Voices from Grand Challenges – Exploring ethnicity facts and figures

In the latest episode of UCL Grand Challenges’ podcast series, Oliver Patel speaks to Richard Laux, Head of Data and Analysis at the Race Disparity Unit and Chief Statistician at the Cabinet Office, discussing RDU’s Ethnicity Facts and Figures website, data transparency, intersectionality, informing policy, and measures to tackle racial inequality in the UK. Discussions draw on Structurally Unsound, a major new report examining inequalities in the UK. Read the report and find out more about the project here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-inequality UCL’s Grand Challenges convene and cultivate cross-disciplinary collaborations that bring researchers together, explore joined-up solutions in six areas related to matters of pressing societal concern, and set the agenda for future research while building bridges with external partners. Music © Benjamin Mastripolito