Diversity, inclusion & community voices

Diversity, inclusion & community voices

The first session at the London Ocean Forum was titled “People who See the Sea” and we had a fantastic series of contributions from Charise Johnson, Heather Ford, Philomene Verlaan and Toyin Solanke.   This post is just to provide some extra links and information on the issues discussed.

Here are some online resources on the topic of running inclusive meetings and the wider problems of diversity:

Where to Start, from the organisation 500 Women Scientists

A Best Practice Guide from Reachwater

Op Ed in Frontiers in Marine Science: Your Scientific Conference should have a Code of Conduct

A Nature article on confronting gender bias in the scientific workplace

Heather Ford’s article on gender inequity at AGU

A Nature article on the additional burden carried by underrepresented faculty in advancing the EDI agenda

A link to the Black Environment Network

Our final speaker in this session, Philomene Verlaan, considered different ways of seeing the ocean and approaches to building two-way connections between ocean academics and the communities who live near the areas we study, drawing on her work with Pacific Islanders and with a traditional community that is trying to maintain its integrity as well as preserving the highly endangered snow leopards with which it shares its home in Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India. Details of the latter can be found in a small book, Tales of the Snow Leopard, offered as a template for other researchers and communities. All proceeds from the sales of the Tales benefit the Park. The book is available online here.

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