A new book by the anthropologist Keriann McGoogan reveals the drama behind the rise of the world's most famous women primatologists.| The Persistent
No, not the name of a pop-group (although it might be quite a good one), but an episode from my early life. In later life I’m sure people had me in the category of those difficult women I wrote about last week, but by and large at school I was a goody-goody who (as my mother continued to say long after I’d become a professor) couldn’t say boo to a goose. I was, in general, not one for breaking school rules, unlike those who will remain nameless who put potassium permanganate in our scho...| Athene Donald's Blog
Effective climate policy must treat forest regeneration and emissions reductions as complementary strategies, not alternatives, according to a new paper.| State of the Planet
Tributes poured in following the death of Jane Goodall, with stories of her remarkable life and doings, the way she set out new paths in research and lived a different kind of life. The quoted remark of hers that most … Continue reading →Continue reading →| Occam's Typewriter
When I set off for University, I wasn’t surprised to find there weren’t many women on my course: there were only three Cambridge colleges that admitted women back then (i.e. no coeducational colleges at all), so of course I would … Continue reading →Continue reading →| Occam's Typewriter
Women in physics have long been forced out of the field, and out of the story.| The MIT Press Reader
During the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, the status of paleontology as an evolutionary discipline was attempted to be established by a number of paleontologists. From 16th to 19th October 1980, the Field Museum of Natural History held the Macroevolution Conference, a historic event that challenged the four-decade-long dominance of the Modern Synthesis. […]| Letters from Gondwana.
Europlanet and BIRA-IASB are organising a Wiki 2025 Edit-a-thon to promote diversity within the international planetary science community by highlighting the contributions of women and underrepresented groups on Wikipedia.| Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Polar science needs the best people. Without equality, diversity and inclusion, we will lose the best and brightest talent| AntarcticGlaciers.org
Women make up 50.8% of the world’s population, yet fewer than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. Of this percentage, women of colour comprise around 5%, with less than 1% represented in geoscience faculty positions. Women are published less, paid less, and do not progress as far in their careers as men. Even within our EGU community, women account for only one third of all members, and make up only 32% of the cryosphere division. The divide between women in the population and...| Cryospheric Sciences
Day 1 This is an example of one typical day at work for a mid-career academic. This semester I’m teaching a couple of undergraduate courses, a postgraduate course, and teaching a field class abroad. I’m supervising 5 PhD students and 1 MRes student, and am currently Director of Research and REF2029 lead for the Department … Academic Diary I Read More »| AntarcticGlaciers.org
How do you establish and maintain trust as a leader? Former astronaut Cady Coleman shares three tips to help you prepare your team to face any challenge — in outer space or here on Earth.| ideas.ted.com
