Research

Below is a list of research papers, reports and other publications from Ekklesia dating back to 2004. Click on the title for more information on each publication, and a link through to the item itself where available. You might also like to sign up for our award winning weekly research bulletin which will ensure you are kept up-to-date with the very latest research from Ekklesia.

November 4, 2016

Consultation on replacing ESA

ESA is not fit for purpose needs replacing. Many are agreed about that. What has not yet been proposed is a system to replace it. Such a system should be designed primarily by the sick and disabled people who will depend upon it. This is...
October 1, 2016

Replacing Employment and Support Allowance

This consultation report is based on data from a survey conducted by Ekklesia from October 2015 to January 2016. It is the second of three reports that use the results from the survey to explore a new system of assessment and support for people...
July 28, 2016

Determining the support needs of people with chronic illness

This paper is the first of a series of three reports looking cumulatively at the need to replace the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) with a proper system of assessment and support designed with and by people who have an illness, health...
June 21, 2016

Ten principles to guide voting in the EU referendum and beyond

In 2015, in the run-up to the UK general election, Ekklesia developed, through conversation and dialogue, a set of ten core practical principles (values-in-use, not just abstract theory) which we offered as benchmarks for assessing the impact of...
June 21, 2016

Assessing Christian contributions to the EU referendum debate

This document follows on from our longer paper on the EU referendum and beyond (Ekklesia, 13 June 2016), significantly supplementing, adapting and excerpting parts of What kind of European future? It sets out some of the main positions taken by...