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Toolkits for Equity
While a growing awareness of racial disparities has resulted in a groundswell of support for inclusivity in scholarly publishing, the resulting initiatives would be more effective if professional associations were able to provide training materials to help transform organizational cultures.
New Recommendations to Improve the Status of Women Faculty
A report on the status of women faculty at EPFL outlines common challenges faced by women professors, and more importantly, recommendations on how to move forward.
Start a Family, Don't Stop Research
Taking time out to have a child should not mean derailing a research career, says Adrienne Hopkins, lead author of LERU's new paper on family leave.
10 Things That the Scholarly Community Can Do to Stand in Solidarity
10 Things That the Scholarly Community Can Do to Stand in Solidarity
Acknowledge the history. Revise your work. Refuse to be complicit.
How Female Academics Are Losing Ground During the Pandemic
How Female Academics Are Losing Ground During the Pandemic
Early analyses suggest that female academics are posting fewer preprints and starting fewer research projects than their male peers.
Ensuring the Pandemic Doesn't Negatively Impact Women in STEM, Especially Those of Color
Ensuring the Pandemic Doesn't Negatively Impact Women in STEM, Especially Those of Color
The pandemic will negatively impact the careers of women in STEM, particularly those of color, and failure to respond could jeopardize years of progress toward faculty equity.
Perspectives on Open Science and Inequity: Who is Left Behind?
Due to precautionary measures in regard to the coronavirus, the second day of this year's Open Science Conference got canceled. Luckily, the panellists Johanna Havemann, Anne-Floor Scholvinck, Daniel Spichtinger and August Wierling agreed to submit their opening statements as a blog post.
The People You Won't Hear from at One of the World's Largest Scientific Meetings
The People You Won't Hear from at One of the World's Largest Scientific Meetings
Researchers from racial and ethnic groups that are under-represented in US geoscience are the least likely to be offered opportunities to speak at the field's biggest meeting.
How Journals Are Using Overlay Publishing Models to Facilitate Equitable OA
How Journals Are Using Overlay Publishing Models to Facilitate Equitable OA
In the overlay publishing model, a journal performs refereeing services, but it doesn’t publish articles on its website. Rather, the journal’s website links to final article versions hosted on an online repository. Some editors share why they chose to publish their journals via the arXiv overlay model and how they believe overlay journals will contribute to greater equity in OA.
Guidelines on Criteria of Good Practice for Strenghtening Gender Equality Policies
All the Ways Student Debt Exacerbates Racial Inequality - 'It's Like Landing in Quick Sand'
All the Ways Student Debt Exacerbates Racial Inequality - 'It's Like Landing in Quick Sand'
The factors are complicated, but they tie broadly back to America's history of systemic racism.
Medicine Ignored Women's Health for Years - That's Finally Changing
For decades, the medical field has dismissed female health concerns. Women have been told that they’re imagining signs of heart attacks and other life-threatening ailments and had few resources devoted to researching their medical problems, but, at last, that seems to be changing.
Why We Need to Keep Talking About Equality in Physics
Jess Wade and Maryam Zaringhalam discuss the implications of poor diversity in physics - and what can be done to create a level playing field in the subject
Bias Against Female Scientists Revealed in Study of Canadian Grants Program
Female scientists are less likely to win research dollars from the federal government's grant agency (CIHR), when the grant application is reviewed based on the scientist leading the project, rather than the proposal.
Vaccine Candidates for Poor Nations Are Going to Waste
Promising immunizations for diseases that affect mostly people in low- and middle-income countries need help getting to market.