Collaborative Research: DESIGN: Co-creation of affinity groups to facilitate diverse & inclusive ornithological societies

合作研究：设计：共同创建亲和团体以促进多元化

• 批准号: 2233343
• 负责人: Ashley Dayer
• 金额: $ 28.86万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2233343&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; DESIGN; Co; creation

Professional societies serve as major hubs for networking, professional development, financial support, recognition of leadership, and dissemination of science. Diversity initiatives can increase access to the field associated with the society, but they may have limited success in improving the inclusion of marginalized members who lack a sense of community or feel their voices are not heard. One way to instigate cultural change from the ground up is to develop affinity groups where members of historically excluded communities can develop support networks based on common experiences and identities. Such affinity groups can go beyond “one-shot” social events at conferences to build long-lasting communities and connection. This project will develop a mechanism to co-create affinity groups within ornithology that can serve to support members of historically excluded communities, amplify their voices, and empower them to help change the culture of ornithology. This project involves close collaboration between three major US ornithological societies (American Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, and Association for Field Ornithologists) to jointly support and elevate marginalized members in ornithology. The ultimate goal is to transform ornithology into an inclusive discipline that leverages the talents of the diverse communities of learners, scientists and practitioners to solve urgent problems in ecology, conservation and environmental justice. A recent diversity assessment conducted by the American Ornithological Society revealed that many members from historically excluded groups feel a weaker sense of belonging, feel that their voices are not heard, and that they are not valued. These components comprise key elements of transformative resilience: a framework for not only increasing the persistence of individuals from marginalized groups, but to create paths for institutional transformation. This project aims to design a process for co-creating affinity groups—i.e., identity-based groups created by and for members from historically excluded communities—that facilitate transformative resilience. The co-creation process engages marginalized members to imagine an ornithological community where they belong and are valued, and then creates affinity groups based on those visions through a series of workshops with emerging leaders of the communities. The project sets up vast potential for implementing activities that broadens support to historically excluded communities, including targeted professional development, leadership development, improved communication, and social support. The project will have four other categories of broader impacts: (1) fostering stakeholder engagement among three ornithological societies, non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and minority-serving institutions and societies; (2) providing educational and training opportunities in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) for a postdoctoral scholar and summer Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program undergraduate scholars; (3) disseminating findings of the project beyond academia; and (4) broadening the diversity of scholars who are engaged in DEIJ research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

专业社会是网络，专业发展，财务支持，领导能力的认可和传播科学的主要枢纽。多样性倡议可以增加与社会相关的领域的机会，但是他们在改善缺乏社区意识或感到自己声音的边缘化成员的包含方面的成功可能有限。从头开始促进文化变革的一种方法是开发亲和力群体，在这些群体中，历史上排除的社区的成员可以根据共同的经验和身份发展支持网络。这样的亲和力团体可以超越会议上的“一次性”社交活动，以建立持久的社区和联系。该项目将开发一种机制，以共同创建鸟类学中的亲和力群体，该组织可以为历史上排除的社区的成员提供支持，扩大声音并赋予他们帮助改变鸟类学文化的能力。该项目涉及三个美国主要的鸟类学会（美国鸟类学会，威尔逊鸟类学会和野生鸟类学家协会）之间的密切合作，共同支持和提升了鸟类学的边缘化成员。最终目标是将鸟类学转变为一种包容性的学科，该学科利用学习者，科学家和从业人员的不同社区的才能解决生态，保护和环境正义方面的紧急问题。美国鸟类学学会进行的最近的多样性评估表明，许多历史上排除的团体的成员感到归属感较弱，感到自己的声音没有被听到，并且没有受到重视。这些组成部分包括变革弹性的关键要素：不仅是增加边缘化群体的个人持久性的框架，而且是为制度转型创造途径。该项目旨在为共同创造亲和力小组（即基于身份的基于身份的群体和为历史上排除的社区成员创建的基于身份的小组）设计一个过程，以准备进行变革的弹性。共同创造过程使边缘化的成员想象一个鸟类学界的属于并受到重视的鸟类学界，然后通过与这些社区的新兴领导者的一系列研讨会来基于这些愿景创建亲和力群体。该项目具有实施活动的巨大潜力，以扩大对历史上排除的社区的支持，包括针对性的专业发展，领导力发展，改善的沟通和社会支持。该项目将有其他四个类别的更广泛的影响：（1）在三个奇异学会，非营利组织，政府机构以及少数派服务机构和社会之间促进利益相关者的参与； （2）提供多样性，公平，包容性和正义（DEIJ）的教育和培训机会，以提供博士后科学和夏季多元文化学术机会计划本科学者； （3）传播该项目以外的项目的发现； （4）扩大从事DEIJ研究的学者的多样性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被视为通过评估而被视为珍贵的支持。