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Introduction <p>Higher education and research organisations increasingly adopt equality and diversity measures, yet LGBTIQ+ inclusion remains uneven and frequently subsumed under broader EDI agendas. This scoping review maps how institutional policies and strategies address LGBTIQ+ inclusion and how intersectionality is (or not) incorporated.</p> Methods <p>We conducted a critical scoping review following Arksey and O’Malley and PRISMA-ScR. Searches across major databases and targeted sources (2000–2025; English, Spanish and Catalan) identified peer-reviewed and grey literature analysing institutional LGBTIQ+ policies/strategies in higher education and research. Data were charted using a multi-level framework (governance, campus climate, curriculum/pedagogy, services/support, and monitoring) with intersectionality as a cross-cutting lens.</p> Results <p>Fifty-seven publications (2008–2025) were included. Evidence clusters around governance instruments (equality plans, policies and leadership commitments), campus climate interventions, resource centres and support infrastructures, curriculum and staff training, and emerging monitoring practices. Studies report improved belonging and perceived safety where policies are explicit and resourced, but also recurrent implementation gaps and ‘non-performative’ dynamics. Intersectionality is often referenced but rarely operationalised in policy design or evaluation.</p> Conclusions <p>Institutional LGBTIQ+ inclusion is a multi-dimensional field of action, but current approaches remain fragmented, weakly resourced and insufficiently intersectional.</p> Policy Implications <p>Universities should explicitly name LGBTIQ+ communities in governance instruments, embed measures structurally (resources, accountability and quality assurance), and develop ethical, intersectional monitoring systems co-created with LGBTIQ+ stakeholders.</p>

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LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Policies in Higher Education and Research: A Critical Scoping Review

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    2026年3月24日

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  • Javier Quiros Gomez,
  • Rachel Louise Palmen

摘要

Introduction

Higher education and research organisations increasingly adopt equality and diversity measures, yet LGBTIQ+ inclusion remains uneven and frequently subsumed under broader EDI agendas. This scoping review maps how institutional policies and strategies address LGBTIQ+ inclusion and how intersectionality is (or not) incorporated.

Methods

We conducted a critical scoping review following Arksey and O’Malley and PRISMA-ScR. Searches across major databases and targeted sources (2000–2025; English, Spanish and Catalan) identified peer-reviewed and grey literature analysing institutional LGBTIQ+ policies/strategies in higher education and research. Data were charted using a multi-level framework (governance, campus climate, curriculum/pedagogy, services/support, and monitoring) with intersectionality as a cross-cutting lens.

Results

Fifty-seven publications (2008–2025) were included. Evidence clusters around governance instruments (equality plans, policies and leadership commitments), campus climate interventions, resource centres and support infrastructures, curriculum and staff training, and emerging monitoring practices. Studies report improved belonging and perceived safety where policies are explicit and resourced, but also recurrent implementation gaps and ‘non-performative’ dynamics. Intersectionality is often referenced but rarely operationalised in policy design or evaluation.

Conclusions

Institutional LGBTIQ+ inclusion is a multi-dimensional field of action, but current approaches remain fragmented, weakly resourced and insufficiently intersectional.

Policy Implications

Universities should explicitly name LGBTIQ+ communities in governance instruments, embed measures structurally (resources, accountability and quality assurance), and develop ethical, intersectional monitoring systems co-created with LGBTIQ+ stakeholders.