Where do we want the glaciological community to be in 2073? Equality, diversity and inclusion challenges and visions from the 2023 Karthaus Summer School
Abstract Despite the increased awareness and action towards Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), the glaciological community still experiences and perpetuates examples of exclusionary and discriminatory behavior. We here discuss the challenges and visions from a group predominantly composed of early-career researchers from the 2023 edition of the Karthaus Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System. This paper presents the results of an EDI-focused workshop that the 36 students and 12 lecturers who attended the summer school actively participated in. We identify common threads from participant responses and distill them into collective visions for the future of the glaciological research community, built on actionable steps toward change. In this paper, we address the following questions that guided the workshop: What do we see as current EDI challenges in the glaciology research community and which improvements would we like to see in the next fifty years? Contributions have been sorted into three main challenges we want and need to face: making glaciology (1) more accessible, (2) more equitable and (3) more responsible.
Authors
- Therese Rieckh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-7177)
- Frank Pattyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4805-5636)
- Antonio Juárez-Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6639-1452)
- C. R. Carter
- Marte G. Hofsteenge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5369-5318)
- Lena Nicola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1748-7420)
- Sudhir Shukla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4510-0585)
- Lokesh Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4790-7334)
- Ricarda Winkelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-3217)
- Carleen H. Reijmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-3883)
- Katherine A. TURNER
- Olaf Eisen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6380-962X)
- Michael J. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-0019)
- Michael N.G. James (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5978-4562)
- Mikkel Lauritzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9339)
- Simon Schöll
- Nora Richter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4613-005X)
- Eliza Dawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2662-3201)
- Sophie de Roda Husman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8830-9894)
- Nanna B. Karlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0423-8705)
- Ian Hewitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9167-6481)
- Thomas Gregov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-6061)
- Kristiina Verro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3312-3085)
- Sally F. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3644-3965)
- G. Bianchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8871-9815)
- Guangyuan Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7040-9210)
- Rebekka Frøystad
- Maxence Menthon
- Ana Carolina Moraes Luzardi
- Benjamin Keisling
- Aminat AMBELORUN
- Malena ANDERNACH
- Lawrence BIRD
- Andrés CASTILLO-LLARENA
- Niall COFFEY
- Franka JESSE
- Michaela MÜHL
- Violet PATTERSON
- Charlotte RAHLVES
- Florina R. SCHALAMON
- Christian WIRTHS
- Tim VAN DEN AKKER
Institutions
- Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (FR)
- University of Bern (CH)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (DE)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (CH)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- British Antarctic Survey (GB)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (US)
- University of Graz (AT)
- University of Liège (BE)
- King's College - North Carolina (US)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- Durham University (GB)
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- National Oceanography Centre (GB)
- Princeton University (US)
- Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (NO)
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (DK)
- Leibniz Association (DE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- NORCE Research AS (NO)
- Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (FR)
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (DE)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Monash University (AU)
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (DE)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
- Stanford University (US)
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Glaciology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.18
- Primary Topic
- Outdoor and Experiential Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Southampton
- Universiteit Utrecht
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Netherlands Earth System Science Centre
- Natural Environment Research Council