Resources

Diversify Ecology and Evolutionary Biology seeks to identify ecologists and evolutionary biologists who are women and/or from a group traditionally underrepresented in the sciences (e.g., those from racial or ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA). The group’s goal is to help people identify scientists who might diversify seminar series, award nominees, etc. A companion list at diversify EEB grads focuses on PhD students.

More than half of field participants report experiencing sexual harassment while doing fieldwork, and one in five report assault. To combat this, FieldFutures offers a suite of interactive trainings developed by a team of field researchers at UC Santa Cruz.

Learning and being aware of various social field safety issues that could arise for people who professionally work outdoors — but more specifically — for marginalized and historically excluded individuals is our goal. Social Field Safety Workshops cover the history of minorities in the outdoors, group brainstorming activities, and group discussions about solutions to common social field safety scenarios that could impact certain groups of individuals.

Designed for scouts and scout leaders, outdoor enthusiasts and anyone who works or spends time in remote environments, this course teaches advanced skills to be used in emergencies when help from professional first responders may be far away. Based on the Boy Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines, this course aligns with OSHA’s Best Practices for Workplace First Aid Training Programs.

A codes of conduct is a set of guidelines adopted by an organization to address which behaviors are expected and appropriate. All universities should have personal codes of conduct. This references introduces Codes of Conduct in general and gives instructions and samples for developing a Code of Conduct.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) has developed a sample code of conduct and bill of rights that can be modified for your field site.

This document is a specific list of recommendations for safer and more inclusive field experiences from the Anti-Racism Action Committee from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, at the University of California, Davis.

A list of what I do as a field team leader to achieve a happy, comfortable, and safe field team, and some tips on how to contribute to a happy, productive and safe field team as a field team participant.

This document is intended to educate staff and students about toilet stops and menstruation in the field. This document also contains a set of recommendations for field work and field trips with the aim of minimising stress and anxiety for all parties.

The Equity in Graduate Education Resource Center are building a learning community of scholars and practitioners advancing equity and systemic change in graduate education. Through research-practice partnerships, they generate, translate, and apply research into evidence-based, equitable practices.