Researching on antiracism - the people and the purpose
Channel: ALT
Date: 21/03/2024

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:36 About Teeroumanee
02:04 About Emanuela
02:56 About Iwi 
05:25 Question 1: How did you happen into the DEI research/ How & Why did you start your journey into DEI research?
17:06 Question 2: Are there any specific challenges you faced/currently face in your research into DEI? Or at a personal level while researching into DEI?
41:32 Question 3: How have you gone about generating impact from your DEI research?
48:58 Question 4: Of all your research activities/projects/publications/, which one is the most fulfilling for you? Why? 
58:00 Question 5 (Two parts): Challenges of researching antiracism and the intersection between antiracism and learning technology, and advise for anyone wanting to start their journey into antiracism and/or DEI research?
1:09:11 Question 6: Touching on White allyship, what will be your advice for any white colleague looking to research into antiracism/allyship?
1:12:16 Question 6: In one sentence, what does your ideal antiracist institution look like?
1:15:23 Questions from the audience: What is the impact of non-representative staff group on the student population. What are ways to become more representative and open?
1:19:25 Concluding remarks.

This is a joint session with the Antiracism and Learning Technology Special Interest Group (ARLT SIG) and Evaluations of Learners' Experiences of e–Learning Special Interest Group (ELESIG). We are organising this event in response to the community's request to cover more sessions around this topic and also to garner interest in antiracism issues in the sector with the support of with other ALT Groups and SIGs. Dr Olatunde Durowoju will lead a panel discussion with 3 panelists: Dr Iwi Ugiagbe-Green, Dr Emanuela Girei & Dr Teeroumanee Nadan.

A summary blog of the event and further information will be available on the ARLT SIG blog space following the event. Check out the biography of our panelists!

Dr Iwi Ugiagbe-Green has over 20 years’ experience of working in higher education and nearly 15 years’ experience of supporting students in higher education.  She is Reader at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School and a (lapsed) accountant! She describes herself as an academic activist and anti-racism scholar.  In the last five years her work has focused on race and its intersection with other characteristics within the context of student education, experience, transition, and progression to graduate labour market and postgraduate study. Iwi is recognised nationally, as an expert on race equity issues that impact students in higher education and graduate employment.

Dr Emanuela Girei is a leader in Management at Liverpool Business School (LJMU). Emanuelas research agenda lies at the intersection of management, organisation studies and development studies, particularly on whether and how management theory and practice can contribute to making organisations, institutions and societies more just, equitable and sustainable. Within this agenda, one of Emanuelas key research interests is decolonising management knowledge and research.

Dr Teeroumanee Nadan works mainly around Internationalisation, Inclusive & Digital Ed. She approaches HE challenges based on her own HE scholar experience in different countries and her collaborations with different institutions across the globe. She has been working around DEI since her student years in the UK, by founding the Women in Academia Network at her Alma Mater University of Reading and advocating for changes for female students & staff. She also worked with students with disability, bringing simple solutions to allow them to continue and complete their study of choice. She is currently the Chair of the ARLT SIG and advocates for digital equity

When: 20 Mar 2024 from 12:00 PM to  1:30 PM