IAGD Website
The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating access and inclusion for persons with disabilities in the Geosciences.
Diversity in Geoscience UK (DiG-UK) website
DiG is the newly-established UK chapter of the IAGD. DiG-UK will undertake to broaden its responsibility beyond disability to cover wider aspects of diversity including, but not restricted to, gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality and social class.
Girls Into Geoscience website
Girls into Geoscience is a fabulous outreach initiative that aims to improve gender diversity in the subject, through annual field-trips, talks and workshops. Secondary school teachers, check it out!
ADVANCEGeo website
A collaboration between the Earth Science Women’s Network , Association for Women Geoscientists and the American Geophysical Union to address the problem of sexual harassment and other exclusionary behaviors that lead to hostile working and learning climates in the earth, space and environmental sciences. See their page dedicated to articles and resources on this issue here.
“How to Educate Yourself / Allyship 101” resources list
A list of resources from the Paleontological Society
Geology and Colonialism Reading List
A list of resources collated by the Bryn Mawr Mineral Collection
Articles and reports about diversity, inclusivity and accessibility in geoscience
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) (2020) Inquiry on equity in STEM education
AdvanceHE (2019) Equality in Higher education: statistical report 2019
Bernard and Cooperdock (2018) No progress on diversity in 40 years Nature Geoscience 11 (292-295)
Croucher, K. and W. Romer (2007). Inclusivity in Teaching Practice and the Curriculum, The Higher Education Academy, Guides for Teaching and Learning in Archaeology 6.
Deb Roy, R. (2018) Decolonise science – time to end another imperial era The Conversation
Dutt, K. (2020) Race and Racism in the Geosciences, Nature Geoscience 13 (2-3)
Dutt, K. (2019) Promoting racial diversity in geoscience through diversity, Eos 100 12
Fernando and Antell (2020) Recommendations for improving racial equality, diversity and inclusion at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Gewen, V. (2018) What does it take to make an institution more diverse? Nature Career Feature 6th June
Giles et al. (2020) Barriers to fieldwork in undergraduate geoscience degrees, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1 (77-78)
Goldberg, E. (2019) Earth Sciences has a Whiteness problem, New York Times
Greene et al. (pre-print) Toilet stops in the field:An educational primer and recommended best practices for field-based teaching
Hill, S and Turner, N. (2019) Access and success for black, Asian and minority ethnicity groups in postgraduate research study, UKRI News October 2019
Kirby, P. and Cullinane, C. (2018) Class differences: ethnicity and disadvantage, Sutton Trust Research Brief
Klemetti, E. (2018) How can we fix the lack of diversity in the geosciences, Discover Magazine
Perez-Diaz, L. (2020) #Black In Geoscience EGU Blogs – and awesome #BlackInGeoscience merch available here
Powell, K. (2018) These labs are remarkably diverse — here’s why they’re winning at science. Nature News Feature 6th June
Rollock, N. (2019) Staying Power; the career experiences and strategies of UK Black female professors, University and College Union