构建一个奇怪和跨包容的微生物学会议会议
Rachel Gregor1, Juliet Johnston2, Lisa Shu Yang Coe3,4
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
mSystems
|October 6, 2023
概括
微生物学会议可以排除同性恋和变性科学家. 本指南为组织者提供实用建议,以创建包容,欢迎的科学活动,所有研究人员都可以壮成长.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 科学政策 科学政策 科学政策
- 包容性研究 包容性研究
背景情况:
- 科学会议对于合作至关重要,但可以疏远酷儿和跨性别 (跨) 科学家.
- 在各个领域对LGBTQ+科学家的系统边缘化导致职业差异和失去独特的视角.
- 在领导角色中缺乏代表性阻碍了向包容性科学环境的进步.
研究的目的:
- 为会议组织者提供可行的策略,以促进酷尔和跨性别科学家的包容性.
- 解决LGBTQ+科学家在学术和研究环境中面临的挑战.
- 促进各种科学声音,包括酷儿和跨性别者的声音,可以勃发展的环境.
主要方法:
- 借鉴早期职业生涯的酷尔和跨性别微生物学家的生活经验.
- 为会议规划和执行编制实用,具体的建议.
- 专注于创造安全,欢迎和包容性的会议体验.
主要成果:
- 确定了在会议上对酷尔和跨性别科学家的疏远和孤立造成的特定障碍.
- 开发了一个适用于各种研究社区的实用建议框架.
- 强调主动措施的重要性,以确保公平参与和成功.
结论:
- 包容性会议实践对于保持微生物学和所有科学领域的多元人才至关重要.
- 组织者可以实施切实的改变,为LGBTQ+科学家创造支持的环境.
- 促进包容性不仅有利于边缘化群体,而且丰富了整个科学企业.
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