Recognising the strong links between sustainability, inclusion and diversity, RSC Sustainability has launched a new Forum article collection designed to provide a platform for free expression, innovative thinking and the questioning of established narratives. The collection aims to stimulate intellectual discourse and critical dialogue on sustainability challenges through the lens of inclusion and diversity.
The articles go beyond traditional academic reporting, offering reflective and personal perspectives that aim to initiate meaningful conversations and address key sustainability issues such as unequal access, underrepresentation, and inequitable resources in the chemical sciences.
Editor-in-Chief Tom Welton introduces this new Forum collection in an accompanying Editorial:
Contributors to this collection were invited from projects supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Inclusion and Diversity Fund, which is supported by the Chemists’ Community Fund and enables community-driven projects to advance inclusion and diversity across the chemical sciences. The invited projects were selected to reflect a breadth of geographical contexts, project themes and inclusion challenges across the chemical sciences, including work addressing access, representation, career progression, community building and equitable participation.
The collection also reflects the RSC’s wider Inclusion and Diversity Strategy to 2030, which places inclusion, science culture and belonging at the centre of long-term change across the chemical sciences.
We are delighted to share the collection of Forum articles and hope they inspire reflection, discussion, and action towards a more inclusive and sustainable future for the chemical sciences.
Navigating widening access: institutional approaches to contextual admissions in undergraduate chemistry in Scotland
Debra Willison, Laureen Sykes and Fraser J. Scott.
RSC Sustainability, 2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/D6SU90030E
Small groups, big impact: rethinking equity in chemistry education through peer-led team learning
Lesley A. Howell, Sally A. Faulkner, Anthony E. Michael and Redwan Shahid
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/D6SU90034H
Challenging heteronormativity for inclusive and sustainable chemistry education
Wing-Fu Lai.
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/D6SU90036D
Catalysing change: LGBTQ+ inclusion as a driver of sustainable science
Claire L. Davies and Andrew M. Griffiths.
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/D6SU90032A
Making chemistry inclusive for students with vision problems: myth or fact?
Victoria F. Samanidou.
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/D6SU90037B
Adaptation of laboratory equipment for use by students with disabilities
Gabriel Gonzalez Muzio, Patrick Moyna and Agustina Rocca.
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/ D6SU90035F
Naumih Noah.
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/D6SU90033J
Young Chemists for Change – a perspective from Ireland on EDI’s impact for a sustainable future
Almudena Moreno-Borrallo, Mary E. Flood, Wiktoria Brytan, Joseph P. Byrne and Francesca Adami.
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/ D6SU90043G
Nimesh Mistry, Namrah Shahid, Monik Panchal, Sannia Farooque, Tom Ritchie and Russ Kitsone.
RSC Sustainability,2026, Advance Article,
DOI: 10.1039/D6SU90042A
