科学界内感知和观察到的偏见:运动生态学的案例研究
Allison K Shaw1, Leila Fouda2,3,4, Stefano Mezzini5,6
1Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN, USA.
Proceedings. Biological sciences
|July 22, 2025
概括
研究人员确定了运动生态学的偏见,这是生物学子学科. 数据驱动的分析揭示了地理代表性和研究人员人口统计学方面的差异,突出了在科学中需要更大的多样性.
科学领域:
- 运动生态学运动生态学
- 生物学研究是生物学研究.
- 科学社区的多样性科学社区的多样性
背景情况:
- 在生物研究的进行和传播方面存在基于地理和身份的差异.
- 识别和记录这些偏见对于解决这些问题至关重要.
- 运动生态学是一个依赖于现场工作和技术的领域,被检查了偏见.
研究的目的:
- 记录运动生态学子学科内感知和观察到的偏见.
- 在数据呈现之前和之后评估学科内部的感知偏见.
- 识别障碍,并提出解决方案,以增加科学参与的多样性.
主要方法:
- 对参加国际会议的受访者进行了调查,以衡量所感知的偏见 (未知所感知的偏见).
- 分析了"运动生态学"文章中的地理模式,比较了作者所属的国家与研究地点的位置.
- 研究了美国生物学研究人员的种族性别身份,并将其与全国人口统计数据进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 在作者所属的国家和研究地点之间发现了与国家经济相关的差异.
- 美国生物学研究人员的种族性别认同并不反映国家人口统计数据.
- 虽然大多数被调查的参与者都意识到偏见,但会议上的讨论仅涵盖了一组已识别的偏见 (知情感知偏见).
结论:
- 在科学子学科内对偏见的数据驱动分析对于识别特定障碍至关重要.
- 偏见的潜在原因包括降落科学和现场工作可访问性问题.
- 评估偏见缓解策略的有效性是必要的,以促进科学更大的多样性.
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