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At Springer Nature, our mission is to open doors to discovery, enabling millions of researchers, teachers, clinicians and other professionals to access, trust and make sense of the latest insights so that together we can improve and enrich lives and help to protect our planet for future generations. We believe that DEI are essential to achieving this mission.
We commit to championing DEI in the communities we serve, using our networks and brands. We will work to eliminate barriers to creating, discovering and using knowledge, and supporting equitable outcomes in learning and advancing scholarship — from young learners to PhD-level and beyond.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is one of our highest strategic priorities and our approach has two main streams: an internal focus on DEI within our organisation, and an external view, working with the research, education and professional communities we are a part of.
| Strategy focus | Action we’ve taken |
| Equitable recruitment and succession |
Introduced inclusive hiring checklists and training to support hiring managers to make fair decisions. Committed to building more diverse candidate lists by partnering with organisations such as the Black Young Professionals network and using targeted job boards such as HBCUconnect.com. |
| Representation goals to improve representation in global leadership |
To build an inclusive organisation, we set aspirational goals for representation across our senior leadership teams. Women make up 44% of our global leadership cohort: an increase of +5 percentage points from 2018, when we first set our gender representation goal of 45%. Women also make up 50% of our management board. Using learning from our global inclusion and diversity survey, we set new global representation goals for race and ethnicity in senior leadership roles. Globally, we want to increase the proportion of people of colour in senior leadership from approximately 29% to 35% by the end of 2025. We have also set goals to make sure our senior leaders reflect our global footprint. |
| Talent development that recognises structural inequalities |
Launched a mentorship programme targeted at groups that are underrepresented in leadership or experience lower levels of inclusion, based on the results of our Inclusion and Diversity survey. Committed to clear, transparent criteria for promotion eligibility |
| Inclusive leadership as well as individual responsibility for inclusion |
Encouraged employees to set an objective focused on DEI, recognising personal impact on positive cultural change. Hosted a two-week learning campaign on ‘Practising Inclusion’ with 34 training sessions. Developed training on inclusive behaviours to launch in Q3 2022, building on existing training on Unconscious Bias and Anti-harassment. |
| Investment in our employee networks |
Introduced a governance structure and series of guides, in addition to new support measures, such as setting aside a percentage of work time for employees to use on network activity. Added employee network representation on the DEI Council Established annual meetings with network leaders and the Executive Board |
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The Springer Nature Opening Doors internship is a paid opportunity for students and recent graduates in the UK, US and Germany to gain experience in research, education and science news publishing in our journals, books or magazines.
Many groups and perspectives are currently underrepresented in the publishing industry, which is a challenge that we are actively trying to address at Springer Nature. We are seeking candidates who believe they can contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion in our organisation, in our content, or both. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and we particularly encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply, including but not limited to Black people, Indigenous people and people of colour, people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people from underrepresented social castes, religious minorities and people with a disability and/or a neurodivergent condition.
Applicants should be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate programme, or have recently graduated. Starting in June 2024, the internship can last up to six months.
Interns will join one of our teams in Research Publishing, Education, Healthcare, Solutions or Sustainability, contributing to real projects and benefiting from the experience of talented professionals. They will also have the chance to:
Find out more about the internship programme from Michelle He’s blog post. Michelle was part of the first internship in 2023.
Applications for the 2024 programme are now closed, but please keep checking back on this page for updated information regarding the 2025 call for applications.
Jobs posted by Springer Nature
Please note that while we have attempted to include all important diversity and inclusion dates in this calendar, we do not claim completeness and regret if an important date has escaped our attention. We appreciate any feedback or comments that contribute to completeness. Thank you for your understanding.
Let’s continue to recognize and celebrate diversity and inclusion throughout the year and work towards creating an inclusive environment for all.
