Where do we want the glaciological community to be in 2073? Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion challenges and visions from the 2023 Karthaus Summer School
Lena Nicola (Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, University of Potsdam)
Rebekka FrØystad (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen)
Antonio Juarez-Martinez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Maxence Menthon (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Ana Carolina Moraes Luzardi (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Katherine A. Turner (University of Southampton, British Antarctic Survey)
Sally F. Wilson (University of Leeds)
Nanna B. Karlsson (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)
Shashwat Shukla (TU Delft - Physical and Space Geodesy)
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Abstract
Despite the increased awareness and action towards Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), the glaciological community still experiences and perpetuates examples of exclusionary and discriminatory behavior. We here discuss the challenges and visions from a group predominantly composed of early-career researchers from the 2023 edition of the Karthaus Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System. This paper presents the results of an EDI-focused workshop that the 36 students and 12 lecturers who attended the summer school actively participated in. We identify common threads from participant responses and distill them into collective visions for the future of the glaciological research community, built on actionable steps toward change. In this paper, we address the following questions that guided the workshop: What do we see as current EDI challenges in the glaciology research community and which improvements would we like to see in the next fifty years? Contributions have been sorted into three main challenges we want and need to face: making glaciology (1) more accessible, (2) more equitable, and (3) more responsible.
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