Equitable Exchange: A framework for diversity and inclusion in the geosciences

Harris, Lora A.; Garza, Corey; Hatch, Marco; Parrish, Julia K.; Posselt, Julie R.; Alvarez, Juan; Davidson, Eric A.; Eckert, Ginny L.; Grimes, Kristin Wilson; Garcia, Joe; Haacker, Rebecca; Horner-Devine, Claire; Johnson, Ashanti; Lemus, Judith D.; Prakash, Aseem; Thompson, LuAnne; Vitousek, Peter M.; Martín, M. del Carmen Riu de; Reyes, Kimberly

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“…The presented cases are a few of many examples in which ICON efforts are already common practices in observational and modeling data research and application among cryosphere studies. We identified that such integrated and interdisciplinary (I‐integrated) approaches to research questions bring new and powerful results with direct impacts on society (Harris et al., 2021). However, challenges are to continue developing standardized field and lab protocols (C‐coordinated) that allow comparison of data, benefit science of opportunities, and facilitate knowledge transfer (N‐networked).…”

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“…However, we emphasize that alternatives to overcome such limitations should be prioritized (Settles et al., 2019). Indeed, researchers with diverse backgrounds could add more views on research gaps and thus increase chances for alternative out‐of‐the‐box solutions (Harris et al., 2021).…”

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Cryosphere Sciences Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science

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Earth and Space Science

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Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) science aims to enhance synthesis, increase resource efficiency, and create transferable knowledge (Goldman et al., 2021). This article belongs to a collection of commentaries spanning geoscience on the state and future of ICON science. For a deeper understanding of the ICON principles, see the introductory article for the collection. ICON-Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) expands upon "Open" to explicitly point to the FAIR data principles (Wilkinson et al., 2016).The cryosphere is one of the five major components of the global climate system along with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere (IPCC, 2019). Its terminology originates from the Greek word "krios" (κρύος) meaning cold, while in science it encompasses any discipline related to water in a frozen state, whether seasonal or perennial (NOAA, 2021). These include sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow, ice sheets, ice shelves, glaciers, freshwater ice, and frozen ground (AGU, 2021b; IPCC, 2019). Hence, cryosphere research is a field built around a common archive (ice) that embraces a variety of different research questions across spatial scales, time frames from modern to deep time, and is integrated (I-integrated) between traditional disciplines (i.e., physical, chemical, and biological). For example, in collected ice cores, a variety of measurements from physical properties, chemical species, and biological specimens, as well as atmospheric and ice flow modeling branch into other subdisciplines and require an assessment through integrated multidisciplinary approaches including natural and social sciences (e.g., McConnell et al., 2020;Richter-Menge et al., 2019).Due to recent climate change-forced phenomena, such as glacier retreats (e.g.,

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Cryosphere Sciences Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science

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Jimenez

Ponsoni

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Earth and Space Science

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“…The goal is a healthy and supportive community in Earth and space sciences and recent progress reveals that many individuals are keen to help. The groundswell of interest is clear from contributions ranging from: strategies for individual and collective actions (Behl et al., 2021) to cultivate a more welcoming climate in the coastal, ocean, and marine sciences; to acknowledging the value of discussion groups (Ormand et al., 2021); to fostering the coproduction of research with local communities, such as the concept of “equitable exchanges” (Harris et al., 2021); and to documenting the altruistic motivations of young people poised to join our community (Carter et al., 2021). Of course, there is more, much more to be done in terms of racial/ethnic identity (Dutt, 2020), disabilities and access to the field (Atchison et al., 2019), and gender identity (Ranganathan et al., 2021), to name a few.…”

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Rethinking Committee Work in the Research Enterprise: The Case of Regenerative Gatekeeping

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The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research enterprise is slow to change (Behl et al., 2021;Morris, 2021), and as suggested by Marín-Spiotta et al. (2020), change will require reexamination of current policies, programs, and processes. Committees influence policies, personnel, funding, and as such, committee members serve as "gatekeepers," which deserves special attention in the Earth and space sciences. When members and/or entire committees work without interrogation of their values, ideas and perspectives, exclusionary practices and behaviors persist. Committees in the STEM enterprise have different goals and charters, and engage in the act of gatekeeping. Naturally the scope of the gatekeeping role varies widely because committee duties vary widely, and they are embedded in larger institutional and social systems.We, the Coastal and Ocean STEM Equity Alliance, propose a "regenerative gatekeeping" framework that integrates belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and recasts gatekeepers as stewards rather than sentinels. We would like to imagine gatekeeping as more than a system that controls or limits access but rather as a process that cultivates "stewards of innovation" or "agents of change." As implied by its definition, regeneration alludes to frameworks that foster renewal, dismantling barriers (Berhe et al., 2021) and maximizing opportunities, and advancing beyond the current state. Regenerative gatekeeping has three components: self-assessing committees and their policies and practices, asking critical questions, and engaging in generative conflict. By "regenerative gatekeeping," we join others who propose recent qualifiers in other arenas in the United States, for example, restorative justice, transformative resilience, transformative justice (Kaba et al., 2018), generative conflict (Anderson, 2021), and emergent strategy/emergent design (Brown, 2017). This new framework will move us closer to the intentionality, accountability (Anderson, 2021), and clarity required to transform the STEM research enterprise. Given the foundational nature of committee service to the STEM research enterprise, we believe that embracing this new framework holds great untapped potential.

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“…That is, a specific geographic place; often with a shared culture, heritage or lived experience; occasionally with a shared knowledge and skill set (i.e., a community of practice); and almost always underrepresented in and underserved by academic science. Under this definition, community science is an inherently local endeavor often mediated by a boundary spanner with one foot in the world of mainstream science and the other in community (Harris et al., 2021); where discovery science may take a back seat to actionable science; and where the work is co‐created by community members and science professionals willing to share the thought, work, and credit space.…”

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