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Archives: DEI

Is The Climate Change-Academia Relationship Changing Too Fast?

While our understanding of climate change is shaped by academia, the climate crisis also shapes academia’s research and teaching in numerous ways. In this article, I explore the current climate change-academia relationship and touch upon some envisaged changes.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • May 6, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Ask The Chefs — The NIH Steps on the Open Access Accelerator

The NIH has answered the lingering questions about the future of the Nelson Memo. Not only is it still in effect, it’s being accelerated by six months. We asked the Chefs for their thoughts.

  • By David Crotty, Rick Anderson, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Haseeb Irfanullah, Todd A Carpenter
  • May 5, 2025
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Trump v. Research: How We Could Turn the Threats into Opportunities

Alice Meadows and guest chef Suze Kundu look at how, by acting collectively across all stakeholder groups, we could turn the Trump administration’s threats against research into opportunities

  • By Alice Meadows, Suze Kundu
  • Apr 30, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Pre-Award Funding Processes: Actions, Not Words

In today’s post, Alice Meadows shares an update on a project to improve DEI in pre-award funding applications.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Mar 6, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Unlocking Your Institution’s Collective Genius: Cognitive Inclusion Improves Wellness and Maximizes your Societal Impact

In today’s Mental Health Awareness Monday post, Lisa Colledge shows how your research culture can be an asset that boosts mental health and innovation.

  • By Lisa Colledge
  • Aug 19, 2024
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Point/Counterpoint on the Framing of DEIA Efforts: Should We Separate the Personal from the Professional?

Today we offer a double-post, with a proposal and a response concerning how we frame our efforts toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as a community.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah, Lettie Y. Conrad, Dianndra Roberts
  • Jul 29, 2024
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 14 mins

Guest Post — Workplace Equity 2023 Versus 2018: Reckoning or Retrenchment?

We invite you to participate in the 2023 Workplace Equity Survey. What has changed since the last (2018) Survey? Is DEIA still a priority, or are we seeing organizations take a step back?

  • By Susan Spilka
  • May 30, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Accelerating DEIA — Lessons from the Society for Scholarly Publishing

The experiences of the Society for Scholarly Publishing DEIA committee can inform DEIA efforts throughout our industry. Here Rebecca Kirk, Allison Leung, and Shaina Lange present key lessons learned.

  • By Rebecca Kirk, Allison Leung, Shaina Lange
  • May 22, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Call for Carbon Neutrality in Scholarly Publishing

The ISMTE DEI Advisory Committee calls on the field of scholarly publishing to set goals and actively work to achieve operational carbon and climate neutrality.

  • By Shein Ei Cho, Michelle Fleetwood, Kathleen Kelly Halverson, Sarah McCormack, Mark Paglia, Dianndra Roberts
  • Apr 24, 2023
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

What Have You Done for DEIA Lately?

Are we still doing the work it takes to make positive and impactful change? Are we continuing the work to break down systems, policies, and unwritten industry rules that are no longer fit for purpose?

  • By Dianndra Roberts
  • Feb 24, 2023
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution

Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?

  • By Angela Cochran, Tim Vines, Tao Tao
  • Nov 3, 2022
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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