How do we encourage diversity in academic calls for contributors?

Mollett, Amy (2013) How do we encourage diversity in academic calls for contributors? Impact of Social Sciences Blog (23 Jun 2013). Website.

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A recent call for new LSE Review of Books contributors seemed to appeal mostly to groups already over-represented in academia, despite the intention of the call to reach reviewers of diverse gender and ethnic backgrounds. Once the call was updated to explicitly encourage a wider selection of candidates – without excluding any group – the gender and background of new candidates completely shifted. Amy Mollett, Managing Editor of LSE Review of Books, discusses why semantics matters in academic calls and why we need more diversity in academic debate.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2017 10:43
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 13:23
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72083

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