Diversity Statement

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land, the Wallumattagal clan of the Dharug Nation, in which the Macquarie university resides upon. We pay respect to elders past, present and future.

Here in the behaviour ecology lab, we believe that science is stronger when built together with people of multiple backgrounds. Diversity makes us stronger and better able to research in a meaningful and impactful way.

Everyone is welcome!

Sample diversity and inclusion statement for research papers

We strongly support equity, diversity and inclusion in science. The authors come from

different countries (e.g,) and represent different career stages (e.g,). One or more of the

authors self-identifies as a member of the LGBTQI+ community, underrepresented ethnic

minority in science, living with disability. While citing references scientifically relevant for

this work, we actively worked to promote gender balance in our reference list. We worked to

ensure sex balance in the selection of non-human subjects and cell lines. One or more of the

authors received support from a program designed to increase minority representation in

science. The author list of this paper includes contributors from the location where the

research was conducted who participated in the data collection, design, analysis, and/or

interpretation of the work.

Sample acknowledgement for research papers

We acknowledge the Wallumattagal clan of the Dharug nation as the traditional custodians

of the Macquarie University land. We conducted research or collected specimen from

aboriginal lands of (Dharug nation, and Gadigal nation)

Recommendations for research design

-Ensure gender balance, career balance, ethnic diversity in research projects

-Collaborate with local scientists, engage them in research design, data collection,

interpretation and include them as co-authors if research is conducted oversees or on native

lands

-For systematic literature review, include literature published in languages other than English.

Recommendation for studies involving human subjects

- Ensure Gender balance in the recruitment of human subjects

- Ensure ethnic diversity in the recruitment of human subjects

- Ensure that the study questionnaires are prepared in an inclusive way

Recommendation for studies involving non-human subjects

- Ensure sex balance in the selection of non-human subjects

- Ensure diversity in experimental samples through the selection of the cell lines.

- Ensure diversity in experimental samples through the selection of the genomic

datasets