Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 44 Issue 1

Guest editorial: Racially minoritised women academics in the global academy

No end and no beginning; race equity in higher education

To provide insights around navigating, coping and tackling racial inequalities at university through three key areas: peer support through sharing stories, motivating others in…

Hope theory as resistance: narratives of South Asian scholars in Australian academia

Identity, positioning and possibilities intersect differently for South Asian women in white academia. Within a broader migrant community that defines Australian life, these…

Coping techniques and strategies for pursuing anti-racism within academe: a collective autoethnographic account from minoritised academics in the UK

Drawing upon the authors’ experiences as minoritised academic scholars within leadership roles of a Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network in the United Kingdom (UK…

Whisper network knowledge of BAME women in academia: a critical realist, critical race feminist theory model of theorising inequality regimes

This paper introduces a new approach to theorising and learning from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women’s experiences of inequality in academia. It offers a versatile…

Impostorization in the ivory tower: less discussed but more vexing than impostor syndrome

Given the lack of research on the lived experiences of racially minoritized women in academia, this paper provides primary accounts of their experience with impostorization…

“I’m not white”: counter-stories from “mixed race” women navigating PhDs

This paper critiques institutional whiteness and racial categorisation in UK higher education. This is done through the representation of the complex narratives of “mixed race”…

A qualitative exploration of female professors’ promotion trajectories in public universities in Pakistan

The central aim of this study is to advance understanding of the influence of university practices and structures on shaping female academics’ paths to reach the position of…

Beyond tokenism: activism, resistance and rebellion

The aim of this research was to explore and gain an understanding of the lived experiences of Black females transitioning from social work practice into academia and the support…