Demographic Networks
Black Geographers: Supporting the next generation of geographers and geoscientists
REED Network: The REED Ecological Network is a supportive platform for ecologists from under-represented and marginalised ethnicities.
Related Projects
Other EDI-related projects you may be interested in:
NERC-AHRC Hidden Histories program – Cottonopolis: Lessons for environmental science through the lens of Manchester (Ramesh, Jackson, et al.)
GeoColab (Williams, Raji et al) – Matching access to analytical facilities with underserved researchers. https://geocolab.github.io/
Perceptions of Geology – a qualitative survey of public perceptions of the discipline (Rogers, Dowey, Giles et al, see publications below)
Related Reading
(Those published by members of the Equator team are highlighted)
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