EDI-related networks and initiatives
Researchers, students and staff regularly organise events and initiatives to shed light on equality, diversity and inclusiveness. Click on the links below to know more and find out how to join!
Racial and ethnic diversity
Initiatives and resources based on community-driven efforts that support racial and ethnic historical awareness and inclusion at the EUI.
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Guide: Information and resources for racial, ethnic and religious minorities to navigate the EUI and Florence collected by the Decolonising Initiative.
- EUI Decolonising Initiative: a project founded by researchers, professors and teachers of the language centre in the EUI, aiming at decolonising knowledge and practice embedded in the institution.
- Black History Month: It gathers EUI researchers of African descent who believe in the need to make Black European history visible, to stimulate a reflection on the notion of race and address the structural imbalances shaping the experience of Black people in Europe.
- The Refugee Initiative: It is a volunteer and community-led project through which the EUI hosts a group of asylum seekers on campus, living in the flats, taking language courses, and participating in social activities at the EUI.
Gender and sexuality
Initiatives to foster dialogue, inclusivity, and visibility around gender, sexuality, and feminist topics and research, including social and academic spaces supporting LGBTQIA+ EUI members.
- Gender and Sexuality Project: It promotes activities at the EUI that engage questions around gender and sexual diversity.
- The Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group: It is an environment for discussions on different issues related to queer and feminist theory.
- The EUI-LGBTQIA+ Society: It provides a welcoming space for inclusion, support, solidarity, and friendly fun for anyone who identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Proud to BƎ!, the new EUI LGBTQIA+ Staff Network: It provides an inclusive and safe environment for all lesbian, gay, bi, trans, non-binary, queer, intersex, asexual or questioning (LGBTQIA+), and allies who work at the EUI.
- Lights on Women: It is a project launched by the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) to advance economically and socially-inclusive energy policy and regulation, focusing on gender and women's participation.
- Women in Finance: It is a series produced by the Florence School of Banking & Finance (RSC).
- Women in Research and Policy-Making research cluster (WiRP): a researcher-led initiative aiming to bring together female scholars in an informal setting to meet, connect, network and potentially collaborate.
- Women in research playlist: It is a collection of interviews, recordings and discussions on and with women in research.
- Well-being at work and anti-harassment newsletter
Inclusive Leadership
EUI Efforts to enhance civic engagement and empower more inclusive, forward-thinking leadership.
- Ponte Europa is a working group organising conferences, roundtables and other forms of deliberate experiences with citizens, local associations, and schools on the challenges the EU is facing.
- IncluLeader - Inclusive Leadership for Sustainable Governance is a project aimed at providing new instruments in the form of original research, policy dialogues and trainings, to transform leadership, starting with bridging the gender gap in European politics.
Support for the EUI community
The EUI aims to create a safe environment where everyone can be themselves freely. Support mechanisms are in place for the EUI community:
EDI Podcast: The Elephant in the Room
The EDI podcast ‘The Elephant in the Room’ brings voices from the EUI together to explore questions of identity, belonging, representation, and marginalisation. From workplaces to politics, culture to history, the podcast seeks to uncover how these themes shape our world and the communities around us.
How do we define equity, diversity, and inclusion? What happens when individuals are excluded because of their identities? How do under-recognised groups examine the way the EDI discourse is framed in our societies? How can we contribute to empowering equity, diversity, and inclusion through research, working practices, and other activities at the EUI?
Do you have an idea for an episode and want to be part of the podcast? Reach out to the EDI team at [email protected] with your proposal.
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