# How to stand for EDIB?

**URL:** <https://forum.edch.eu/t/how-to-stand-for-edib/248>\
**Category:** EDIB, Gender and Multilingualism\
**Tags:** edib, statement, inclusion-matters\
**Created:** [22 May 2025 08:21 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/how-to-stand-for-edib/248 "2025-05-22T08:21:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![PierreMounier](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/pierremounier/32/4_2.png) [@PierreMounier](https://forum.edch.eu/u/PierreMounier)\
**Post date:** [22 May 2025 08:21 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/how-to-stand-for-edib/248/1 "2025-05-22T08:21:06Z")

</div>

Dear all, my colleagues and I just published a statement. Don’t hesitate to comment it here :

> **[Why Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Matter More Than Ever: A...](https://thd.hypotheses.org/406)**
>
> Sona Lisa Arasteh-Roodsary, Pierre Mounier, Marion Paulhac, Johan Rooryck, Irakleitos Souyioultzoglou With this statement, the authors express their deep concern over the recent surge in cultural and political backlash against initiatives and...

It would be interesting for example to discuss strategies to be more proactive than just reactive ont this topic

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mikael.laakso](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/mikael.laakso/32/211_2.png) [@mikael.laakso](https://forum.edch.eu/u/mikael.laakso)\
**Post date:** [6 October 2025 13:51 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/how-to-stand-for-edib/248/2 "2025-10-06T13:51:08Z")

</div>

Thank you for starting this important thread @PierreMounier ! Unfortunately in the time that has passed since the original discussion paper was published things have not exactly evolved in a favorable direction for EDIB. I have been following what the [https://www.defendresearch.org/](https://www.defendresearch.org/) campaign has been doing, but being a broader and US focused intiative I think there would be place for a European-driven initiative or declaration in support of both EDIB in research as well as maintaining the freedom of research in times of political interference. Is there something like this around that I might have missed? I do think setting in place commonly accepted safeguards woud be important within diamond OA publishing, since such publishing is in many countries quite heavily funded through public funds which makes it sensitive to political winds changing.