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The theme of this conference is situated around interconnectivity and diversity; with particular regard to an intersectional approach to gender diversity that must include race, religion, sex, disability and class. Of course this conference takes part in the context of the Covid global pandemic. The pandemic has already had a disproportionate impact on women and other marginalised and Systematically excluded groups and the fall out of this will be felt for many years to come. The Covid 19 pandemic has raised potentials and problems with regard to interconnectivity and diversity. For example, the online pivot enabled us all to work from home but also exposed ableism, where the reasonable adjustment of homeworking that was denied to many disabled academics was suddenly easily granted to all. WIASN assert that global issues can only be properly addressed by a diverse and interconnected research culture. So how can a more interconnected (globally, digitally, interdisciplinary) research and academic community foster ways in which we value, embrace and leverage diversity (which includes the unconventional)? This conference asks what are the potential and pitfalls to achieving this?

We are delighted to announce the following invited speakers and workshops. Full conference schedule will be published by the end of January. WIASN is supporting the UK UCU strike and as such some content my be withdrawn and/or replaced with strike information.

31st March. Time tbc

Panel 1 EDI in academia

Prof Laura Sjoberj Royal Holloway Gender Institute

Prof Nadia Brown Georgetown University

Dr Saara Sarma Tampere University

Dr Anisha Asundi Harvard University

1st April

Panel 2 Digitally equitable 14:00 (GMT)

Prof Farhana Sultana Syracuse University

Dr Nadia von Benzon (Gill) Lancaster University

Dr Sahra Rae Taylor Visiting lecturer at City, University of London

Workshops: Emerald Global Publishing (date and time tbc)

EDI in Publishing

Book Publishing 101

Conference Panel: WIASN members

Kelly Pickard-Smith, Eleonora Belfiore, Amy Bonsall, Nia Wearn, Peny Sotiropoulou, Jennifer Leigh, Chloe Preece, Zoe Enstone, Dany van Dam, Axe LJewel.

Virtually Undisciplined: Diversifying Higher Education and Research

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