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Examining institutions in the cultural sector (particularly in the TV industry), this project sought to ask the following questions: • What is the nature of ethnic minority experience in these organisations and how have issues of equality and diversity been addressed in institutional policies and content production? • What is meant by ‘representation’ in cultural institutions and cultural production? • How do institutions attract and engage with ethnic minority audiences? The deposited data includes interviews with those working in factual TV production, mostly within an anonymised independent tv company in the North West of the UK, but some from wider sourcesUnderstandings of ethnic inequalities in the UK have developed substantially as a result of the work of The Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE). CoDE has successfully carried out an innovative programme of research, pursued challenging scientific objectives, and worked closely with a range of non-academic partners to impact on policy debates and development. In a rapidly evolving political and policy context, we propose a further, ambitious programme of work that takes us in new directions with a distinct focus. We will move beyond nuanced description to understanding processes and causes of ethnic inequalities, and build directly on our established experience in interdisciplinary and mixed methods working. In addition, we will use a co-production approach, working with a range of partners, including key public institutions such as the BBC, universities, political parties, ethnic minority NGOs, activists, and individuals, in order to frame and carry out our research in ways that will maximise our societal impact and lead to meaningful change. Our overarching objectives are to: -Understand how ethnic inequalities develop in a range of interconnected domains -Examine how these processes relate to and are shaped by other social categories, such as gender, class, religion and generation -Understand how...