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: 2233342
• 负责人: Daizaburo Shizuka
• 金额: $ 21.14万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 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=2233342&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-focused 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 individuals from historically excluded groups feel a weaker sense of belonging, feel that their voices are not heard, and feel 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.

专业协会是网络、专业发展、财政支持、领导力认可和科学传播的主要中心，以多样性为重点的举措可以增加进入与社会相关领域的机会，但在提高包容性方面可能取得的成功有限。缺乏社区意识或感觉自己的声音没有被听到的弱势成员，从头开始推动文化变革的一种方法是建立亲和力小组，历史上被排除在外的社区成员可以根据共同的经历和身份建立支持网络。团体可以超越“一次性”该项目将开发一种机制，在鸟类学领域共同创建亲和团体，以支持历史上被排斥的社区成员，扩大他们的声音，并赋予他们帮助改变文化的能力。该项目涉及美国三大鸟类学会（美国鸟类学会、威尔逊鸟类学会和野外鸟类学家协会）之间的密切合作，共同支持和提升鸟类学领域的差异化成员。将鸟类学转变为一门包容性学科，利用不同群体的学习者、科学家和从业者的才能来解决生态、保护和环境正义方面的紧迫问题。美国鸟类学会最近进行的一项多样性评估显示，许多来自鸟类学的个体历史上被排除在外的群体的归属感较弱，觉得自己的声音没有被听到，并且觉得自己没有受到重视。这些组成部分构成了变革复原力的关键要素：一个框架，不仅可以提高边缘群体个人的持久性，而且可以提高边缘群体的凝聚力。为制度转型创造路径。该项目旨在设计一个共同创建亲和团体的过程，即由历史上被排斥的社区成员创建并为之服务的基于身份的团体，以促进变革的弹性。共同创建过程让失去的成员想象一个他们所属的鸟类社区。并受到重视，然后通过与社区新兴领导人举办的一系列研讨会，根据这些愿景创建亲和团体。该项目为实施扩大对历史上被排斥的社区的支持的活动创造了巨大的潜力，包括有针对性的专业发展、领导力发展、改善沟通和社交该项目还将产生其他四类更广泛的影响：(1) 促进三个鸟类学会、非营利组织、政府机构以及少数群体服务机构和社团之间的利益相关者参与；(2) 提供多样性的教育和培训机会； 、公平、包容和正义（DEIJ），面向博士后学者和暑期多元文化学术机会计划本科生学者；（3）在学术界之外传播该项目的研究成果；（4）扩大参与 DEIJ 的学者的多样性；该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。