Collective action is needed to build a more just science system

Rayne, Aisling; Arahanga-Doyle, Hitaua; Cox, Bethany; Cox, Murray P.; Febria, Catherine M.; Galla, Stephanie J.; Hendy, Shaun C.; Locke, Kirsten; Matheson, Anna; Pawlik, Aleksandra; Roa, Tom; Sharp, Emma L.; Walker, Leilani A.; Watene, Krushil; Wehi, Priscilla M.; Steeves, Tammy E.

doi:10.1038/s41562-023-01635-4

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“…At the same time, it suggests that increased participation in more capital-intensive research types may require direct investment in local infrastructure to be feasible (along with the development of imaging devices that are not affected by factors such as skin pigmentation, hair type and culturally related dress [21][22][23]). This may point to a need for long-term funding mechanisms based on collective scientific goals [24].…”

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Geographical and economic influences on neuroimaging modality choice

Duncan,

Rae

2024

R. Soc. Open Sci.

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The current neuroimaging literature is unrepresentative of the world’s population due to bias towards particular types of people living in a subset of geographical locations. This is true of both the people running the research and those participating in it. These biases mean we may be missing insights into how the brain works. As neuroimaging research expands out to more of the world, the reality of global economic disparities becomes salient. With economic conditions having an effect on many background conditions for research, we can ask whether they also inﬂuence the neuroimaging research being done. To investigate this, the number of neuroimaging publications originating from a country was used as a proxy for the type of research being done there in terms of imaging modalities employed. This was then related to local economic conditions, as represented by national gross domestic product and research and development spending. National financial metrics were positively associated with neuroimaging output. The imaging modalities used were also found to be associated with local economic conditions, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research positively and electroencephalography (EEG) negatively associated with national research spending. These results suggest that economic conditions may be relevant when planning how neuroimaging research can be expanded globally.

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confidence: 99%

Geographical and economic influences on neuroimaging modality choice

Duncan,

Rae

2024

R. Soc. Open Sci.

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“…The impetus for this study originates in broader research that examined the politics of the concept of Kindness in Science (see Kindness in Science, 2023;Rayne et al, 2023). For the purposes of this article, the participant responses are engaged with from the angle of their everyday experiences working in collaborative research settings.…”

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Doing leadership differently as resistance: Care‐fully reworking Aotearoa New Zealand's research system

Cox,

Locke,

Sharp

et al. 2023

N Z Geog

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The ‘research system’ in Aotearoa New Zealand is rife with obstacles for entry and retention of diversity. The research system's complexity and longevity gives the impression of stability and fixity, but we argue it is characterised by a lack of imagination around leadership that generates change. In this article, we examine the embodied experiences of research leadership, as encountered by participants at Aotearoa New Zealand's universities and a nationally funded Centre of Research Excellence. It is within such institutions and organisations, built on colonial and patriarchal values, that experiences of marginalisation, oppression and harassment have been documented. We destabilise the apparently static nature of this ‘research system monolith’ by taking up MacLeavy, Fannin and Larner's (2021) provocation of a feminist approach to boldly do leadership differently. Drawing from interviews with researchers, we argue that resistance to, and reworking of, the research system can be found in feminist modes of practice: in the everyday, mundane practices of care‐full research leadership that do leadership differently.

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“…Led by Healthy Families NZ (a Ministry of Health prevention initiative) who support already-existing, local action on health and who influence local and national health financing and policies to be more responsive to communities and their different settings (Matheson et al, 2022), Te Niho Taniwha encapsulates a community-wide systems approach. The development of the Niho Taniwha model is an example of adapting the kupu (words) of the Six Conditions of Systems Change (Inspiring Communities, 2022) into concepts and notions which resonate with Māori, representing a strategic shift away from fragmented, small-scale, and time-limited impact activities (Rayne et al, 2023). This Indigenous adaptation to the Six Conditions model is an act of hybridity, in that it negotiates between the Western meanings of the model and the Māori understanding of particular kupu (words) and their application.…”

Section: The Liminal Space and Models Of Indigenous Systems Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Te Ruru

Johnson,

Allport,

Boulton

2024

JASC

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Indigenous cultures have long-held perspectives that emphasise the interdependence of all living things as holistic systems. Our worldview is thus shaped by deeply embedded relationality, which is in constant response to our interconnected experiences and knowledges. Systems thinking is a way of looking at the world that recognises the interconnectedness of both natural and human-made systems. The systems change approach, which takes into account the interconnected nature of the world's economic, social, and ecological systems, finds common ground with an inclusive, connected Indigenous holistic world   view. This article explores the congruence and compatibility between systems change thinking and Indigenous frameworks, emphasizing their common ground. The article introduces an example from Aotearoa New Zealand, which has integrated the tenets of systems change methodology within tribally based principles and aspirations to create ‘Te Ruru”. Te Ruru, an Indigenous framework of systems change, has been designed by a tribally owned Māori (Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) health research centre to investigate the overarching system(s) that perpetuate inequity of Māori health outcomes. Te Ruru is depicted in three parts: the first part, or micro lens; the second part, the macro lens; and part three, the meso lens. The first part of the framework prioritizes Indigenous identities and values. In part two, Te Ruru's beak, eyes, and wings symbolize the translation of research findings, strategic oversight, and the ability to navigate systems change. The third part of the framework illustrates the goal of new mātauranga and the need to address internal barriers and traumas, emphasizing the necessity for healing and restoration to sustain long-term systems change. A case study of how Te Ruru has been used in conjunction with a research methodology (TUI) is also included. Te Ruru has been purposefully adapted from a specific tribe’s knowledge and iterated to represent not just the visible system(s) that Māori communities occupy, but also the ‘unseen’ within Indigenous and colonial histories. Using systems change from an intentional Indigenous paradigm is thereby an act of decolonisation— a direct act against the systems currently blocking Indigenous flourishing.   Te Ruru's transformational power lies in its ability to bring to the surface the seen and unseen, and thereby support Māori to take the helm to lead systemic change via the Indigenous translation of inclusive health research.

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Collective action is needed to build a more just science system

Cited by 7 publications

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Geographical and economic influences on neuroimaging modality choice

Geographical and economic influences on neuroimaging modality choice

Doing leadership differently as resistance: Care‐fully reworking Aotearoa New Zealand's research system

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