What can organisations do to enhance the diversity, including the position of women and other under-represented groups, in their organization? How do we combat the discrimination and devaluation of minority groups? Researchers join forces with societal partners to solve complex gender and diversity issues, as well as to develop strategies for implementing diversity in order to achieve societal inclusion and change. 
The Gender, Diversity and Global Justice is part of research expertise area Institutions for Open Societies.

Why is inclusion important?

Research has demonstrated that building a society that is inclusive for all genders, ethnicities and other group dimensions alike, is crucial from a fundamental rights and individual fairness perspective, from a societal perspective and an economic perspective.

  • News

    • From Pessimism to Promise

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      Payal Arora offers in her book From Pessimism to Promise a deeply compelling case that it is not naïve to be optimistic about our digital future.

    • Faculty of Humanities welcomes four new Full Professors

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      This summer, Kathrin Thiele, Danielle van den Heuvel, Birgit M. Kaiser, and Cadence Kinsey have been appointed as Professors at Utrecht’s Faculty of Humanities.

    • Multilingualism in Academia and Educational Constellations

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      Multilingualism in Academia and Educational Constellations is a new book exploring multilingual policies, theoretical concepts, and academic writing in multilingual contexts.
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  • Events

    • Seminar Jineolojî: Kurdish Feminism

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      In collaboration with Dr Marlene Schäfers (Cultural Anthropology), the Gender, Diversity and Global Justice platform is organising a seminar on Kurdish feminism.

    • Farewell Berteke Waaldijk: Vrijheid, gelijkheid en gezelligheid. Over stages en academische vrijheid

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      Gender historian and Professor of Taal- en cultuurstudies (TCS) Berteke Waaldijk discusses the meaning of academic freedom for university education in the 21st century.

    • Impact Day 2024: Bottom-up Initiatives

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      The Institutions for Open Societies' platform Bottom-up Initiatives for Societal Change cordially invites you to the Impact Day 2024 on 21 November in Utrecht. How can academics and ‘bottom-up’ initiatives work well together? How do we ensure co-creation? Based on three cases, we will explore these forms of collaboration and what we can learn and avoid next time.
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