Edi Caucus

The EDI Caucus - or EDICa - will strengthen the Research & Innovation system by supporting a culture in which a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and talent from all backgrounds, areas of the UK and career stages can thrive. EDICa will generate and share high quality evidence on practices that improve equality, diversity and inclusion outcomes in the Research & Innovation system through the leadership team working together with a network of experts and practitioners as well as the Funders. EDICa is funded by UKRI (the UK's largest public funder of research and innovation) with additional support from the British Academy. Participating UKRI research councils are AHRC, BBRC, ESRC, EPSRC and Innovate UK. Our three objectives are 1) To provide insights from research evidence on EDI that informs and shapes the work of the funders, and the broader research and innovation sector. 2) To address priority evidence gaps by commissioning and undertaking new research, and by supporting UKRI and the British Academy in testing and evaluating new EDI-related initiatives. 3) To promote, coordinate and facilitate interdisciplinary approaches to research on EDI.