Race, Gender & Equity

Built for Change

Advancing knowledge, educating leaders, and bridging research & practice

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Race, Gender & Equity Initiative

The Race, Gender & Equity Initiative catalyzes and translates cutting-edge research to transform practice, enable leaders to drive change, and eradicate gender, race, and other forms of inequality in business and society.

Professor Lakshmi Ramarajan speaks at the annual Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium in 2023: Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal.
Attendees listen to new ways of thinking at the 2017 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium: Images, Identities and the Space(s) Between.

Faculty & Research

Cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, creating knowledge that helps leaders drive change.

Projects

All Projects

  • Life & Leadership After HBS

    Life & Leadership After HBS is a longitudinal study of the post-MBA paths of Harvard Business School alumni. Study findings have been published in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Poets & Quants, and covered in other print, digital, and broadcast media outlets. Life & Leadership examines the role played by race and gender in the life and career outcomes and experiences of alumni.

  • OneTen (opens in a new tab)

    Harvard Business School is academic partner to the OneTen Initiative, which seeks to hire, promote, and retain one million Black Americans in careers over ten years, using a skills-first approach. Race, Gender & Equity Initiative faculty chair Robin J. Ely and faculty affiliate Boris Groysberg co-chair the OneTen partnership with colleague Linda A. Hill.

  • Pathways to Inclusive Entrepreneurship

    Pathways to Inclusive Entrepreneurship is a three-part digital project that aims to stir visionary thinking and illuminate key ideas on how to create meaningful change within the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Educator Resources

Diversity is critical to teaching and learning. Explore cases that showcase a diverse range of leaders and teaching materials to help you foster equity and inclusion in the classroom.

Board Diversity

Take your management and leadership skills to the next level with our Board Diversity Network. Alumni members can access networking, recruitment, and professional development opportunities--such as our Executive Education programs created expressly for women leaders, including Women on Boards.