Valenti "Case Study: Building an Equitable, Global Research Community"
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This presentation was provided by Erika Valenti of Emerald Group Publishing, during the NISO Hot Topic Virtual Conference "Building an Equitable, Global Research Community." The event was held on October 26, 2022.
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- 3. Emerald Publishing is a founding signatory of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) Publishers Compact, which is designed to inspire action among publishers and to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
- 4. SDG-focused research publications Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals is a series of 17 books that address each of the SDGs in turn specifically through the lens of higher education.
- 6. "Do not look down on Indigenous knowledge, work together with Indigenous communities and scholars, in understanding and collaboration. Do not assume the Western way of doing things (seeing the world, sharing information) is the only / ‘right’ way to do that." "The main problem is that academia functions within a research system built on Western thought systems. The basic scientific process and knowledge creation system is therefore biased towards Western approaches, thought processes, and interpretation from the start." "More inclusion of Indigenous research as part of regular publications (e.g. rather than pointing out that Indigenous research is rare with the use of ‘special issues’ or features, better incorporate Indigenous research into the regular publication cycle – normalise it.) Provide workshops/webinars on conducting research with Indigenous populations." "Perhaps different formats? Some cultures are more oral. There has been an opening recently of presenting stories orally through podcasts. I have also seen audio abstracts. Increased use of these tools might be useful to opening up the audience for the research."
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- Hello and good afternoon! I am thrilled to be here today to share with you Emerald’s commitment to and work in this critical space. As an academic publisher we know that everything starts with the research content and researcher community. I am grateful for this opportunity say a bit more about our publishing program and why we are guided by how we can be better stewards of research impact. Finally, I’ll walk you through an exciting initiative that is underway and why it matters.
- Emerald has a long commitment to publishing on DEI issues and to supporting societal injustices in any manner we can. We’ve long believed that learning and research modalities need to reflect diversity in global populations. Practically, if you don’t publish what you espouse to look like in terms of values there’s a disconnect that is undeniable. Here is a sampling of examples across our book and journal publication program.
- Emerald also has an established focus on mission-based research to support the UN SDGs, commissioning research that can help solve real world issues such as creation of a fairer society, supporting healthier lives, quality education for all, and mitigation of the climate crisis. Signing the Publishers Compact in 2020 made a clear commitment to the underlying principles of developing sustainable practices and acting as champion of the SDGs during the Decade of Action (2020–2030), publishing content that will help inform, develop and inspire action in that direction.
- Series launch webinar Series editor Harvard Prof Wendy Purcell recently hosted a webinar introducing the aims and scope of the series, with contributions from authors and an audience Q&A. We also have a collection of concise guides to the SDGs, short form and focused on each individual sdg, global authorship
- The global inclusivity report 2022 In 2020, we commissioned our first global inclusivity report to shine a light on inclusion, the issues facing our academic communities, and the actions we can take to create a more equitable ecosystem. To understand and benchmark how academic perceptions and experiences around inclusivity have evolved, we commissioned a second global inclusivity report that is now available. The report presents the results of a survey that we sent to over 150,000 researchers across the globe who have previously authored with Emerald, as well as other academics via social media. Both reports include core questions to provide year-on-year comparisons covering academic perceptions and experiences of inclusion, the benefits of and barriers to inclusion within academia and research, the role of the publisher in promoting inclusion, and actions for change. This year we included a new topic area on Indigenous research. This section explores challenges within Indigenous research and what academia and publishers can do to promote inclusion. Question 13: Using the scale of ‘1, there are no challenges at all’ to ‘5, there are very significant challenges’, to what degree do you feel there are specific challenges when conducting research in this area? Asked to all who have currently or have previously conducted research involving Indigenous peoples / communities.
- Nineteen percent of 223 respondents identify as having Indigenous ancestry. They face challenges at every stage of the research process, from obtaining funding/support, finding collaborators/networks through to accessing communities and research databases, and then hunting down an editor who is willing to publish the work. Discrimination appears to be at the heart of these issues, with Indigenous researchers saying their research is often viewed from a Western perspective and therefore considered inferior, irrelevant, and not referable.
- Before I introduce the First Voices First project, a final example of our work tied to SDGs and DEIA, our region has been supporting SDG’s 10, 4, and 5 (gender equality) since I joined Emerald in 2016. Here is an example from 2019 of putting our principles in to action. Emerald Publishing and Northeastern University's Office of Institutional Diversity hosted a public panel to discuss ways educators can enact racial justice in the classroom by using the guiding principles of Black Lives Matter. In short, we try to live by our values in all our professional pursuits.
- The First Voices First project came out of a discussion with COPPUL in the fall of 2019. The project launched in mid-2021, a historical inflection point coinciding with the murder of George Floyd, global protests tied to BLM solidarity, and in particular to this project, the repeated discoveries of mass and unmarked graves of children at Canada’s residential “schools.” These catalytic events made us want to double-down on how to do our part supporting fundamental and foundational changes within the global research community. Working alongside COPPUL and the University of Saskatchewan, the partnership launched with the primary purpose of providing research content access to a selection of Indigenous post-secondary institutions and communities. We believe in quality education for everyone, everywhere.
- Digital technologies viewed solely through the needs of our users was an important piece of this transformative project. Learning and research modalities needed to reflect both our institutional partners as well as the first nations community partners. For communities and colleges without a local library or IP access through the U of S, we provided access to the full text of 120 Emerald journals by setting up an individual account with your community unique OAN code. This code is only used once to authorize your registration with your community and college.
- So our initial shared goal for this project is to get more relevant information and research resources into the hands of people who need it and beyond the walls of academia. Here you can see a sample of some of the openly available resources for our community and higher education partners!
- On the heels of the First Voices First launch we formed an advisory board of Indigenous librarians and researchers. This group was critical to the ongoing amplification of Indigenous voices. For example, Ashley Richard is Associate Director for the National Indigenous Hub, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, a project with the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH), focused on building an inclusive innovation ecosystem for Indigenous women entrepreneurs. Global connections Additionally we have podcasts and think pieces on Emerald’s site that continue to put Indigenous voices first.
- And the commitment continues apace! COPPUL is partnering with Indspire to offer an Indigenous Student award to aspiring Indigenous librarians and archivists. Indspire is a national Indigenous registered charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities. We’ve committed financially to supporting this scholarship program, which specifically supports Indigenous students interested in pursuing a career in libraries or archives within Western Canada’s library community. Emerald is all in as a company supporting equitable research pathways globally. Next week at the Charleston Library Conference we’re driving awareness of the American Indian College Fund and our monetary donation via a fun promotion in our booth on vendor day. Stop by! In closing, a few tips and recommendations: -- Land acknowledgements are essential, but must move beyond googling. On a personal level, and after reading and reflecting on Treaty 4, I was reminded that the dark heart of colonialism is the violent separation of people from their social and spiritual relation to the land. There was nothing benign or well-intentioned in the Treaty 4 text that I read, rather a document built on subjugation and greed. I deeply respect a spiritual understanding of these beautiful and boreal ancestral lands upon which we gather today. -- If you’d like to continue your learning journey about the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada there are two great books to start with! Indigenous Writes is excellent. Chelsea Vowell covers a variety of issues through individual essays. With this book you can get a better understanding of the impact of clean water issues still ongoing today. -- 21 Things is also a great start. Created in 1867, the Indian Act still exists today and controls Indigenous identity and impedes self determination. -- CBC has a wide range of excellent podcasts on this topic. Thank you!