Equal opportunity and diversity: Events, Data and Literature
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This list is curated by SFB1315 Junior Admin, Madlena Kozaeva and Coordinator Mary Louise Grossman
Cycle-based working
Cycle-based working involves aligning tasks and responsibilities with the phases of the menstrual cycle to enhance productivity and well-being. This approach challenges the traditional linear work model, promoting a more natural and individualized workflow.
For a deeper understanding, consider exploring the following resources:
Arbeit mal anders: Nutzt den Menstruationszyklus für den Job – Podcast
Entdecke deine Menstruationszyklus-Superkräfte: Ein Weg zu zyklusorientiertem Leben und Arbeiten
Vorteile der 4 Zyklusphasen: So nutzt Du sie im Joballtag
DRIVERS (journal club online)
- On July 7, 2025, 11:00 a.m. we will discuss:Sebo, Paul. 2024. “Use of ChatGPT to Explore Gender and Geographic Disparities in Scientific Peer Review.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 26: e57667. https://doi.org/10.2196/57667
Introduction by Clara-Sophie Hoffmann (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
The Journal Club Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation (DRIVERS) aims to foster monthly discussions on literature related to “Responsible Research and Innovation” (RRI) and Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in science (Source, BIH). DRIVERS is jointly organized by BIH, BIH QUEST, ECN and NeuroCure.
We recommend that participants read the paper in advance. You will get more out of the journal club if you have read each paper.
Databases: Women in Neuroscience*
/femconsult – https://www.gesis.org/femconsult/home/
AcademiaNet – http://www.academia-net.org/
WILS – EMBO – http://www.embo.org/science-policy/women-in-science/wils-database-of-women-in-life-sciences
Anne’s list (neuro)- https://anneslist.net/
NeuroNexxt (neuro) – https://www.nexxt.rub.de/
(*courtesy of Kim Mason, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Equal Opportunity)
Promoting Diversity & Inclusion in the Lab
A New Way of Thinking about Data Science and Data Ethics that is Informed by the Ideas of Intersectional Feminism
Data Feminism, MIT Press (2020), https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/
Competitive science: Is competition ruining science?
Infect Immun 83:1229 –1233 (2015) doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.02939-14
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: GenderInSITE
eLife Interview. Julia Deathridge (2020) https://elifesciences.org/interviews/fcccdf8e/phyllis-kalele
Equity: a Mathematician Shares her Solution
Nature 583, 681-682 (2020) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02205-8
Flexible work and the effect of informal communication on idea generation and innovation
Academy of Management Proceedings (2018) https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.205
How Nature contributed to science’s discriminatory legacy
Nature 609, 875-876 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03035-6
How female scientists can confront gender bias in the workplace
Nature 561, 421-423 (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06697-3
How to Get More Women and People of Colour into Graduate School – and Keep them There
Nature 586, 491-492 (2020) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02940-y
Inclusion and diversity in academia, Kim Mason (NeuroCure’s Equal Opportunity Office)
Leitfaden der HU für geschlechtergerechte Sprache
Nature addresses helicopter research and ethics dumping
Nature. 606, 7 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01423-6
Scientist and Parent: Planning During Pregnancy
eLife. 8:e47985 (2019) https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47985
Scientists aren’t trained to mentor. That’s a problem
Science (2020) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.caredit.abe5807
The Science and Value of Diversity: Closing the Gaps in Our Understanding of Inclusion and Diversity
J Infect Dis. 220 (Suppl 2): S33–41 (2019) doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz174
Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab
PLOS Comput Biol. 16(10):e1008210 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210
Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs
PLOS Comput Biol. 15(4): e1006914 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006914
10 Simple Rules for a Supportive Lab Environment
J Cogn Neurosci. 35 (1): 44–48 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01928
The key to a happy lab life is in the manual
Nature. 561, 7 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06167-w
Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation
Nature. 606, E17 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04852-5
Wie kann ich als Mann Feminist sein?
Why Science Should Have a Female Face: Female Experts Increase Liking, Competence, and Trust in Science
Science Communication. (2024) https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470241295676
Collections
Alba’s Interviews on Diversity in Brain Sciences
Gendered Innovations 2: How Inclusive Analysis Contributes to Research and Innovation.
Gendered Innovations Health and Medicine checklist
Gender Research Data Collections” FU Berlin
Leading Edge women and non-binary postdocs (US-based)
Inequality
Are Hormones a „Female Problem“ for Animal Research?
Science.364,825-826 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw7570
A Wall Street Journal Op-ed about Jill Biden Pairs Virulent Sexism with Academic Elitism
Committees with Implicit Biases Promote Fewer Women When they do not Believe Gender Bias Exists
Nat Hum Behav. 3, 1171–1179 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0686-3
Don’t get mad, get equal: putting an end to misogyny in science
Nature 619, 209-211 (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02101-x
Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, White allies, and bystanders
Am Psychol, 2019;74(1):128-142 (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000296
Discrimination still plagues science
Nature. 600, 177-179 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03043-y
Gender Equity [Virginia Valian]
COVID-19’s Gendered Impact on Academic Productivity
Germany Unveils First National Strategy for Gender Equality
Historical Comparison of Gender Inequality in Scientific Careers Across Countries and Disciplines
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 3;117(9):4609-4616 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914221117
How the entire scientific community can confront gender bias in the workplace
Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0747-4
Meta-Research: Gender Inequalities Among Authors who Contributed Equally
eLife. 8:e36399 (2019) https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36399
Meta-Research: How parenthood contributes to gender gaps in academia
eLife. 11:e78909 (2022) https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78909
Modern Discrimination: Subtle but Significant [Michelle “Mikki” Hebl]
Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree.
Neurosexism: The Myth that Men and Women have Different Brains
Nature. 566, 453-454 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00677-x
NIH plans grant-review overhaul to reduce bias
Nature. 612, 602-603 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04385-x
Pandemic Lockdown Holding Back Female Academics, Data Show
Pinterest Settles Gender Discrimination Suit for $22.5 Million
Responsible Research, Inequality in Science and Epistemic Injustice: An Attempt to Open up Thinking about Inclusiveness in the Context of RI/RRI
Journal of Responsible Innovation 7 (3): 672–79. (2020) doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2020.1780094
Sex and Gender Dimension in Frontier Research
Sex contextualism
Philos Theor Pract Biol (2022) 14:2
The extent and drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists
Nat Neurosci 23, 918–926 (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-0658-y
The Gender Gap in Academic publishing
The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Women in Science: Challenges and Solutions (virtual conference)
The Pandemic and the Female Academic
Nature (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01135-9
The parent penalty – read about it on the Alba Network here
The Pinterest Paradox: Cupcakes and Toxicity
Two Nobels for women — why so slow?
Nature 562, 165 (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06953-6
Use microaffirmations and call out microaggressions to help others
Nature (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01498-7
Women in work 2021 – The impact of Covid-19 on women in work
Women are credited less in science than men
Nature 608, 135–145 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04966-w
Participating Institutions
