Here you will find resources relating to recruitment practices, building an inclusive culture and recruiting a diverse pipeline of students.
Note: this is not an exhaustive list, but we hope it is a valuable place to start your research. You can use the general website search function to locate information on a specific topic (click on the icon in the top right corner of this page).
Resource Title | Author(s)/ Organisation / Publication | Summary | Keywords | Publication date | Type of Resource |
LSE EDI Committee | Submitted to the Economics Department at LSE, this EDI report highlights the under-representation of women and minorities among academic | under represented groups, economics, EDI, policy | Jan-23 | Report | |
AEA conference session: How Can Department Chairs Influence Diversity, Equity and Belonging in the Economics Profession? | American Economic Association | Panel discussion from AEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans on January 6-8, 2023, focusing on enhancing DEI in economics (academia focus). | diversity, equity, belonging | Jan-23 | Video – webinar |
AEA conference session: Interventions to close gender gaps: what works and what can backfire (in STEM subjects) | American Economic Association | Session from AEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans on January 6-8, 2023, focusing on interventions to close gender gaps in male-dominated fields. | Gender gap, Labour market inequality, STEM, College major | Jan-23 | Video – webinar |
LSE blog: Neurodiversity in Academia: The Autistic advantage in qualitative research | Helen Kara, | Blog post discussing how being Autistic can enhance approaches to qualitative social science and suggesting how research environments can be improved to make them more inclusive of neurodivergence. | autism, neurodiversity, accessibility services | Dec-21 | Blog |
Donna K. Ginther, | This study uses data from Academic Analytics to examine gender differences in promotion to associate professor in economics. The authors find that women in economics were 15% less likely to be promoted to associate professor after controlling for cumulative publications, citations, grants and grant dollars. | academia, economics, gender gap, promotions, tenure | Apr-21 | Research report | |
Kieran Barry, Zoya Kamran, Supervised by Dr. Bing Lu | Research paper on how organisations can respond to Widening Participation students’ experiences of the graduate recruitment process. This study suggests recommendations for organisations to support working-class applicants, including contextualised applications, financial support, and cultural shifts to support inclusive interviews. This research hopes to inform practices on inclusive hiring for WP graduates. | widening participation, graduate recruitment, interviews | Research paper | ||
AEA conference session 2020: “How can economics solve its race problem?” | American Economic Association | Session from AEA Annual Meeting 2020, focusing on race within the economics profession, and what action can be taken. | race, diversity, ethnicity | Jan-20 | Video – webinar |
Mike Mueller-Smith, Charlie Brown (University of Michigan) | Handout for economics graduate students to help improve mental health (editable version available). | mental health | Jan-20 | Handout | |
Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Strategies for Making Economics Work for Women at Every Stage | Kasey Buckles | Paper in Journal of Economic Perspectives: Providing a toolkit of interventions that could be implemented by individuals, organizations, or academic units who are working to attract and retain women students and faculty at each stage of this pipeline. | gender gap, retaining women, biases | Dec-19 | Research paper |
Tatyana Avilova, | NBER WORKING PAPER on the findings of the “Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge” which demonstrates that uncomplicated and inexpensive interventions can substantially increase the interest of women to major in economics. | interventions, women in economics, gender gaps | Jan-18 | Research paper |
