THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

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Diversity Committee

The Diversity Committee works towards ensuring greater gender, disciplinary, institutional and overall diversity in all areas of the Academy and its work throughout the island of Ireland. Its work will inform actions that will increase diversity in membership of the Academy, and in Academy committees, working groups and boards.

Being mindful of the Academy’s core values of independence, excellence, scholarship and collaboration, the Committee, in its work, considers a broad range of diversity including (but not limited to) gender, discipline, age, stage of career, institution, geography, ability and ethnicity.

The Diversity Committee reports to Council and to the Executive Committee.

The terms of reference for the Diversity Committee can be found here.

The current membership of the Diversity Committee is available here.

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