Ensuring that EMBL leads by example as a fair, diverse and inclusive workplace
The year 2023 shows increasing consultation, engagement to further implement EMBL’s EDI strategy inside EMBL and among partners In 2022, EMBL established an institution-wide strategy intended to be a vehicle for EMBL’s values of openness, inclusion, integrity, transparency, and fairness. It is…
EDI Strategy: From January 2022, the first EMBL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy entered into force. It provides EMBL with four EDI priority areas, specific actions and targets for the coming five years. Gender Equality Plan: In January 2022 the EDI Office published its first Gender…
Considering socioeconomic background in science *The authors do not identify as coming from lower SEB, but find this an important topic to draw attention to. Socioeconomic background (SEB) is often an overlooked demographic (read more here, from where we borrowed the title), yet it…
I never would have called myself an athlete. Yet, I relaxed by swimming a kilometer or two and I often travelled to conferences with my running shoes so I could explore cities in early morning pre-conference runs. In August 2017, I finally committed to achieving my long standing goal of climbing…
There are some stories we are all familiar with, usually because we grew up inside them. There are two types of children: boys and girls. After some awkward in-between phase, they become men and women respectively, every one of them through some lucky happenstance finds a single counterpart in the…
Black History Month was born out of the urgency to give visibility to the role of black people in history and to see new generations properly educated about black history. 2021 marks 95 years since the first annual observance of Black History Month in the USA. In the United Kingdom, Black History…
Allow me to begin by explaining what I mean by ‘happiness’. It is a state of deep serenity and fulfilment, which I like to borrow from Matthieu Ricard’s concept of happiness and wellbeing. It is not to be confused with momentary sensations of joy induced by pleasurable experiences. Why do I…
As we ease into the summer break, it’s a good time to reflect on a very important year for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at EMBL and to sense real change for our organisation.