Diversity and Inclusion

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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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KOLMAN, Michiel (The Netherlands). Michiel Kolman, Senior Vice President, Elsevier.
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D&I surveys in publishing: is the UK really doing well while too little changed in the US?

Close scrutiny showed a more complex but also more positive answer for both the UK and US....
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UK Publishing Industry Diversity and Inclusion Survey 2019 cover
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Stepping in the right direction on diversity

As we start a new decade, the subject of diversity remains firmly on the radar for most businesses and industries in 2020. This is also...
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Simon Holt and Kirsty Bone
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Diversity and Inclusion: Disability in the Publishing Industry

IPA D&I envoy, Michiel Kolman interviews Elsevier’s Simon Holt and Springer Nature’s Kirsty Bone about their experiences of having a disability and working in the...
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Reading is for everyone: An Interview with Hugo Setzer on the importance of accessibility in the publishing industry

On the topic of inclusion, we tend to focus on the areas of gender and sexual orientation. What does not receive as much attention is...
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