AHSS EDI World Café

An online ‘EDI World Café’ took place in the faculty on 8 December 2021, organised by Dr Lydia Bracken, ADEDI and facilitated by Dr Chris McInerney, Dept of Politics and Public Administration, with assistance provided by Oonagh Grace, Katie Mcauliffe, Claire Ryan and Caroline Harrington.

The world café was a structured conversational process for knowledge sharing on equality diversity and inclusion (EDI) priorities in AHSS. As part of the session, participants were presented with questions about EDI and engaged in open discussions with colleagues in breakout rooms. The key conversation points were documented, and the identified priorities will inform future planning for EDI initiatives in the faculty. This will include updating the AHSS Athena SWAN action plan to reflect broader EDI priorities in line with the expanded Athena SWAN Ireland Charter; informing the development of the AHSS EDI Strategy; and feeding into the next iteration of UL’s Equality and Human Rights Strategy.