Although our summer holiday season is just beginning, let us mark our calendars for the second Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics (NORNDiP) conference that will take place in Helsinki November 4th-5th, 2019. Representatives of all genders are welcome to submit an abstract on either physical sciences or diversity/equality work in the field of physics. Special focus of the conference is implicit bias about which we have as the keynote speaker Prof. Jadranka Gvozdanovic, the author of a recent LERU report.
I had the joy and privilege to participate in the first NORNDiP conference last autumn in Stockholm. There, the specific theme was how to improve the diversity in physics. Several important points contributing to the diversity were discussed, e.g. awareness, transparency, policies, practical actions, management, data collection, surveys, statistics, measures of evaluation, role models, and the effect of implicit bias. Although the conference mostly discussed the theme of gender, we have to remember that diversity is diverse, including also the themes of gender identity, age, religion or belief, nationality, culture, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, seniority, health, disability, family situation, pregnancy or caring responsibilities.
You will find more info about the second NORNDiP conference, including links to presentations, in the conference webpage.