TY - JOUR
T1 - Breaking down barriers: The identification of actions to promote gender equality in interdisciplinary marine research institutions
AU - Shellock, Rebecca J.
AU - Cvitanovic, Christopher
AU - Mackay, Mary
AU - McKinnon, Merryn C.
AU - Blythe, Jessica
AU - Kelly, Rachel
AU - van Putten, Ingrid E.
AU - Tuohy, Paris
AU - Bailey, Megan
AU - Begossi, Alpina
AU - Crona, Beatrice
AU - Fakoya, Kafayat A.
AU - Ferreira, Beatrice P.
AU - Ferrer, Alice J. G.
AU - Frangoudes, Katia
AU - Gobin, Judith
AU - Goh, Hong Ching
AU - Haapasaari, Paivi
AU - Hardesty, Britta Denise
AU - Häussermann, Vreni
AU - Hoareau, Kelly
AU - Hornidge, Anna-Katharina
AU - Isaacs, Moenieba
AU - Kraan, Marloes
AU - Li, Yinji
AU - Liu, Min
AU - Lopes, Priscila F. M.
AU - Mlakar, Marina
AU - Morrison, Tiffany H.
AU - Oxenford, Hazel A.
AU - Pecl, Gretta T.
AU - Penca, Jerneja
AU - Robinson, Carol
AU - Selim, Samiya
AU - Skern-Mauritzen, Mette
AU - Soejima, Kumi
AU - Soto, Doris
AU - Spalding, Ana K.
AU - Vadrot, Alice
AU - Vaidianu, Natașa
AU - Webber, Mona
AU - Wisz, Mary S.
N1 - Data and code availability: The data underlying this article cannot be shared publicly due to privacy of individuals that participated in the study. The data will be shared on reasonable request to the corresponding author.
A.B. (301592/2017-9) and P.F.M.L. (301515/2019-0 thank CNPq for a productivity grant. A.V. is funded by the European Research Council- ERC (grant agreement no. 804599 – 538 MARIPOLDATA – ERC-2018-STG ). G.H.C. would like to acknowledge the support by funding in part from the Global Challenges Research Fund (CRF) via the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) under grant agreement A.B. (301592/2017-9) and P.F.M.L. (301515/2019-0) thank CNPq for a productivity grant. A.V. is funded by the European Research Council- ERC (grant agreement no. 804599 – 538 MARIPOLDATA – ERC-2018-STG). G.H.C. would like to acknowledge the support by funding in part from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) via the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) under grant agreement NE/P021107/1 to the Blue Communities project, which is partially hosted by the Universiti Malaya under reference no. IF052-2017 . M.S.-M. acknowledges support from the Norwegian Research Council , grant no. 288192 (BarentsRISK). N.V. was supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research , CNCS – UEFISCDI , project no. PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1444 , within PNCDI III and the project T4BS (grant no. EASME/EMFF/2019/863621). M.S.W. acknowledges the MISSION ATLANTIC project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under grant agreement no. 639 862428 . to the Blue Communities project, which is partially hosted by the Universiti Malaya under reference no. IF052-2017 . M.S.-M. acknowledges support from the Norwegian Research Council , grant no. 288192 (BarentsRISK). N.V. was supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research , CNCS – UEFISCDI , project no. PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1444 , within PNCDI III and the project T4BS (grant no. EASME/EMFF/2019/863621 ). M.S.W. acknowledges the MISSION ATLANTIC project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under grant agreement no. 639 862428.
PY - 2022/6/17
Y1 - 2022/6/17
N2 - Interdisciplinary research is paramount to addressing ocean sustainability challenges in the 21st century. However, women leaders have been underrepresented in interdisciplinary marine research, and there is little guidance on how to achieve the conditions that will lead to an increased proportion of women scientists in positions of leadership. Here, we conduct in-depth qualitative research to explore the main barriers and enablers to women’s leadership in an academic interdisciplinary marine research context. We found that interdisciplinarity can present unique and additional barriers to women leaders (e.g., complexity and lack of value attributed to interdisciplinary research) and are exacerbated by existing gender-specific issues that women experience (e.g., isolation and underrepresentation and stereotyping). Together these barriers overlap forming the “glass obstacle course”—which is particularly challenging for women in minoritized groups. Here, we provide a list of concrete, ambitious, and actionable enablers that can promote and support women’s leadership in academic interdisciplinary marine research.
AB - Interdisciplinary research is paramount to addressing ocean sustainability challenges in the 21st century. However, women leaders have been underrepresented in interdisciplinary marine research, and there is little guidance on how to achieve the conditions that will lead to an increased proportion of women scientists in positions of leadership. Here, we conduct in-depth qualitative research to explore the main barriers and enablers to women’s leadership in an academic interdisciplinary marine research context. We found that interdisciplinarity can present unique and additional barriers to women leaders (e.g., complexity and lack of value attributed to interdisciplinary research) and are exacerbated by existing gender-specific issues that women experience (e.g., isolation and underrepresentation and stereotyping). Together these barriers overlap forming the “glass obstacle course”—which is particularly challenging for women in minoritized groups. Here, we provide a list of concrete, ambitious, and actionable enablers that can promote and support women’s leadership in academic interdisciplinary marine research.
KW - academia
KW - diversity
KW - equality
KW - equity
KW - gender
KW - interdisciplinarity
KW - intersectionality
KW - leadership
KW - marine science
KW - STEM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85133298222&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.006
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 687
EP - 708
JO - One Earth
JF - One Earth
SN - 2590-3322
IS - 6
ER -
