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1. So that was 2025...
   Jan 21, 2026 by Rich @ Etic Lab
   In classic Etic Lab fashion, we’re bucking convention by waiting until the end of January before doing our annual round-up. 2025 was a scarcely believable year of accomplishments.

2. What resilience actually looks like and why it’s hard to measure
   Jan 8, 2026 by Beth Barker @ Etic Lab
   Resilience is the it-girl of policy language, standing arm in arm with innovation and sustainability. She’s everywhere — in cultural policy, in funding guidance, in strategic plans.

3. Is evaluation failing the cultural sector?
   Jan 8, 2026 by Beth Barker @ Etic Lab
   Over the past few years, Etic Lab has consciously expanded its cultural arm to work more deeply with arts and cultural organisations.

4. Exploring the potential of a new DEI metric for use in the UK's Culture and Creative sectors
   Jul 31, 2025 by Kevin @ Etic Lab
   A new DEI metric for use in the UK's Culture and Creative sectors.

5. Introducing the Etic Lab DEI metric
   Jul 31, 2025 by Rich @ Etic Lab
   This blog introduces a new digital metric: the DEI Score.

6. Measuring the diversity of political engagement in Wales
   May 5, 2025 by Alex @ Etic Lab
   In this post, we’re going to take a closer look at how we developed what we call our Political Diversity metric.

7. Written by no one, to communicate nothing.
   Sep 25, 2024 by Rich @ Etic Lab
   Since the beginnings of the AI bonanza, an increasing proportion of the content appearing online is being created by Chat-like generators.

8. ARFOR: Presenting our early findings
   Aug 8, 2024 by Kevin @ Etic Lab
   Along with colleagues at Wavehill and Aberystwyth University, we have been commissioned to evaluate the Arfor 2 programme.

9. Can websites reveal the extent and degree to which a business’s values reflect national policy?
   Jul 18, 2024 by Alex @ Etic Lab
   The 6th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2024) in Valencia, Spain.

10. Problem Debt in the Cost of Living Crisis and Beyond...
    Apr 26, 2024 by Alex @ Etic Lab
    The past four years of economic and social emergency have placed intense strain on the financial stability of UK households.