Holly Else & Jeffrey M. Perkel | February23, 2022 Efforts to chart and reduce bias in scholarly publishing will ask authors, reviewers and editors to disclose their race or ethnicity. In the next year, researchers should expect to face a sensitive set of questions whenever they send their papers to journals, … Continue reading The giant plan to track diversity in research journals
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Workplace Pride Foundation | February, 8 2022 Workplace Pride’s comprehensive new white paper challenges internationally-active businesses to have a greater impact in non-LGBT+ friendly locations where they operate. For years businesses have been coming to terms with the fact that their presence and activities around the world have an increasingly visible impact in … Continue reading LGBT+ International Corporate Advocacy Guide: a key to safe workplaces
Holly Else & Jeffrey M. Perkel | February 23, 2022 Efforts to chart and reduce bias in scholarly publishing will ask authors, reviewers and editors to disclose their race or ethnicity. In the next year, researchers should expect to face a sensitive set of questions whenever they send their papers to … Continue reading The giant plan to track diversity in research journals
New data show that female attendance at virtual science and engineering meetings grew by as much as 253%, and gender queer scientist attendance jumped 700%. Online conferences are attended by move diverse audiences than in-person events. The transformation of in-person science and engineering conferences to virtual events due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has not just reduced … Continue reading When scientific conferences went online, diversity and inclusion soared
Nature Sustainability | December 9, 2021 Conferences disseminate research, grow professional networks and train employees. Unfortunately, they also contribute to climate change and present barriers to achieving a socially sustainable work environment. Here, we analyse the recent impact of transforming in-person conferences into virtual conferences on improving diversity, equity and inclusion in science and … Continue reading Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?
Jess Lamar Reece Holler | November 25, 2020 The Marion Voices Folklife + Oral History Program has worked, over the past three years, to develop & cultivate a critical model for bringing together economic justice + racial justice organizing in the community-based cultural work sectors. We call this model equity budgeting. True to its name, equity budgeting holds that … Continue reading Equity Budgeting: A Manifesto
Career News | July 21, 2021 Safety and equity concerns prompt some journals and scientific societies to hasten use of new names on transgender authors’ works. In an effort to expand inclusivity for transgender researchers, some scientific publishers and societies worldwide have adopted policies that allow rapid and discreet author name changes to be made … Continue reading Scientific publishers expedite name changes for authors
Alice Meadows | July 19, 2021 This year’s Association of University Presses’ annual conference included a Collaboration Lab on Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusivity. Facilitators Rebecca (Becca) Bostock, Associate Editor and Subventions Coordinator at Ohio State University Press, and Dominique (Dom) J. Moore, Acquisitions Editor, at the University of Illinois Press presented the results of a … Continue reading Why We Should All Care about Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusion: An Interview with Becca Bostock and Dominique J. Moore
Laura Martin, Wiley | July 15, 2021 None of us have just one identity. The concept of intersectionality highlights how multiple, overlapping identities and identity markers—such as race, class, age, gender, sexuality, and religion—contribute to how marginalized groups experience discrimination. On June 15, 2021, the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC), in collaboration with … Continue reading Guest Post — Intersectionality: Considering Identity When Working Towards a More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Future
August 1, 2020 | Sarah Todd, Quartz A survey from the Center for Talent Innovation sheds light on the problem. A few years ago at a company picnic, I joined a handful of colleagues helping to haul boxes of sandwiches and soft drinks through the park. All of us had signed up for this manual … Continue reading The Number One Reason White Men Give For Not Getting Involved With Diversity and Inclusion