Eric Kaufmann: How diversity requirements reduced productivity for Canada's research chairs

Eric Kaufmann: How diversity requirements reduced productivity for Canada's research chairs

Critics of DEI have long warned that demographic-based hiring requirements can come at the expense of merit and academic excellence.

In a recent MLI paper, The equity excellence trade-off: A study of EDI in the Canada Research Chairs Program, senior fellow Eric Kaufmann, alongside coauthors Leif Rasmussen and Jonah Davids, examines the publication records, citation measures, and other indicators of research productivity among Canada Research Chairs before and after the introduction of DEI hiring requirements.

Kaufmann joins MLI's Peter Copeland on Inside Policy Talks to explore his findings and discuss what they mean for the future of Canada's universities.

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