Moving Beyond Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Equity

Friday 30 May 2025 | 10:00-17:00 | Sir Bob Burgess 0.02

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What does ‘equity’ mean to you, your research, and your discipline? How can researchers embed ‘equitable’ practices within their work? How can we create a more ‘equitable’ research culture?

This free one-day conference interrogates the meaning of ‘equity’ within different research contexts. Bringing together researchers from across the University of Leicester, it seeks to encourage a shared understanding which can help to cross disciplinary boundaries. Moreover, it provides a space for researchers to imagine ways that embedding ‘equity’ across all areas of University activity might transform research culture, environment, and practices for the better.

Programme:

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09:30-10:00, SBB Foyer: Registration (tea and coffee on arrival)    

10:00-10:10, SBB 0.02:  Welcome remarks  

10:10-11:00, SBB 0.02:  Keynote: Professor Ross Parry (Institute for Digital Cultures)

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11:00-11:15, SBB Foyer: Tea & coffee

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11:15-12:30, SBB 0.02: Panel 1: Equitable research environments

-Equity in Human Geography: Dr Margaret Byron (School of Geography, Geology and the Environment)

-Beyond the Ivory Tower: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Equity in Higher Education as a reflection of Society:  Dr Nora Musyoka (School of Management)

-Flexible Work Arrangement of Female Knowledge Workers: Dr Huiping Xian (School of Management)

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12:30-13:45, SBB Foyer: Lunch          

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13:45-15:15, SBB 0.02: Panel 2: Equitable research practices

-Embedding Equity: Rethinking Monitoring, Co-Design, and Training in Health Research and Practice: Dr Natalie Darko (NIHR Biomedical Research Centre)

-Towards equitable knowledge production in academia with marginalised communities: a decolonial feminist reflection: Dr Beth Kamunge-Kpodo (Leicester Law School)

-Equity, Ethnicity, and Health Research: Dr Riya Patel (Centre for Ethnic Health Research)

-Speaking up and being heard: supporting ethnically diverse NHS staff to speak up for patient safety: Dr Joy Spiliopoulos (Department of Population Health Sciences)

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15:15-15:30, SBB Foyer: Tea & coffee

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15:30-16:45, SBB 0.02: Panel 3: Equity and culture change

-I-REACCH roundtable: Speakers include Dr Maria Gonzalez-Aguado (Department of Cardiovascular Sciences); Sebastian Wang (I-REACCH Project Team); Dr Gez Williams (Department of Cardiovascular Sciences)

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16:45-17:00, SBB 0.02: Closing remarks       

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Please sign up for the conference using our booking form.