social Justice project team presented early findings from the research to an audience of procurement, equality and trade union experts at a workshop in Birmingham’s Quaker Meeting House on 5 June. The research highlighted good practice in the inclusion of equality considerations in procurement, particularly in the pre-qualification stages, although equality requirements in […]
Strong legislative framework for social procurement in Wales welcomed, but further resources needed
The Buying Social Justice project discussed its research findings with public sector procurement experts in Wales at a well-attended workshop on 25 May. More than 20 practitioners from across the Welsh public sector attended the workshop, held at the University of South Wales, on the day after the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act […]