Our extraordinary work to maintain one of the most equal and inclusive departments globally

Our goal is  to continue to  be a community that celebrates the background, culture, rights and values of all its members; and that staff and students of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, form of neurodivergence, race, religion and belief feel welcome here.  We have been extraordinarily successful in this regard and constantly strive to keep it that way and indeed advise other groups and institutes and departments and economics associations how to do this.  We are never completely satisfied as we are all socialised in an unequal world and therefore always subject to the same pressures as everyone else so it’s a constant and uphill struggle to make humanity more equal. We do however work to the mantra at all times that Equity is the Price of Survival in all that we do at the Institute.

An inclusive environment helps us to create a diverse Department and a wide pool of talented economists – staff and students. We recognise, however, that such diversity is not reflected in the current makeup of most other organisations department or the economics profession as a whole.