The next event for the RES Diversity & Inclusion Network will be on 9 June 2023.
Event programme (see full details here):
12:00 Registration and Lunch
12:45 Welcome, Tom Aldred (he/his) - Deputy Director, GESR
13:00 Panel discussion “Why Diversity matters to Economics”
• Arun Advani (he/his) - Co-Chair of Discover Economics and Associate Professor at University of Warwick
• Luisa Affuso (she/her) - Chief Economist, Ofcom
• Tom Aldred (he/his) - Deputy Director, GESR
• Jo Swaffield (she/her) - Chair of RES Women’s Committee, Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton
Chair: Stefania Paredes Fuentes (she/her) - RES Diversity Champion and Associate Professor at University of Warwick
14:00 Breakout Sessions 1:
Session A: How to create inclusive learning environments
- Professor Gabriella Cagliesi (she/her) - University of Sussex
- Sam McLoughlin (he/his) - Discover Economics Campaign Manager
Session B: Diversity and Inclusion, and your organisation’s triple bottom line
- Jacques Le Vene (he/his) - Diversity and Inclusion Lead, GESR Team
- Kiran Krishna (she/her) - Principal Economist, the Information Commissioners Office, and D&I lead for the UK Women in Economics Network
14:45 Coffee Break
15:00 Breakout Sessions 2
Session C: Creating inclusive environments for LGBTQA+ economists
- Dominic Arnall (he/his) - CEO, Open for Business
- Joel Cooper (he/his) - Warwick PLAN
Session D: The Socio-Economic Background of Economics students
- Manolis Noikokyris (he/his) - Reader in Economics, Queen Mary University London
- Stefania Paredes Fuentes (she/her), RES Diversity Champion
15:45 Closing remarks - Stefania Paredes Fuentes (she/her), RES Diversity Champion
16:00 Event finish
The RES Diversity & Inclusion Network aims to connect individuals and groups working to make Economics more diverse and create a better community. We welcome economists from academia, public and private sectors working on increasing diversity, and creating more inclusive environments for under-represented groups in economics to join us.
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