Disciplining the Discipline: Diversity and Inclusion in IR Knowledge Production in the 21st Century
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2023-08-14
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In this thesis, I analysed 494 editorial documents from 37 IR-related journals to discover
whether diversity and inclusion (D&I) is among the primary concerns of journals. Using a mix
methods approach, I used both quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the extent to
which journals discuss issues of D&I in knowledge production. Part 1 involved the
quantitative analysis of all 37 journals. I looked for variation in keyword usages based on a
journal’s location, publisher, year of origin, impact, and rank to find out which factors may
result in more or less concern for D&I in journal publications and I included a time-variable
to check for developments over time across all editorial documents. Part 2 involved a
deeper qualitative review of three selected journals to uncover the context in which the
keywords were used and gain a deeper understanding of the disciplinary message the
editorial team aims to put out. Overall, I found little evidence for variation across the
variables, so unfortunately no strong conclusion could be drawn about which journal
characteristics may predict higher or lower usages of the keywords. The second part of the
analysis provided more valuable insights, such as the finding that critical journals appear to
make great effort to improve D&I across their publications.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen