Research
Dr Kevin Guyan is a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Between 2021 and 2024, Kevin worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow on an international project investigating gender equity policies in the film and TV industry.
He is a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland, sits on Young Scot’s Data Advisory Group and the boards of Evaluation Support Scotland and the Equality Network. Kevin has published peer-reviewed work on equality, diversity and inclusion in academic journals and edited collections. He has presented evidence on LGBTQ data at the Scottish Parliament and several academic conferences.
Books
Kevin is the author of Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action. He is currently writing his second book, which explores queer encounters with different classification systems in the UK, from hate crime reporting to dating apps.
Consultancy
Kevin is an experienced researcher on diversity, equality and inclusion topics, particularly in relation to gender, sex and sexuality in the UK. He sits on several DEI Advisory Groups and has worked with governments, businesses, arts organisations and universities on a range of DEI projects.
Research with a radical edge.
Examples of past work
Testimonies
“It was a pleasure working with Kevin Guyan – he is approachable, responsive and highly knowledgeable in historic, current and emerging EDI practices as well as in qualitative and quantitative methodologies. His reports are presented in clear and accessible language and visuals and we hope we can work together again in the future.”
Jeda Pearl Lewis, Co-Director, Scottish BPOC Writers Network
“Kevin was great to work with, professional and flexible and demonstrated an excellent grasp of research methodologies. He was able to take a large amount of data and interrogate it to produce a very useful report. We have no hesitation in recommending his work and thank him for his invaluable time and expertise.”
Inspiring Scotland
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