Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations Research Network

Founded in 2000 at the University of Technology Sydney, the Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations Research Network began as a response to growing global discussions on multiculturalism and social cohesion. Since then, the Network has convened its annual conference at leading institutions around the world—including Deakin University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of British Columbia, University of Western Cape, Queen’s University Belfast, Central Institute of Ethnic Administrators (Beijing), University of Hong Kong, University of Granada, University of Patras, University of Toronto, University of Milan, University of Curaçao, Lusiada University, and University of Nicosia.

Over its two-decade history, the Network has hosted influential thinkers such as Marcia Langton, Walter Mignolo, Aihwa Ong, Crain Soudien, and Lisa Coleman, whose work has shaped global understandings of diversity, decolonization, and equity.

Today, under the leadership of Dr. Eugenia Arvanitis and co-chairs Dr. Carmen Miguel Vicente and Dr. Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez, the Network continues to serve as a vibrant intellectual community—bridging research, practice, and policy in the ongoing pursuit of inclusive and just societies.

• 2000 - Differing Dialogues, Sensible Solutions, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
• 2001 - Redefining the Mainstream: Local Government, Inclusive Communities, Deakin University, Woolstores Campus, Geelong, Australia
• 2003 - Cultural Transformations of Globalization, East-West Center, University of Hawai'i Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
• 2004 - Axes of Uncertainty, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2005 - Understanding Ethnicity, The Central Institute of Ethnic Administrators, Beijing, China
• 2006 - Human Rights, Diversity and Social Justice: After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, USA
• 2007 - Social Cohesion, Social Capital and Citizenship, VU University Amsterdam, Holland
• 2008 - Dimensions of Diversity, HEC Montreal, Montreal, Canada
• 2009 - Diversity and Identity in a New Global Order, Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration, Riga, Latvia
• 2010 - Appropriation or Approximation, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
• 2011 - Spaces of Public Dialogue, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
• 2012 - Multiculturalism, Identity and Citizenship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• 2013 - Diversity on the Margins, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
• 2014 - Diversity and Solidarity, Institute for Gender and Diversity in Organizations, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
• 2015 - Affirming Diversity for Social and Educational Justice, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
• 2016 - Human Diversity and the Environment - Mapping Difference in the Era of the Anthropocene, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
• 2017 - Urban Diversity and Economic Growth, University of Toronto, Chestnut Conference Centre, Toronto, Canada
• 2018 - Without Walls - Affinity in Diversity, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
• 2019 - Border Crossing Narratives: Learning from the Refugee Experience, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
• 2020 - Urban Diversities: Exclusion and Inclusion of Immigrants and Refugees at the Local Level, University of Milan, Milan, Italy (Virtual)
• 2021 - Economic Resilience and Sustainable Development in Times of Crisis: Pathways to Education, Inclusion, Action, University of Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao (Virtual)
• 2022 - Rethinking the Local: Who, How, Why?, University of Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao
  
• 2023 - Whose Accountability Revolution? Priorities, Incentive Structures, Organization Cultures, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
  
• 2024 - The Future We Want: Socio-Environmental Challenges in Times of Climate Emergency, Lusiada University, Lisbon, Portugal
  
• 2025 - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity: Navigating Intercultural LeadershipUniversity of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus