Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in doctoral supervision

Webinar, 21st of May, 10.00-12.00

In this webinar we discuss the importance of DEI for supervision practice in higher education. We offer input and activities inviting experienced supervisors to: 

• reflect on the values they would like their supervision practice to be guided by and how they relate to DEI
• consider their experience with cross-cultural and cross-neurotype and discuss different tools that may help navigate challenges    
• consider the role of prevailing stigma and discrimination against marginalized community members in academia and discuss tools and strategies to protect PhD-students and create a diversity-affirmative working environment. 

Speakers: Katrin Heimann and Dorina Gnaur, Centre for Educational Development - CED, Aarhus University

The webinar is done jointly with colleagues from Uppsala University and The Swedish Agricultural University (SLU). Supervisors from all three universities are welcome to participate. The webinar is given in English via Zoom. 

To participate, please use this REGISTRATION LINK (the registration is managed by Uppsala University)

Participants are invited to acquaint themselves with two or more of the following publications (in the suggested order): 

• Pham, B. C., Gregory, K., Davies, S., Schikowitz, A., Dessewffy, E., Goldberg, E., ... & Holmer, C. (2024). Academic citizenship, together: Prioritising care and reflexivity in scholarly life. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, 6(2), 66-79.
• Broegaard, R. B. (2018). PhD supervision strategies in a cross-cultural setting: Enriching learning opportunities. Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Tidsskrift, 13(25), 18-36.
• Kandiko Howson, C., Kinchin, I. M., & Gravett, K. (2022). Belonging in science: Democratic pedagogies for cross-cultural PhD supervision. Education Sciences, 12(2), 121.
• Laufer, M., & Gorup, M. (2019). The invisible others: Stories of international doctoral student dropout. Higher Education, 78(1), 165-181.
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*experienced supervisors include senior supervisors having supervised minimum 4 PhD-students, as well as supervisors who have completed the PhD-Supervision course offered by CED.