DPIR appoints new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team
Please note, since this article has been published, the EDI Academic Officer has changed. Please check the Academic Office Holders page for the latest information.
DPIR is pleased to announce it has appointed a new team to formulate and implement equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) policies and champion the Department’s work in this field.
The new team comprises EDI Academic Lead Lenka Buštíková Siroky – Associate Professor in European Union and Comparative East European - and EDI Officer Saad Hafeez.
The team will also lead on the Department’s work in relation to Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) – a global framework used to support and transform gender equality within higher education and research.
Lenka will also report on and analyse related policies and procedures and help provide information and deliver communications on EDI matters.
Saad’s role will be jointly held across DPIR and the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID).
He will be instrumental in advancing DPIR’s intended application for an Athena Swan Bronze Award by supporting the consultative development of the department’s action plans in advancing equality and diversity considerations. ODID received its Athena Swan accreditation in October 2020 and Saad will also be responsible for following up on ODID’s action plan objectives for mainstreaming gender equality, along with the subsequent renewal application.
Their work will be crucial in advancing equality, diversity and inclusion in DPIR, and I look forward to working with them.
The University of Oxford was a founder member of the Athena Swan Charter and has held an institutional Athena Swan Bronze award since 2006.
In February 2023, for the first time, the University was awarded an institutional Silver award, acknowledging the progress that has been made in addressing a number of gender gaps across the University over the last five years.
