Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources
Please find below resources relating to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). We at SGT believe that Geology is for all, and everyone should have as much access as possible to the wonderful Geology found in Scotland. We hope to provide a starting point for supporting and learning about different topics, and aim for this page to be a working collection of resources. Please get in contact if you have any recommendations, thoughts, or questions!
General:
- Accessible communication guide (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-communication/accessible-communication-formats)
- Diversity in Geoscience Resource Page (https://dig-uk.org/resources/fieldwork/)
- Applying an intersectionality lens to expand equity in the geosciences (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2019.1675131#abstract)
- Representation in the Geosciences (https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.3389/esss.2024.10078)
General Accessibility:
- Introduction to making your service accessible (https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/helping-people-to-use-your-service/making-your-service-accessible-an-introduction)
- The Geological Society’s Guide to Accessibility (https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/about-us/edia/resources/accessibility/)
- Inclusive practices in education (https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/using-digital-technologies-to-promote-inclusive-practices-in-education/)
- Creating Spaces for Geoscientists with Disabilities to Thrive (https://eos.org/opinions/creating-spaces-for-geoscientists-with-disabilities-to-thrive)
- Nature Geoscience Accessibility (https://www.nature.com/collections/slxcjknrts)
Fieldwork Accessibility:
- Fieldwork and disability: an overview for an inclusive experience (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/fieldwork-and-disability-an-overview-for-an-inclusive-experience/4FDC4307FBA45729EA2F972E6C7C7C63)
- Geology for everyone, making the field accessible: (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284187070_Geology_for_Everyone_Making_the_Field_Accessible)
- Making geoscience fieldwork inclusive and accessible for students with disabilities (https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/15/6/1809/574966/Making-geoscience-fieldwork-inclusive-and)
- Achieving Inclusive Field-based Education: Results and Recommendations from an Accessible Geoscience Field Trip (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331551122_Achieving_Inclusive_Field-based_Education_Results_and_Recommendations_from_an_Accessible_Geoscience_Field_Trip)
- Six simple steps to make fieldwork more accessible and inclusive (https://geoscienceforthefuture.com/six-simple-steps-to-make-fieldwork-more-accessible-and-inclusive/)
- Toilet stops in the field (https://osf.io/preprints/osf/gnhj2_v1)
- Menstruation in the field (https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2023/05/12/the-geological-period-that-no-one-talks-about-menstruation-in-the-field/)
- Accessibility at conferences (https://chronicallyacademic.blogspot.com/2016/12/ten-ways-to-make-conferences-accessible.html?m=1 and https://blog.ucs.org/science-blogger/how-to-make-professional-conferences-more-accessible-for-disabled-people-guidance-from-actual-disabled-scientists/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb&fbclid=IwAR0uTGVLqYBYQgf8yJojJEM-u7HBkGDbxUljtV5EJT_vkNoh_Z-Rrj86aJs)
Remote fieldwork:
- Enabling remote activity: widening participation in field study courses (https://oro.open.ac.uk/42474/)
- Designing remote field experiences (https://nagt.org/nagt/teaching_resources/field/designing_remote_field_experie.html)
- Virtual strike and dip – advancing inclusive and accessible field geology (https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/5/29/2022/)
Mental Health and Neurodiversity:
- Mental health in the field (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0219-0)
- Cultivating Positive Mental Health in the Geosciences (https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/science-yall/cultivating-positive-mental-health-in-the-geosciences/)
- Fieldtrip mental health (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/188108/imperial-geologist-tackles-field-trip-mental/)
- Mental health in the research environment (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29607246/)
- Neurodiversity in Science (https://www.jic.ac.uk/blog/diverse-minds-for-a-diverse-world-the-case-for-neurodiversity-in-science/)
- The perspectives of autistic geoscientists on inclusive instructional practices in geoscience education (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2020.1768017?needAccess=true)
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week Resources (https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/resource-hub)
Race and Decolonisation:
- What does it mean to be black in the Geosciences? (https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/qa-what-does-it-mean-be-black-geosciences)
- A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00737-w)
- Diversity Crisis in UK Geoscience Research Training (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343699225_Diversity_Crisis_in_UK_Geoscience_Research_Training)
- Decolonising Earth Science’s Resource Page (https://www.decolearthsci.com/resources/)
- Decolonising the curriculum for geologists (https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/5/189/2022/)
Gender and Sexual Identity:
- A beginner’s guide to pronouns and using pronouns in the workplace (https://www.stonewall.org.uk/resources/workplace-trans-inclusion-hub/a-beginners-guide-to-pronouns-and-using-pronouns-in-the-workplace)
- Guide to transgender and non-binary people (https://www.hrc.org/resources/transgender-and-non-binary-faq#:~:text=Transgender%20and%20non%2Dbinary%20people%20come%20from%20all%20backgrounds%2C%20and,your%20gender%20identity%20and%20expression.)
- Queer Perspectives in Geoscience (https://geocollnews.wordpress.com/2024/06/01/you-cant-be-what-you-cant-see-queer-perspectives-in-geoscience/)
- Queer Visibility in Geoscience (https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2020/10/28/queer-visibility-in-geoscience-has-been-almost-nonexistent-for-decades-a-new-generation-is-working-to-change-that/#:~:text=Geology%2C%20Meetings%2C%20Reflection-,Queer%20visibility%20in%20geoscience%20has%20been%20almost%20nonexistent%20for%20decades,is%20working%20to%20change%20that.&text=Geology%2C%20as%20a%20field%2C%20is,boys’%20club%E2%80%9D%20for%20centuries)
- Queer inclusion in fieldwork (https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2025/06/13/queer-quarterly-lgbtqia-inclusion-during-fieldwork)