DSxHE Core Values

DSxHE's Core Values

Our goal is to build a community based on connection in order to learn, share, and have an impact that is greater than the sum of its parts. This is underpinned by six core values that define DSxHE.

Inclusivity

- DSxHE should be welcoming to everyone, regardless of their expertise and their professional or personal backgrounds.

- Geographical inclusivity drives our community, and we value our members from around the world whether their interest in DSxHE is academic, non-academic, or otherwise.

- We will regularly check in with our members to see how they benefit from the community and what else they need from it.

Diversity

- From our themes to the partners we engage with, every aspect of DSxHE’s work is driven by diversity.

- DSxHE seeks to build a community with diverse perspectives and lived experience to meaningfully address issues of health equity, working to platform voices, projects, and ways of working that accurately reflect this diversity.

Impact

- We want DSxHE to have clear routes to impact that each member can understand and contribute to if they wish.

- DSxHE should help each member of the community find their opportunity to contribute, allowing them to see how their individual impact can become part of a larger impact within that community.

- DSxHE strives to implement quality projects that result in measurable change, enabling their community to witness the direct impact of their actions.

Collaboration

- DSxHE believes each member brings their own set of skills, expertise, interests, and personal experiences.

- The community should facilitate and encourage collaboration to harness everyone's contributions by reducing the friction of connection within its community and sharing its networks, opportunities, and resources.

Openness

- We value everyone's perspective and should treat each other with respect and courtesy.

- Discussion should be open and welcoming of constructive challenge, and driven by curiosity and open mindedness.

Curiosity

- DSxHE offers a non-judgemental, positive platform for information sharing and open learning.

- We're enthusiastic about health equity, and we want our community to be as well, so we exist to fuel curiosity and conversation within the field.