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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

DEI

DIG Highlight

18586: Change Agents for DEI in and Around Organizations: Charting a Path in a Politically Divisive Era

Friday, July 25, 2025
13:30 - 16:30 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Offsite: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Practice,International,Research,Diversity
Highlight: DIG Highlight
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/YKLapv
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work is generally viewed as work conducted within organizations through policies, processes and practices designed and administered by various actors like DEI officers, Chief Diversity Officers, and HR-DEI leads. While internal organizational efforts by individuals with DEI in their job title or as part of their job description remain crucial, recent research increasingly shows that furthering DEI efforts also relies on a broader range of change agents who spearhead these initiatives, both in and around organizations. In a political climate of increasing anti-DEI backlash, broadening our analytical lens is key to understanding the challenges of achieving intended DEI outcomes in organizations. This PDW aims to situate DEI work in its broader socio-political context, and to examine change actors within and beyond traditional organizational boundaries. Building on the successful inaugural session in 2024, this PDW will feature two panel discussions exploring (1) the broader societal and political landscape of DEI discourses; (2) the challenges and accomplishments of DEI practice ‘on the ground’ and the roles of various actors therein. Following the panels, all participants will have a chance to debate the topics discussed during roundtable discussions. This will enable us to foster collaborations and develop a research agenda regarding how the efforts of DEI change agents in and around organizations intersect, combine or have conflicting interests or priorities; and how the broader context enables or impedes successful and effective DEI work.

Please consider pre-registering for the PDW, so that we can optimally organize the roundtable discussions. Walk-ins will also be welcome on the day, space permitting. Here is the link to the registration form: https://forms.gle/YzEArn2bZYqRDfaHA If possible, please register by July 10th.

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Room: Festsalen (1st floor)
Address: Charlottenborg, Kongens Nytorv 1, 1050 Copenhagen K