Our Projects
Federal Police of Brazil - Inclusion Training
2024 - Present
Changing a culture of inclusion inside a large, complex law enforcement institution requires more than policy, it requires a programme built on science, designed for the real world, and delivered with trust.
We partnered with the Federal Police of Brazil to design and implement a research-led, person-centred inclusion training programme, one of the most ambitious applied DEI projects our team has undertaken. Working within a highly structured, operationally sensitive environment, we developed a programme from the ground up: contextual analysis, a bespoke competency framework, tailored training materials, and a train-the-trainer model to ensure the work outlasts our involvement.
At every stage, our approach was grounded in what the science tells us actually drives lasting change. Rather than relying on compliance or external pressure, we built the programme around the conditions that motivate people to genuinely care.
The project was delivered across three phases: methodological development and content production, facilitator training and internal capacity building, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. The result is a sustainable, internally-led programme equipped to grow within the institution long after delivery.
This project reflects what we believe about DEI work at its best: that it must be evidence-informed, operationally realistic, and built around people. Not just what organisations need to say, but what they need to do.
This programme is now embedded in the Brazilian College of Policing - every new recruit entering the institution will undertake this training as part of their formation. Its effectiveness is currently under evaluation, and we look forward to sharing what the evidence shows.
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This project has been covered in the press
UK Policing
2018 - 2024
The Brazil programme didn't emerge from nowhere, it was built on years of applied research and hands-on experience working within policing institutions in the United Kingdom.
In partnership with UK police forces and the Home Office, we have spent years investigating the conditions that shape officer behaviour, attitudes, and culture around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
That work has taught us what policing environments demand: approaches that are credible to leadership, realistic for frontline implementation, and grounded in evidence rather than assumption.
Our research in this space spans how autonomy and ethical values shape attitudes towards diversity in police forces, what makes DEI training effective and engaging in law enforcement contexts, the well-being and inclusion landscape across national policing, and how to communicate DEI initiatives in ways that build genuine buy-in rather than surface-level compliance.
This body of work - published in peer-reviewed journals, commissioned by the Home Office, and used to directly inform policing policy - is what underpins everything we bring to organisations like the Federal Police of Brazil.
Our policing research includes peer-reviewed papers, institutional reports, and resources used directly by police forces and the Home Office. Several reports are available to download below.
Downloadable Files
How to Deliver Effective & Engaging Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Training in Policing
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in 2019: Summary of Research Findings
National Policing Wellbeing Survey 2019: Summary of Evidence and Insights
This report was developed through in-depth one-on-one interviews with police officers and staff across England and Wales. This report evaluates the current bias reduction initiatives in policing and reports on concrete strategies to improve their effectiveness.
The National Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Survey was designed to examine inclusivity and workplace culture from the perspective of the policing workforce within the forty-three Home Office forces in England and Wales.
The National Wellbeing Survey was designed to assess the current state of wellbeing from the perspective of the policing workforce within the forty-three Home Office forces in England and Wales.
Publications
Legate, N. & Weinstein, N. (in press). How to motivate people to care about prejudice reduction in the workplace. Oxford Handbook of Self-Determination Theory.
Al-Khouja, M., Weinstein, N., Moin, T., Legate, N., Graham, L., Moller, A., Legault, L. (2021). How to Deliver Effective & Engaging Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Training in Policing. University of Reading.
Al-Khouja, M.A., Graham, L., Weinstein, N., & Zheng, Y. (2020). How autonomy support and ethical value alignment influences attitudes towards diversity in English police. Journal of Moral Education, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/03057240.2019.1697867
Graham, L., Gracey, S., Plater, M., Brown, N., Legate, N., Al-Khouja, M., & Weinstein, N. (2020). Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in 2019: Summary of Research Findings.
Graham, L., Brown, N., Plater, M., Gracey, S., Legate, N., Weinstein, N. (2020). National Policing Wellbeing Survey 2019: Summary of Evidence and Insights.