Diversity and Inclusion Month at Sciences Po

Several major international days, having in common to fight discriminations and advocate for a more inclusive and equal society, are celebrated in March. The Office for Sustainability and Campus Life is organising for the very first time the Diversity and Inclusion Month.

On that occasion, Sciences Po is mobilised to organise several events aiming at promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, explaining discriminatory mechanisms and issues, and then calling to action. A vast programme echoing our institution’s diversity, commitments and values.

The programme

Events open to the public

• 8 March: Seminar "Racism and young people. Teachers' testimonies, students' words", organised by the Centre for International Studies (CERI), from 5pm to 7pm [in French]
• 12 March: Masterclass by the artist-researcher SMITH for Sciences Po's Institute for the Arts and Creation, from 7:15pm to 8:45pm [in French]
• 21 March: Seminar on "What If The Basis For Policy Decisions Is Misleading? The Case Of Perceived Discrimination Of LGBTQ+" organised by the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP), from 12:30pm to 2pm [in English]
• 26 March: Round table on "The impact of discrimination on mental health", at 7pm [in French]
• Second half of March: Exhibition of the new permanent exhibition of the Musée National de l'histoire de l'immigration in the cloister of Saint-Thomas

Events for students

• 7 March: Conference "AI and gender equality: friends or foes?", organised by Sciences Po's Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) [in French]
• 13 March: Forum Theatre “Fièr.e.s”, a participatory play about LGBTphobia in the student environment, from 5:15pm to 6:45pm [in French]
• 14 March: Speed networking for students and young graduates with disabilities, from 4pm to 6:30pm [in French]
• 15 March: Masterclass "LGBTQI movements: How they have transformed society and politics", from 1pm to 2:30pm [in English]
• 18 March: The Diversity Fresco workshop is an innovative way to learn about diversity and inclusion by allowing the participants to experiment with the cognitive mechanisms at work when it comes to discrimination [in English]
• 20 March: Stand Up training against street harassment, from 12:45pm to 2:15pm [in French]
• 21 March: Masterclass "Challenging gender biases in the early career stage" by Anne Boring, organised by Sciences Po Careers, from 5:30pm to 7pm [in English]
• 26 March: Workshop "How to avoid trick questions in job interviews" by Fabienne Margotteau, organised by Sciences Po Careers, from 3pm to 4:30pm [in French]
• 28 March: Masterclass on “Racism in the media” with Linh Lan Dao – a France TV journalist, spokesperson of the AJAR association (Anti-racists and Racialised Journalists Association) who graduated from the School of Journalism in 2010 – organised by the School of Journalism from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm (in person only for the School of Journalism’s students and live on YouTube for the others) [in French]
• 29 March: Play Jouer l'archive, octobre-décembre 1940, followed by a debate, organised by the Law School. Sessions at 11am and at 2pm for students [in French]

Events for employees

• 5 March: Queer Coffee & Friends, a meeting every first Tuesday of the month from 1pm to 2pm to discuss LGBTQIA+ issues in a friendly environment [in French]
• 13 March: Forum Theatre “Fièr.e.s”, a participatory play about LGBTphobia in the student environment, from 5:15pm to 6:45pm [in French]
• 15 March: Masterclass "LGBTQI movements: How they have transformed society and politics", from 1pm to 2:30 pm [in English]
• 19 March: Anti-discrimination awareness-raising workshop for managers, from 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm [in French]
• 20 March: Inauguration of rooms named after renowned former students: Suzanne Borel (Resistance fighter during the Second World War, first woman diplomat in France), Thérèse Ehlers (one of the first six women to enter the Free School of Political Sciences in 1919), and Miriam Jaffé (first woman to graduate in 1920), at 5pm [in French]
• 20 March: Stand Up training against street harassment, from 12:45pm to 2:15pm [in French]
• 21 March: Awareness-raising session on transidentity and welcoming trans people with the Outrans association, from 12:30pm to 2:30pm [in French]
• 28 March: Conference on "Toward a better understanding of endometriosis" with Dr Barmann, gynaecologist and obstetrician at the Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital Centre, organised by the Health Chair and the Human Resources Department, from 11am to 12pm [in French]
• 29 March: Play Jouer l'archive, octobre-décembre 1940, followed by a debate, organised by the Law School. Session at 5pm for professors, researchers, doctoral students and employees [in French]