دورية أكاديمية
Survey on early career travel support shows geographic, career stage, and indigenous status inequality in access to polar science events
| العنوان: | Survey on early career travel support shows geographic, career stage, and indigenous status inequality in access to polar science events |
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| المؤلفون: | A. Bradley, J. Höfer, V. Savaglia, C. Eayrs |
| المصدر: | Advances in Geosciences, Vol 53, Pp 73-85 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | Copernicus Publications, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Science LCC:Geology LCC:Dynamic and structural geology |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Science, Geology, QE1-996.5, Dynamic and structural geology, QE500-639.5 |
| الوصف: | Scientific meetings, conferences, field schools and workshops provide essential networking and training opportunities for early career researchers, but in highly international fields like polar sciences, attending these events can involve extensive travel. We surveyed Association of Polar Early Career Scientists members and other early career members of the polar science community to investigate the geographic and international variability in travel support relative to costs across the early stages of a researcher's career (Masters students, PhD students, post-docs and those in faculty or permanent research positions). 190 respondents from 38 countries answered questions on the perceived availability of different types and sources of travel funding and described up to three events they attended over the last two years. We found that the cost of attendance prevented nearly three-quarters of respondents from participating in at least one career-relevant events in the preceding two years. Due to insufficient research funding, early career researchers frequently have to top up partial support with personal funds. Increased event-based travel support would help to reduce out of pocket expenses, as would the timely notification of a travel award to benefit from early bird registration and cheaper travel and accommodation. Replacing the more common practice of travel reimbursement with a travel advance would remove another barrier to attendance. Large disparities in what kinds of expenses are covered exist between geographic regions and funding mechanisms. Addressing the disparities in travel support for career-relevant events will promote diversity and foster inclusion in the next generation of polar scientists. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1680-7340 1680-7359 |
| Relation: | https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/53/73/2020/adgeo-53-73-2020.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7340; https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7359 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/adgeo-53-73-2020 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/fc9bbaf3abc3407faf7103b615b1398a |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.fc9bbaf3abc3407faf7103b615b1398a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 16807340 16807359 |
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| DOI: | 10.5194/adgeo-53-73-2020 |