Latest Projects
Doing gig work: Social implications of platform-based food deliveries
Incomes, Work & Poverty,Social Innovation,Surveys & Longitudinal Data
3 June 2020
This research aims to study the platform-based gig economy and its reconfiguration of urban spaces by investigating the management, solidarity and resistance of cycle couriers in three European cities: Manchester, Lyon (France) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania).
Chance to change pilots qualitative study
19 February 2020
In partnership with the Ministry of Justice and the Barrow Cadbury Trust, PERU researchers are undertaking a qualitative study on the views and experiences of participants in the Chance to Change pilots.
Youth Endowment Fund Evaluations
6 February 2020
We are evaluating projects funded by the Youth Endowment Fund aimed at preventing young people from being involved in crime and violence.
Evaluating the Money and Work prototype
8 January 2020
An evaluation of Macmillan Cancer Support’s Money and Work prototype, which was being implemented in Nottinghamshire between April 2019 and April 2020.
Evaluating the effectiveness of the SEND Review process on raising attainment in English, and secondary outcomes.
Education, Childhood & Youth,Evaluation
1 November 2019
This is an evaluation of the effectiveness of the SEND Review process on raising attainment in English at GCSE. The evaluation will also measure the effect of the process on pupil wellbeing, attendance and exclusions.