FOI2023/00160: SHERA research group / University of Manchester
Case reference FOI2023/00160
Published 30 June 2023
Request
Request Received: 28 March 2023
We are concerned with the following public disclosure:
"Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno, University of Manchester. received funding from UKRI to investigate the health impacts of family court proceedings with mothers in England and Brazil. These mothers worked with Dr Dalgarno, Dr Donna Bramwell, Steph Mitchell, Greg Williams and Prof Verma in collaboration with SHERA Research and expert by experience group, an advisory group of legal and health professionals and several partners including Dr Adrienne Barnell, Dr Emma Katz, Natalie Page, Paola Motosi, Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, CPI Voz Materna, Survivor Family Network and THECOURTSAID, to release the first combined output from this study."
We note that many of the named people engage with unscientific 'critical theory' 'ways of knowing', and many have publicly expressed sexist views.
The SHERA group claim that this video is a product of the UKRI's funding: https://youtu.be/ZNWa1os47C0
The video contains factual misinformation and unfounded sexist assertions.
Request for information:
1. Please provide details of the grant provided:
a. Name of grant and reference number
b. Grant recipients
c. Scope of Work
d. Value of grant
e. The grant application document
f. The UKRI grant document, including restrictive covenants such as those governing research practice standards, compliance with sex equality and publication controls.
2. Please advise whether the video was vetted by UKRI before its publication, and/or whether permission was provided to use UKRI's name in it.
3. Please provide the details of the UKRI's vetting process for acceptance of this grant application, in particular the determination of whether the application satisfied the UKRI's public sector duty pursuant to the Equality Act 2010.
4. Please provide details of UKRI's own restrictions to their provision of funding for research projects, in particular those controls that would prevent UKRI funds being applied to generate mis/ disinformation and for political campaigning purposes.
Additional request received 18th April
In the meantime, would you please add to the FOI the disclosure of the ethical standards of conduct attached to the grant.
Response
Response Sent: 26 April 2023
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