Thread: BAME Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences

Dear all,

Following on from the much-appreciated statement on racism in the geosciences circulated by IRIS last week, I thought the following report might be of interest.

https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/2020/06/department-of-earth-sciences-releases-report-of-ad-hoc-working-group-on-bame-issues

It was put together by myself and other postgraduate colleagues at the University of Oxford, and focusses specifically on BAME EDI in the geosciences - with significant attention paid to the representation of geophysics therein. There are 42 recommendations - some of these are Oxford-specific, but others are likely to be transferrable to your own departments, or might serve as a useful template. Apologies if this is not relevant to you.

Best wishes,

Ben

Ben Fernando
PhD Student in Seismology
University of Oxford (UK)

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