NCRC Conversation Series

The National Centre for Research Culture (NCRC) 'Conversation Series' is an opportunity for those working on research culture projects to share their work in an open online forum. These sessions allow a deeper dive into a project or theme.

Sessions are made available to anyone who has an interest in research culture (including, for example, researchers, research enablers, technicians, research developers, policymakers, funders, publishers, industry etc) and are free to attend.

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12:00 - 1:00pm, Thursday 11th June online

Title: Co-Creating Resources for Inclusive Research Cultures: Insights from Sector Collaborations

Collaborative, cross-sector working is an essential element of developing impactful research culture initiatives, but it isn’t necessarily straightforward to transform shared enthusiasm into outputs.

The Equity in Research Funding Forum brings together higher education institutions and research funders to work together on shared areas of priority. Two working groups (inclusive demand management and positive action in research funding) were formed and have recently delivered sector frameworks and guidance to support embedding equity in these areas of funding processes. In this session, co-leads of the working groups will share their outputs and share insights and reflections from two years of leading collaborative sector working groups. They will consider:

- identifying priority areas for collective action

- building consensus around outputs

- approaches to and mechanisms for maintaining momentum

- the benefits of collective and collaborative leadership

- some of the challenges in working collectively, and approaches to mitigating these

Our presenters:

Rachel Van KrimpenLink opens in a new window is Faculty Director of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and People at the University of Nottingham. She is co-director of the Nottingham EDI in Research Hub, co-chair of the institutional Gender Equality Steering Group, and leads on a range of inclusion-focused programmes in the Faculty of Science (including recent work on anti-bullying and harassment and neuroinclusive research cultures). She has external EDI advisory roles for Research England, the Wellcome Trust and the EPSRC EDI Hub+. She was co-lead for the Positive Action in Research Funding and Research Careers Framework as part of the Equity in Research Funding Forum.
Claire EdwardsLink opens in a new window is Strategic Research and KE Development Manager at the University of Nottingham. She co-leads Nottingham’s Research Growth programme, focused on identifying and supporting emerging interdisciplinary research areas. She is passionate about creating more diverse and equitable research cultures, both within Nottingham and across the Higher Education sector. Recent work has included co-authoring sector-wide guidance on equitable demand management for research funding calls as part of the Equity in Research Funding Forum.

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