Researcher at the Working Lives Research Institute.
Amar joined WLRI in January 2004 and is currently working on an ESF-HE funded project comparing the labour market discrimination experienced by refugees with comparable UK ethnic minority workers.
Amar began her studies by completing a degree at the University of Hertfordshire (LL.B (Hons) Law) and then went on to complete her LL.M Public Law at University College, London. Whilst at university, Amar undertook a cross-cutting consultation exercise for a Best Value Review of Services for Victims of Racist Incidents at Croydon Council.
After completing her LL.M in 2002 she joined the Institute for Public Policy
Research (IPPR) on a research internship, working on labour migration issues.
During 2003, Amar worked on the European Racism and Xenophobia Information
Network (RAXEN) at the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) and has also completed
work on a major research project, ‘Ethnic Diversity and the Tribunal
System’ at University College London for the Department for Constitutional
Affairs. The project looked at the experiences of minority ethnic appellants
before and during the process of an appeal at a tribunal, across three tribunals:
the Appeals Service, Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel and the
Special Educational Needs Tribunal.
Amar’s current research interests include the experiences of labour market discrimination against refugees and ethnic minorities, equality and anti-discrimination law, particularly the impact of institutional discrimination on the workplace and the use of positive duties and positive action, as well as race relations and labour migration issues. She has been a member of the Discrimination Law Association since 2001.
