Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable

Fernando, Benjamin; Giles, Sam; Jackson, Christopher; Lawrence, Anya; Raji, Munira; Williams, Rebecca; Barclay, Jenni; Brotherson, Louisa; Childs, Ethny; Houghton, Jacqueline; Khatwa, Anjana; Newton, Alicia; Mills, Keely; Rockey, Francisca; Rogers, Steven; Souch, Catherine; Dowey, Natasha

Abstract

Admission to doctoral study is a crucial step in the academic pipeline, but discriminatory procedures can disproportionately impact students from ethnic minority backgrounds. We show how these policies contribute to inequity in the geosciences and propose strategies for change.

Citation

Fernando, B., Giles, S., Jackson, C., Lawrence, A., Raji, M., Williams, R., Barclay, J., Brotherson, L., Childs, E., Houghton, J., Khatwa, A., Newton, A., Mills, K., Rockey, F., Rogers, S., Souch, C., & Dowey, N. (2023). Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable. Nature Geoscience, 16(8), 658-660. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01241-z

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: Jun 30, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Aug 3, 2023
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2023
• Deposit Date: Sep 18, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 2, 2024
• Journal: Nature Geoscience
• Print ISSN: 1752-0894
• Electronic ISSN: 1752-0908
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 658-660
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01241-z
• Keywords: General Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4348530
• Publisher URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01241-z
• Additional Information: First Online: 3 August 2023; : The authors declare no competing interests.