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Meghna N Marjadi^1,2, Rebecca A Smith^2,3, Hsin Fei Tu⁴

¹Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.

|February 21, 2025

概括

在气候适应科学中被边缘化的个人感到不太受支持,并考虑离开这个领域. 集中他们的声音揭示了在招聘之前需要公平和包容性的关注,以改善STEM中的多样性.

科学领域:

环境科学环境科学
气候适应科学气候适应科学
多样性,公平,包容性和正义 (DEIJ)

背景情况:

包括环境科学在内的STEM领域缺乏多样性,阻碍了气候适应努力.
机构实施DEIJ计划来招聘和留住边缘化的个人.
传统的调查往往忽略了边缘化的观点,总结了多数人的经验.

研究的目的:

评估东北气候适应科学中心 (NE CASC) 个体的多样性,公平,包容和正义 (DEIJ) 经验.
将气候适应科学中与边缘化群体认同的个人的声音和经验放在中心.
确定在现场改善DEIJ的具体需求和优先事项.

主要方法:

在2021年6月,对NE CASC的研究生,博士后,教师,工作人员和研究人员进行了调查.
该调查包括基于利克尔特和长答案的问题,以收集全面的反.
分析了集体和特定的个人自我识别为边缘化群体成员的回应.

主要成果:

边缘化受访者的动机是社会/环境改善,而非边缘化受访者的动机是智力好奇心.
边缘化受访者报告说,工作场所的支持,舒适度较低,并且更多地考虑离开科学/学术界.
长回答表明对目前的DEIJ倡议和领导层的不信任,强调在招聘之前需要公平和包容.

结论:

在招聘之前关注公平和包容对于解决DIJ中的系统性问题至关重要.
边缘化的受访者优先考虑为DEIJ的努力和本科生支持提供额外资金.
作为边缘化群体的自我识别允许突出特定需求而不会损害匿名性,这是适用于类似组织的模型.

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