Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in science

This page, still a work in progress, collects two types of resources:

1. platforms actively widening participation in research and academia

2. articles, books and other material for understanding the issues behind the debate on EDI in academia.

If you would like to see specific resources mentioned here, please get in touch.

Platforms

Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)

Resources for training and careers opportunities in STEM

Women of Colour in Ecology, Evolution and Evolutionary Biology (WOCinEEB)

A networking platform for scientists who self-identify as women of colour. Includes a sign-up list to be contacted as a seminar speaker and a mentoring scheme. Ecology, Evolution and Evolutionary Biology (and allied fields)

Recommended reading

Articles

Halsey et al. (2020). Elevate, don’t assimilate, to revolutionize the experience of scientists who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01297-9
Jimenez et al. (2020). Underrepresented faculty play a disproportionate role in advancing diversity and inclusion. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0911-5
Lee (2020). Diversity and inclusion activisms in animal behaviour and the ABS: a historical view from the U.S.A. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.019
Robler, Lotters and Da Fonte. Author declaration: Have you considered equity, diversity and inclusion? doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02429-8
Schell et al. (2020). Recreating Wakanda by promoting Black excellence in ecology and evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1266-7
Tseng et al. (2020). Strategies and support for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in ecology and evolutionary biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1252-0