Inclusion Insight Initiative (III)

Qualitative research to drive the next decade of inclusion in international arbitration.

The Inclusion Insight Initiative is a practitioner-focused research undertaking exploring what is working, where challenges remain, and what effective inclusion could look like next in international arbitration.

What should the next 10 years of inclusion look like in international arbitration?

The Inclusion Insight Initiative (III) brings together perspectives from across the arbitration ecosystem to explore this question and build on the progress made to date.

Phase 1 will involve confidential interviews with practitioners across five stakeholder groups: arbitrators, counsel, parties, institutions and experts. The research will explore lived experience, access to opportunity, the impact of inclusion initiatives, and where further change may be needed.

Participants are selected to bring a range of perspectives across jurisdiction, personal identity and career stage. The aim is not to represent the average practitioner, but to gather informed experiences and recommendations that can help shape the next stage of inclusion in international arbitration.

The ambition is practical: to develop an evidence-informed framework that helps institutions and the wider arbitration ecosystem identify priorities, direct resources effectively and collaborate on meaningful change.

Who is leading the project?

The initiative has been incubated by the International Arbitration Inclusion Collective, an organic collaboration between ArbitralWomen, the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge, the Equal Representation of Expert Witness (ERE) Pledge, Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (REAL), Open Arbitration, and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Jazzy Jasiulek leads the research. The wider project team brings experience across academia, independent arbitration, expert practice and legal services.

How is data safe-guarded?

Interview data will be stored securely, with identifiable information accessible only to the project lead. The wider project team will review anonymised thematic summaries rather than identifiable data, although inferences about participants may sometimes be possible.

Participants may ask for comments to be removed or withdraw their contribution before analysis begins, subject to the project’s withdrawal arrangements.