How do we encourage diversity in academic calls for contributors?

A recent call for new LSE Review of Books contributors seemed to appeal mostly to groups already over-represented in academia, despite the intention of the call to reach reviewers of diverse gender and ethnic backgrounds. Once the call was updated to explicitly encourage a wider selection of candidates – without excluding any group – the gender and background of new candidates completely shifted. Amy Mollett, Managing Editor of LSE Review of Books, discusses why semantics matters in academic calls and why we need more diversity in academic debate.