EDI Research Talks

Meet our speakers

Ivona Hideg, 'Parental Leaves and Impact on Women's and Men's Careers'

Ivona Hideg is Associate Professor of Organisation Studies at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and a Fellow at Jesus College. Her main program of research includes workplace equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). In her work, she focuses on gender, but also examines issues surrounding race, ethnicity, language, and accent. Ivona’s work has provided important insights for leaders, organizations, and governments on how to effectively manage and leverage an ever increasingly diverse workforce to thrive in today’s global economy. She was appointed as a Research Fellow with Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in 2019. This fellowship recognized the contributions of her work for public and government policy making. She also served as Associate Editor at Academy of Management Journal and currently serves on the Methods Advisory Panel at Administrative Science Quarterly. Ivona received a PhD in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Finally, but equally important Ivona is a proud mom of two young children! 

Pavel Ovseiko, 'Impact Pathway Analysis of Action and Outcomes in Athena Swan Silver and Gold Applications'

Principal Investigator/ Senior Research Fellow, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK 

Pavel leads a multi-disciplinary programme of research and policy advocacy on gender equity, diversity, and inclusion across medical and social sciences. He serves on the RDM EDI Committee, the UK Advance HE Athena Swan Governance Committee, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Race Equality Public Action Group, and the European Association of Science Editors’ Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.  

Institutional website: https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/people/pavel-ovseiko