Equality, diversity, inclusion: ensuring a resilient future for geomorphology

Tooth, Stephen; Viles, Heather

doi:10.1002/esp.5026

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“…Diversity breeds innovative science (Hofstra et al, 2020) and is essential to building solutions to challenges faced by all communities, both marginalised and non-marginalised (Barber et al, 2020). Moreover, Tooth & Viles (2021) contend that, at a time of environmental, social, and economic transition, addressing equality, diversity, and inclusion are critical to ensure that Geomorphology remains relevant, vibrant, and accessible to society. This is certainly true for all subfields of Geography and the discipline as a whole.…”

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“Here be dragons!” The gross under‐representation of the Global South on editorial boards in Geography

Hedding

Breetzke

2021

Geographical Journal

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Research examining the composition of editorial boards of journals is not new. A number of studies have examined the representation of certain groups of individuals and/or regions across a range of disciplines, including educational psychology (Robinson et al., 1998), psychiatry (Saxena et al., 2003, management science (Metz and Harzing, 2012), communication science (Goyanes, 2020), accounting science (Dhanani & Jones, 2017), and evolution and ecology (Fox et al., 2019), among numerous others. Without exception, researchers have noted the significant gender and geographic disparities that exist within editorial boards with males and the developed countries most often over-represented. Reasons provided for the lack of diversity among editorial board members are myriad and range from a lack of proficiency in English (Ramírez-Castañeda, 2020) and simple ignorance (Goyanes, 2020) to more malevolent reasons such as the purposive repression of certain groups (i.e., Global South; non-English-speaking countries) (Sengupta, 2021), ultimately leading to what Mignolo (1993) refers to as a form of "academic colonialism" whereby scientific knowledge within certain disciplines is "ring-fenced" and aligned to more powerful developed countries. Regardless of the reasons provided, there is little doubt that the composition of editorial boards is heavily skewed towards certain groups of individuals and countries. But why does this matter?

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“Here be dragons!” The gross under‐representation of the Global South on editorial boards in Geography

Hedding

Breetzke

2021

Geographical Journal

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“…Participant diversity amongst CGE researchers and stakeholders has traditionally lacked broader gender and cultural representation. Gender inequality in geoscience has been recently documented in Australia (Vila-Concejo et al, 2018;Handley et al, 2020) and globally (Bernard and Cooperdock, 2018;Tooth and Viles, 2020) confirming that CGE remains a male-dominated discipline. The demographics presented in this study highlight similar biases toward under-representation of non-male identifying members of the community.…”

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confidence: 91%

Research Priorities for Coastal Geoscience and Engineering: A Collaborative Exercise in Priority Setting From Australia

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We present the result of a collaborative priority setting exercise to identify emerging issues and priorities in coastal geoscience and engineering (CGE). We use a ranking process to quantify the criticality of each priority from the perspective of Australian CGE researchers and practitioners. 74 activities were identified across seven categories: Data Collection and Collation, Coastal Dynamics and Processes, Modelling, Engineering Solutions, Coastal Hazards and Climate Change, Communication and Collaboration, and Infrastructure, Innovation, and Funding. We found consistent and unanimous support for the vast majority of priorities identified by the CGE community, with 91% of priorities being allocated a score of ≥ 3 out of 5 (i.e., above average levels of support) by ≥ 75% of respondents. Data Collection and Collation priorities received the highest average score, significantly higher than four of the other six categories, with Coastal Hazards and Climate Change the second ranked category and Engineering Solutions the lowest scoring category. Of the 74 priorities identified, 11 received unified and strong support across the CGE community and indicate a critical need for: additional coastal data collection including topographic and bathymetric, hydrodynamic, oceanographic, and remotely sensed data; improved data compilation and access; improved understanding of extreme events and the quantification of future impacts of climate change on nearshore dynamics and coastal development; enhanced quantification of shoreline change and coastal inundation processes; and, additional funding to support CGE research and applications to mitigate and manage coastal hazards. The outcomes of this priority setting exercise can be applied to guide policy development and decision-making in Australia and jurisdictions elsewhere. Further, the research and application needs identified here will contribute to addressing key practical challenges identified at a national level. CGE research plays a critical role in identifying and enabling social, environmental, and economic benefits through the proactive management of coastal hazard impacts and informed planning to mitigate the potential impacts of growing coastal risk, particularly in a changing climate. The prevalence and commonalities of the challenges faced by coastal communities globally due to increasing pressures from coastal hazards in a changing climate suggest that our findings will be applicable to other settings.

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“…This is much more that the rhetoric of cross-or trans-disciplinary science and adaptive management practice (Smedstad & Gosnell, 2013). It entails genuine commitment to integration, listening and sharingworking openly, inclusively, respectfully and collaboratively to co-produce and grow a community of practice of scholars, practitioners and citizens (Arnott et al, 2020;García et al, 2021;Lane et al, 2021;Mould et al, 2020aMould et al, , 2020bMould et al, , 2021Ruangpan et al, 2021;Tooth & Viles, 2020). Moves towards explicitly conscious conduct and performance of practices is a critical first step (Ashmore, 2015;Blue & Brierley, 2016;Gregory, 2017;Tadaki et al, 2015).…”

Section: Create Diverse Inclusive and Open Access Communities Of Practicementioning

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How far have management practices come in ‘working with the river’?

Fryirs

Brierley

2021

Earth Surf Processes Landf

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The philosophy of 'working with nature' and 'working with the river' is increasingly embedded in global management practice. However, what does this mean? Has real progress been made in operationalizing what is known, how scientists and practitioners work and how rivers are conceptualized as integral parts of landscapes, culture and society? The first sections of this commentary outline what this philosophy means to us (the authors) and briefly summarize the evolution of associated concepts and principles in recent decades. In the final section, we comment on what we believe needs to be done to 'work with the river' in practice. We are communicating to both river scientists and practitioners as a collective when we ask: Will we be brave enough to hold the course in the face of many global challenges, be ready to respond when called upon, and commit to creation of diverse, inclusive and open access communities of practice in geoethical programmes that 'work with the river'?

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Equality, diversity, inclusion: ensuring a resilient future for geomorphology

Cited by 13 publications

References 44 publications

“Here be dragons!” The gross under‐representation of the Global South on editorial boards in Geography

“Here be dragons!” The gross under‐representation of the Global South on editorial boards in Geography

Research Priorities for Coastal Geoscience and Engineering: A Collaborative Exercise in Priority Setting From Australia

How far have management practices come in ‘working with the river’?

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