Webinar synopsis
Allyship is seen as central to fostering structures of support and solidarity to inform actions to challenge, resist and dismantle structures that (re)produce inequalities. It is considered an important approach to achieve transformational change as it calls for people to recognise their privilege and use it to challenge patterns of domination and injustice. However, whilst there is agreement about the importance of allyship to challenge and tackle racism, sexism, trans/bi/homophobia, classism, ableism, and any form of oppression, disadvantage and inequality, less is problematised in relation to the tensions and contradictions inherent to allyship.
This discussion is interested in interrogating ideas about allyship, its meaning, scope and dynamics. Key questions for this discussion include: Why is allyship important? What are the pros and cons of allyship? What is the difference between solidarity and allyship? Is allyship the best way forward to achieve transformational change and social justice? How do we create a framework of allyship that is true to its commitment to collective social justice and inclusivity?
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Provider Information
BAM Gender in Management SIG
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Who Should Attend?
The event speaks to Sections C1, C2 and C3 as detailed in the BAM Framework
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Speakers
Ila Gupta Sinha
ILA GUPTA SINHA is an academician, researcher, content developer and trainer with over 24 years’ experience. She is working towards helping build inclusive and diverse workplaces by designing interventions, using gender analytics, cultivating allies and training talent with an aim to achieve gender balance in organizations. Presently she is also pursuing Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Management Indore, India in the area of Gender Diversity and Inclusion with emphasis on male allyship.
She is an MBA, UGC-NET Scholar, University Gold Medallist in Mathematics, Applied Statistics and Physics and has been awarded Bhamashah Gold Medal by Maharana Mewar Foundation for academic excellence at State level in graduation. Some of her key projects include developing content for a national training program for IELTS and managing social media strategy for a start-up. She has conducted personality development sessions to help clients write their CVS the right way and mentor candidates to develop their employment quotient.
Prof Mustafa Özbilgin
Mustafa F. Özbilgin is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Brunel Business School, London. He also holds two international positions: Co-Chaire Management et Diversité at Université Paris Dauphine and Visiting Professor of Management at Koç University in Istanbul. His research focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion at work from comparative and relational perspectives. He has conducted field studies in the UK and internationally and his work is empirically grounded. His research is supported by international as well as national grants. His work has a focus on changing policy and practice in equality and diversity at work. He is an engaged scholar, driven by values of workplace democracy, equality for all, and humanisation of work.
Dr Elaine Swan, University of Sussex
Chaired by
Dr Jenny Rodriguez
Jenny Rodriguez is Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies and member of the Work & Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.
Her research focuses on intersectional inequality in work and organisations, and the interplay between identity, work and regulation, and has explored the transnational experiences of skilled migrant women. She is the Chair of the Gender in Management Special Interest Group at BAM.
She is also involved in scholar activism as founding member of the Decolonizing Alliance, an international community committed to intellectual and practical collaboration, translation, active solidarity and resistance to tackle intersectional inequalities and neo-colonial power relations faced by people of colour in the Global South and the Global North. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/jenny.rodriguez.html
Dr Elisabeth Anna Guenther
Elisabeth Anna Guenther is a postdoctoral university assistant at the University of Vienna’s Computational Empowerment Lab.
Her work on intersectional interference in the social practice of teaching STEM received several awards. She combines her profound knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methodologies with social theories to unveil implicit inequality practices.
Her current research focusses on intersectional reflexivity in and through digital empowerment. https://www.elisabeth-anna-guenther.eu/
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Benefits of attending
- Engage in thought provoking conversations about allyship
- Learn more about the posibilities and challenges of taking part in EDIR practices
- Learn more about how academia and activism inform each other
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Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
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Event Fee
BAM Members: Free
BAM Student Members: Free
Non-Members: £25
Non-Members, Students: £15
To become a member, please follow the link: BAM Membership
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