Diversity in peer review

About this video

While peer review is the cornerstone of research, diversity in peer review is the cornerstone of the review process. To mark Peer Review Week 2018, Researcher Academy has directed its focus towards the importance of diversity in peer review and how individuals in different roles can further the overall diversity in academia.

In this webinar, experts discuss two dimensions of how peer review can help diversify both the review process and academia. They emphasise how peer-reviewers can address bias in research and its reporting and elaborate on the need for early career researchers in the peer review process.

You will learn how as a reviewer, you can encourage authors and editors in enhancing diversity in academia and the role you can play in making the process of peer review stronger through the tools of diversity.  

About the presenters

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Sanjana Balu
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Events and Public Engagement Coordinator

Sanjana Balu joined the Sense about Science team as the events and public engagement coordinator in November 2017. She is responsible for delivering the events, peer review, and public engagement programme, including our Voice of Young Science (VoYS) workshops and the annual John Maddox Prize evening. Prior to joining Sense about Science she worked at Cancer Research UK in a variety of roles in their Policy & Information department. She also holds a BSc in biomedical sciences from King’s College London.

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Shirin Heidari
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Senior Fellow in Residence at the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Dr. Shirin Heidari is Senior Fellow in Residence at the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Most recently, Dr. Heidari was the Executive Director of Reproductive Health Matters, and Editor-in-Chief of its peer-reviewed journal. Dr. Heidari is a gender-equality and human rights advocate. As a member of Council of European Association of Science Editors 2012-2018, she established and co-chaired a Gender Policy Committee, leading the development of the SAGER guidelines, encouraging researchers to address the gender bias in research.

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