how-to-employee-survey-on-identity-dimensions

'Intersectionality survey' for employees (within research institutions) assessing demographic and identity dimensions, typically associated to discrimination or privilege. Note, this repository is work-in-progress.

The survey assesses: age range, highest educational degree of guardian(s) during youth, global home regions of last two family generations, citizenship, religious practice (at work), gender, biological sex and sexual orientation.

Acknowledgement

When considering survey implementation at your home institution,

please cite us as follows (CC-By Attribution 4.0 International):

Enk, L., Hoffmann, K. C.*, Kiakou, D.* (2026). How to employee survey on demographic and identity dimensions. https://github.com/liobaenk/how-to-employee-survey-on-identity-dimensions

* both contributed equally.

CRediT

Conceptualization, L.E.; Methodology, L.E.; Literature review, L.E., D.K., K.C.H.; Data security consultation, L.E.; Software, L.E.; Validation, L.E., D.K., K.C.H.; Presentation to institute management, L.E., K.C.H.; Dissemination & outreach, L.E., K.C.H., D.K.; Project administration, L.E.; ... (work in progress)

Relevant literature

Diversitätsverständnis der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft [Diversity Understanding within the Max Planck Society] (2019). https://max.mpg.de/Career/Pages/Diversity.aspx

Kracke, N., Middendorff, E., Buck, D. (2018). Beteiligung an Hochschulbildung, Chancen(un)gleichheit in Deutschland [Participation in higher education and (in)equality of opportunity in Germany] (DZHW Brief 3|2018). Hannover: Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW). https://doi.org/10.34878/2018.03.dzhw_brief

Morgan, A. C., LaBerge, N., Larremore, D. B., Galesic, M., Brand, J. E., & Clauset, A. (2022). Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty. Nature Human Behaviour, 6(12), 1625-1633. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01425-4

Ross, M. B., Glennon, B. M., Murciano-Goroff, R., Berkes, E. G., Weinberg, B. A., & Lane, J. I. (2022). Women are credited less in science than men. Nature, 608(7921), 135-145. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04966-w

Täuber, S. (2022). Women academics’ intersectional experiences of policy ineffectiveness in the European context. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 810569. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.810569

Relevant links

https://www.mpg.de/797963/diversity-inclusion

https://arbeiterkind.de

https://blackinneuro.com

https://www.winrepo.org

We thank Johanna Finnemann, Srividya A Sundaram, Aarushi Juyal, Xia Zhang, Karsten Mueller, our fellow members of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.