The D&I Expertise Office is in close contact with various student and staff networks regarding diversity and inclusion.

Initiatives by students and staff are an important pillar for inclusion and diversity within our university. In Leiden and The Hague, various student and staff organisations create their own communities and organise events.

The Diversity and Inclusion Expertise Office maintains contact with these networks in the field of diversity and inclusion. These networks provide valuable input for community building, awareness-raising, and policy development. The D&I Expertise Office supports the activities of these organisations, together with

• Student and Educational Affairs
• POPcorner
• Meeting Point

Collaborations are dynamic and diverse, depending on the needs of each network. We strive for close cooperation with these networks, and we consider it important to remain open to different voices and perspectives.

D&I networks and community

Student organisations

• Afro Student Association (ASA)
• Access & Support Platform
• Association of Latin American Students (ALAS)
• Queer Leiden University
• MENA Student Association
• SV SABR
• IJAR Leiden

Staff organisations

• LGBT+ Network
• Platform Neurodiversiteit
• Sophia Women’s Network

Other networks within and outside the university

• Leiden United
• Rise
• Studentenvereniging Tribez (voorheen Heart of Africa)
• ABBA Student Association
• IncLUsion
• LUMC diversity
• Leiden Caribbean Community

Advisory Council and faculty contacts

The D&I Expertise Office works closely together with the following fora to develop and implement diversity and inclusion policy.

Advisory Council ‘Excellence trough Diversity’

The Advisory Council ‘Excellence trough Diversity’ includes staff members from all faculties, as well as different types of positions within the university. The Council members advise on the university’s diversity and inclusion policy based on their different areas of experience and expertise.

Faculty Diversity Officers and diversity coordinators

The D&I Expertise Office is in close contact with the faculty Diversity Officers and diversity coordinators. They are contact persons for the diversity and inclusion policy on a faculty level, as well as diversity and inclusion regarding teaching and HR. An overview of the faculty coordinators can be found here. Furthermore, there is a growing number of diversity and inclusion soundboard groups and committees on the faculty and institute level.

Charters and (inter)national networks

Leiden University has committed itself to various charters, including

• Workplace Pride
• (Vrouwelijk) Talent naar de Top
• Cultureel Talent naar de Top
• Charter Diversiteit

On the national level, the D&I Expertise Office is involved with the National Council of Diversity Officers. On the European level, the D&I Expertise Office is involved with the LERU policy group Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.