Joint Committee for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Joint Committee for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is a committee that reports to the University’s Council and to the Conference of Colleges. It acts to promote and advance equality, diversity and inclusion across the collegiate University, and drive the implementation of our EDI Strategy and related action plans.  

 Membership at Michaelmas Term 2024 will be:

Name

Conditions of Appointment

Prof Tim Soutphommasane 

Chief Diversity Officer (co-chair) 

Helen Mountfield KC 

Principal of Mansfield College (co-chair) 

Dr Saira Shaikh 

Academic Registrar 

Prof Benjamin Bollig

The Assessor 

Dr Markos Koumaditis

Director of Human Resources 

Prof Matt Jarvis 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Prof Simon Park 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Prof Karla Miller 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Prof Nandini Gooptu 

Divisional EDI leads (academic)  

Daisy Hung 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Dr Machilu Van Bever Donker 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Katherine Corr 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Catherine Goodwin 

Divisional EDI leads (professional) 

Marilyn Verghis

Deputy Head of the Equality and Diversity Unit 

Teresa Pedroso

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Dr Catherine Walter

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Dr Aprajita Verma

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Sarah Laseke 

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

Freyja Madsen 

Chair of an EDI group/network (on rotation) 

David Isaac CBE 

Member of Conference of Colleges 

Tina Beard

Member of Conference of Colleges 

Dr Helen Parish

Member of Conference of Colleges 

Prof Laura Van Broekhoven  

Representative of GLAM 

Dr Lisa Forsberg 

Rep from Research Staff Consultation Group 

Addi Haran Diman

Representative of Oxford Student Union 

Lauren Schaefer

Representative of Oxford Student Union 

Co-opted members(s) The committee may co-opt up to three additional members, who may be external to the University.

 

Secretaries: Dr Katherine Allen and Dr Joanna Kemp

Below are the meeting dates for Joint Committee during the 2024-2025 academic year. The standard duration of Joint Committee meetings is 120 minutes. 

Michaelmas Term 2024

Week Date of Meeting

Thursday 7 November, 10:00-12:00 

Thursday 5 December, 14:00-16:00 

 

Hilary Term 2025

Week Date of Meeting

Thursday 13 February,10:00-12:00 

Thursday 13 March, 14:00-16:00 

 

Trinity Term 2025

Week Date of Meeting

Thursday 22 May, 10:00-12:00 

Thursday 19 June, 14:00-16:00