Diversity Interventions 2022 SAGE: complete catalogue

Looking for presentations from Diversity Interventions UK? You’ll find them on the UK conference website.

You can also read all accepted abstracts (including work that was not presented at the conferences) in the conference proceedings.

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Day 1

Disrupting the status quo: incremental versus systemic change

We brought together five equity, diversity and inclusion innovators for a panel discussion on the power of disruptive thinking to smash barriers and stereotypes.

What will it take? Gender equality in leadership by 2030

The Transforming Women’s Leadership Pathways program developed actions that government, universities and industry must take to close the leadership gender gap in 10 key sectors.

Moving towards fair and equitable workload allocation: Piloting the Workload Allocation Principles Matrix

Learn how to use the Workload Allocation Principles Matrix, a tool designed by SAGE subscribers for guiding fair and equitable workload allocation.

Promoting gender equity within the academic promotions process

Macquarie University’s new academic promotions scheme recognises a wider range of achievements, resulting in increased applications from women.

Achievement relative to opportunity: beyond academic promotion

Assessing achievement relative to opportunity (ARtO) enables equity, but its use is often limited to academic promotion. RMIT tries applying it to recruitment.

Crossing continents: working globally and across sectors for practical solutions for women’s equity in leadership

How can Europe, North America and Australia help each other achieve gender diversity in leadership? Five leaders discuss.

Building a culture where everyone can belong, contribute and thrive

To open Diversity Interventions 2022, SAGE Chair Libby Lyons and Aleem Ali, CEO of Welcoming Australia, sit down for an in-depth conversation about workplace belonging.

The STEM x university/school collaboration through design thinking: a solution for gender in STEM outreach interventions

Early outcomes from the STEM x program show promising signs of increased confidence, interest and awareness in STEM subjects and careers amongst girls.

“This is not necessarily a gender thing”: Gender-blind talk about flexible work

Leaders avoid mentioning gender when discussing flexible work, which reduces men’s visibility as flexible workers and reinforces gendered work patterns.

Everybody needs a little MAGIC

Participants reflect on how Mentoring and Guidance in Careers (MAGIC) workshops have impacted their lives, two to four years later.

Visibilising mothering in the academy: (Re)Performing academic mothering in the transformative moment of COVID-19

The impossible demands on working mothers were forced into the spotlight during the pandemic, exposing a chance to normalise mothering in academic work culture.

Pandemic productivity in academia

Academic parents, especially mothers, were far less likely to have uninterrupted work time during the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020.

A sustainable program to support early academic careers

Learn about Curtin University’s program to fast-track the careers of junior academics through mentorship, peer networking and executive support.

Diversity Moments: taking 4 minutes to embed diversity concepts in a science organisation

Diversity Moments provide a space for people to discuss diversity issues at all-staff meetings and educate co-workers on their real-life experiences.

A review of strategies that advance female nursing careers

Leadership training, mentorship, networking and financial aid benefited nurses at any career stage, while sharing experiences helped early-career nurses.

Advancing women in healthcare leadership: a national organisation-level research and translation partnership

The initiative brings together medical and nursing colleges, leading health services, government and academia to co-design and implement structural change.

The role of professional member organisations in promoting gender equity and advancing women in healthcare leadership

Most organisations had policies on flexible and interrupted training, but few had transparent data on how people were selected for committees or training programs.

Day 2

Diversity interventions that work: cross-sectoral perspectives

A panel of researchers, practitioners and leaders reflect on diversity interventions that changed their respective fields.

Intersectional and place-based barriers to women’s advancement in higher education

Why is an intersectional approach to GEDI work important? Because race/religion and parental responsibility have an effect on career opportunities for women.

Towards a better minority/gender representation in Australian higher education: the case of Asian female academics

Taking an intersectional approach to gender equity, Nana Oishi outlines several interventions to address the challenges faced by Asian women academics.

What works? Evaluating your equity program

Evaluation is a key part of any equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) program. This hands-on workshop provides a practical five-step approach to evaluation.

Workshop: Gender in Policy Language

In this workshop, participants compared the pros and cons of gender-inclusive, gender-neutral and gender-distinctive approaches to organisational policies.

From transactional to transformative: Embracing intersectionality

In this keynote presentation, Dr Lucy Nicholas explains why an intersectional framework should be the starting point of any journey to advance equity, diversity and inclusion.

Addressing workplace sexual harassment in the Australian university sector

How developed are the strategies used by Australian universities to tackle workplace sexual harassment? Let’s examine their Athena Swan applications to find out.

Make Visible: promoting diversity and inclusion for members of gender and sexually diverse communities in partnership with community and industry

Make Visible is an on-going, community-led project making visible challenges and triumphs for the LGBTQI+ community worldwide.

Studying and parenting: supporting student mothers during COVID-19 and beyond

Including student mothers’ voices in gender equity work allows us to uncover, and address, the barriers they face in achieving equal participation and success.

The power of conversation: Lessons from incorporating social justice issues into human physiology and employability curriculum

By linking social justice issues to undergraduate course materials, students develop bystander intervention skills that they use years after graduating.

Lifting diversity and inclusion in economics: how the Australian Women in Economics Network put the evidence into action

Through mentoring initiatives and more, the Women in Economics Network almost doubled women’s representation in the Economic Society of Australia.

Challenges and strategies from the perspective of a culturally diverse staff network

The Mosaic network aims to increase the visibility and inclusion of culturally and linguistically diverse staff at the University of Sydney.

Knowledge, skills and experiences developed to be an effective university EDI practitioner

Three Associate Deans reflect on how they work collectively, share resources and grow their EDI knowledge to drive inclusion at their institution.

Maintaining momentum: acting and advocating for change

In her closing remarks, SAGE Chair Libby Lyons sums up the moments of self-reflection and calls to action from the two conference days.

Funding innovation: Western Sydney University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Gender Equity Fund

The Fund supports projects that improve the university’s knowledge or practice in gender equity. Hear about the benefits and learnings from administering the Fund.

Male allyship in institutional STEMM gender equity initiatives

What motivates men to support Athena Swan at their institution? Meredith Nash examines men’s evolving perceptions and critiques of the “male champions” model.

Responsibilities when training and learning with critical race and whiteness studies

By facilitating anti-racist teaching, non-Indigenous teachers can become allies in challenging deficit discourse and promoting racial literacy.

LIBRA: experiential learning in gender equality simulation for student leaders

Through role-playing activities, the LIBRA leadership training programme teaches students skills and behaviours that promote gender equality.

Impact of health-related factors on gender inequality: a case study of OECD countries

This study uses the 3 components of Gender Inequality Index to analyse the impact of health-related factors on gender inequality.

Decadal Plan Champions addressing gender equality

This presentation from the Australian Academy of Science showcases the efforts and successes of Women in STEM Decadal Plan from different industries.

A diversity and inclusion toolkit by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

The ATSE D&I Toolkit provides small and medium enterprises with guidance on how to recruit, retain and progress a diverse workforce.