Diversity and Inclusion

Michiel Kolman at Book 2..0.3
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Self censorship, diversity & inclusion, and ‘American Dirt’: on stage with Jeanine Cummins at Lisbon’s Book 2.0

Actors have an amazing profession: on stage or in a movie they become a character, someone else than their own personality. The sky seems the...
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UNESCO World Literacy Day – Literacy for sustainable and peaceful societies

The 8 September marks UNESCO’s World Literacy Day. The theme chosen by UNESCO for this year is Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building...
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Pride 2023: time to reflect on the LGBTIQ+ community and our publishing industry

Earlier this month, the Pride season arrived in my hometown Amsterdam where Elsevier is also headquartered....
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Dan Conway
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How can publisher associations tackle diversity and inclusion?

On 25 March 2022, the Publishers Association in the UK published its latest Diversity survey of the publishing workforce. Michiel Kolman, Chair of the IPA's...
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Every Story Matters – an EU project on diversity

Michiel Kolman, Chair of the IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee talks to Yannick Geens about the European project Every Story Matters....
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Latest UK PA survey on D&I shows continued gender equality at the top, ongoing challenges around ethnicity and more LGBT+ staff than ever before but not Out at work.

In 2017 the UK Publishers Association launched its Inclusivity Action Plan which was ambitious, comprehensive and not matched by any PA around the world. The...
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KOLMAN, Michiel (The Netherlands). Michiel Kolman, Senior Vice President, Elsevier.
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Two years of D&I Envoy: lots achieved, much more still to do towards an inclusive, equitable, sustainable world

Two years ago Hugo Setzer asked me to become the IPA’s Presidential Envoy for Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in our industry. As the term of...
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Below C-level; how publishing’s leading women are seeking gender equality at every paygrade

As a bonus to our series of posts for Global Goals week, we thought we would concentrate on a specific goal, namely SDG 5: Gender...
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Prof. Judi Mesman
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Gender and Ethnicity in Textbooks: systematic underrepresentation of female and minority characters in Dutch textbooks.

Diversity & Inclusion in the publishing industry is not only relevant for the workforce in our industry (see my previous blog on key surveys measuring...
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Diversity & Inclusion in the times of Corona: more important than ever or a nice-to-have?

It has been impressive to see how fast our industry has responded to the challenges presented by COVID-19. While many publishers are busy trying to...
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