LGBTQI+ Workplace Inclusion Conference: SAVE THE DATE AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear colleagues,

Please save the date for the LGBTQI+ Workplace Inclusion Conference, to be held on 20-21 May 2021 and organized by Leiden University in collaboration with the Workplace Pride Foundation.

The aim of the conference is to showcase the state of the art of research on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion, to contribute to building a diverse platform of researchers, and to facilitate the dialogue between scientists, advocates, policymakers, employers, and employees

The conference features keynote speeches by Dr. Lee Badgett (UMass Amherst) and Yvonne Muthoni (Kenya Open for Business), several multi-disciplinary academic sessions, as well as focused panel sessions that bring together researchers, employers, employees, practitioners and policymakers around topics relevant to LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion, broadly defined. These topics may pertain to both formal and informal workplaces, and include, but are not limited to, the challenges and opportunities that LGBTQI+ people experience in the areas of training, recruitment, selection, promotion and retention, the policies and regulations affecting these areas, as well as promising interventions and solutions. 

The conference provides:

– A forum for scholars and other researchers studying these topics to present new findings, discuss future directions, and consolidate and extend their networks,

– An opportunity for employers, employees and civil society organizations to learn about the latest scholarly insights on the topic

– An opportunity for all present to learn about the ways in which science can inform practice and vice versa.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the conference will primarily be conducted online. As such, we hope to be able to include speakers and attendees from a diversity of locations and backgrounds.

Please consider submitting a talk (see below) and check out our conference website for how to join the mailing list and for periodic updates regarding the program, registration and event details.

For further inquiries, please contact us at lgbtqi.inclusion@gmail.com.

Looking forward to your submissions and attendance!

Jojanneke van der Toorn, Professor of LGBT Workplace Inclusion, Leiden University

Gaitho Waruguru, LLM, Leiden University

Call for papers

We invite your submissions for a research talk. Please submit your abstract HERE, summarizing your findings, detailing their relevance to the study of LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion, and indicating their practical implications (if there are any). Abstracts should be in the English language and may be a maximum of 200 words in length.

Abstracts will be assessed in terms of their relevance to the study of LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion and their scholarly quality. We will also take the diversity of presenters and disciplines into account. Submissions are encouraged from a wide variety of disciplines including but not limited to law, economics, psychology, and sociology, so long as they relate directly to the Conference’s theme.

If selected, your will be invited to present your research in a video recording, which will be made available to the conference participants and will likely be accompanied by a live Q&A session.

Deadline for submissions: January 11th, 2021, 11:59pm (GMT+1).

Decisions will be communicated by: February 15^th, 2012

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Prof. Dr. Jojanneke van der Toorn

Professor of LGBT Workplace Inclusion

Social, Economic & Organizational Psychology

Leiden University

www.jvandertoorn.com

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