Understanding challenges to equity, diversity and inclusion in Higher Education, Research & Innovation
While many Higher Education and R&I organisations have made an explicit commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) this is only effective when translated into actions that deliver tangible and sustainable outcomes over the short, medium and long term.
There are many obstacles to achieving EDI goals, one of them being a lack of knowledge and understanding of the ways in which privilege and discrimination in these organisations are linked to different personal characteristics/identities/circumstances with regards to gender, age, socioeconomic background, race/ ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, geographical location or religion/belief, and how these intersect to produce unique experiences of inclusion and exclusion.
RINCE Seminar Series 2022/2023 offers an opportunity to bring together a network of researchers, practitioners, and other professionals with interests in EDI in Higher Education and R&I, to progress on how we think about, and enact, EDI values towards institutional change. In the first part of this series, the focus will be on the experiences of specific social groups/ identities/personal circumstances, although an intersectional perspective will be adopted throughout. In the second part of the series, the focus will move to topical issues, such as Gender-Based Violence, Care, and Masculinities in such organisational settings.
Seminar programme (Note: All seminars to take place 2-3pm)
- 6 October 2022 - Gender and race in STEM research (Grace Idahosa, University of York)
- 3 November 2022 - Exploring age discrimination in higher education & academic professions (Dr. Trudy Corrigan, Dublin City University, DCU)
- 1 December 2022 - Creating inclusive universities for different abilities (Dr. Keith Murphy ,Lecturer in Applied Social Care, School of Social Science, Law and Education, TU Dublin, Tallaght Campus) Please click link to view recording and to view Keith's Poem
- 30 March 2023 - 'Respect for Gender Identity : What is it and why it matters' with Dr.Stephanie Kapusta
- June 2023-Addressing gender-based violence in universities (Catherine Bolger,MSc Couns Psych, PG Dip Criminology. Chartered psychologist. Consent Lead and Sexual Violence and Harassment Prevention and Response at TU Dublin)