The Research Team at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) is seeking to commission a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA). The REA should identify, review and synthesise existing high-quality literature on the social and political discourses about child sexual abuse in England and Wales from the 1940s to the present day. The REA should also examine the way in which those discourses may have influenced institutional responses to such abuse.
The aim of this research is to assist IICSA in understanding the ways in which evolving social discourses, norms, and attitudes around childhood, child sexuality and child sexual abuse may have shaped institutional responses to the issue in different ways over time. The insight generated by this REA will help to inform IICSA’s investigative work, and longer term reports.
We are seeking a research provider with expert knowledge of the subject area, a proven track record of delivering high quality REAs for government or other high profile clients, and the capacity to deliver the project within challenging timescales.
To express an interest in receiving the full tender document please go to the Crown Commercial Services Contracts Finder website (link below) before 21 September.
Rapid Evidence Assessment: Social and Political Discourses about Child Sexual Abuse
Please direct any queries about the research through the Contracts Finder website.