What We Can Learn from How Academics and the Public View Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity – Scholarly Kitchen (Susan Spilka | November 2020)
This year, Emerald Publishing commissioned three surveys on academic and public views of what inequity feels like, the meaning of inclusivity, the barriers to it, and the benefits of an inclusive society. The surveys also explored perceptions of the role of research in overcoming the challenges to inclusivity and possible actions for change. The academic survey was sent to over 130,000 researchers in 202 countries from Emerald’s database; more than 1,000 people in 99 countries completed it. General public data came from two samples of 1,000 people each in the UK and US, via One Poll. Analysis of this research was published over the summer as “The Global Inclusivity Report 2020”, along with a wealth of supporting data, insights, and commentary from thought leaders in the research community (new content continues to be published regularly).
The AHRECS Team feels passionately about inclusivity and prejudice in academia/science, so we read this Scholarly Kitchen piece with keen interest. The reasons for the differences between countries were especially interesting.