D1.1 – EARLY TAXONOMY OF DIVERSITY

In this document, we have outlined an overview of the notion of diversity in terms of scientific enquiry and within the social scientific literature. The aim of this document is to show how complex the concept is and what challenges exist in operationalizing such an abstract theoretical construct. The document is structured in the following way: first, we start with a theoretical section about the different kinds of diversity, variation and level of conceptualizing both. Second, we present common quantitative methods used to capture diversity that are used across disciplines. Third, we outline how the notion of social practice could represent the key to operationalise the diversity-aware platform that is among the object of the project WENET.