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With 14 taking their own life daily; 90,000 in prison; 3,000 sleeping rough; 1 million unemployed; 45,000 fewer teenage boys going to university annually; 7,000 school exclusions each year, the challenges facing men and boys are clear. We focus our research on seven areas: health, education, fatherhood and family, economy and skills, criminal justice, male identity, and media and culture.
Men and boys’ health is not as good as it should be. Far too many die too young or are too ill to work. With the launch of the very first Men’s Health Strategy for England, CPRMB will be focusing on how well it is being rolled out; what more needs to be done and what is really helping improve men’s mental and physical health. This includes across all four UK nations.
Boys are consistently performing less well than girls at every stage of their educational journey. CPRMB will develop new insights and a better understanding of why this is the case and provide proposals on what to do about it.
Children need fathers or father figures in their lives. This area of CPRMB research will look at why this is the case and what needs to be done to ensure the best outcomes for fathers, the children they father and the families they help create.
Work matters. It matters to men and women and it offers a way for adults to leave their mark on the world. Yet too many men are workless, under skilled and unable to contribute financially. This impacts the individuals, their families and communities. CPRMB research will develop new gender sensitive proposals to get more men working, boost productivity and increase levels of economic growth.
The UK prison population is largely male. There are so many men in prison they would fill Wembley Stadium. CPRMB will examine why, what should be done to reduce the number of men in jail and how to stop them going back to jail once released.
What is it to be a man in the 2020s? Debates around masculinity - toxic or otherwise - have been raging for some time. However there is little empirical research into male identity and its many faces. CPRMB will develop new thinking around this topic.
Male stereotypes abound in the media and in popular culture. Most of them are negative. This lack of balance has real world implications - again many of them negative. This research stream will look at how to encourage more positive and realistic representations of men across media and cultural output - including political culture too.
View all of our latest policy and research across our all of our focus areas.
