CREDO Workshop: Communicating Research, Equity, and Democratic Openness

Résumé de la formation

This 3-day hybrid workshop will bring together students, early career researchers, academics, and civil society organisations from diverse disciplines to explore academic censorship, the backlash against Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I), and the erosion of democratic values and evidence-based research.

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions, share insights, collaborate with experts and peers, and develop your network across Europe and beyond. Register now to secure your spot! Follow the project Instagram account to stay informed: @credo.global

Programme

Keynote speakers

• Dr Lisa Schiff, co-author of #DefendResearch Declaration and part of  #DefendResearch group,  academic librarian at the California Digital Library, University of California, USA: “Everybody Counts: Defending the centrality of equity, diversity, and inclusion to scholarship in the face of U.S. government censorship.”

• Dr Shelly Narang, Assistant Professor, PG Department of English, SGGS College, Panjab University Chandigarh, India; Author of Visible Fears, Invisible Lives and The Eternal Homelessness: “EDI and Postcoloniality: Frameworks of Power, Knowledge and Historical Accountability in the current times”

• Dr James Greenwood-Reeves and Dr Rosie Fox, Co-founders of Law’s a Drag Network; Lecturers at the School of Law, University of Leeds: “Law’s a Drag! Queer participatory research in troubling times”

Formateurs et formatrices

Workshop offered to you by the Circle U Alliance

Informations pratiques

Practical information

Dates: 21/10/2026 – 23/10/2026

How to register

1. Apply on AMETHIS by clicking on the « Apply button » above
2. Register on the CREDO link before the 18th of October

Who Should Attend?

• Students of all stages interested in academic freedom, equity, and human rights.
• Early-career researchers.
• Academics, practitioners and professionals in law, medicine, public health, social sciences, humanities, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, migration studies, and social policy.
• Members and representatives of civil society organisations working at intersection of academic freedom, equity, and human rights.