Meetings

Following a poll with our members, IDEEA meets monthly on Wednesdays at 4:00pm CET for the current semester.

Below you find topics and resources of our past meetings.

Additional resources can be found on our Resources page.

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Upcoming meetings 2023/2024:

May 29 - Francesca Rizzo: topic TBD

June 26 - TBD

Past Meetings

2023/2024

April 24th: HOW VISA BUREAUCRACY MAKES CONFERENCES INACCESSIBLE presented by Manisha Shrestha
Resources: slides
Why scientific conferences must mitigate structural barriers by Omid V. Ebrahimi (2022)
Visa bureaucracy makes scientific conferences inaccessible for too many researchers by Omid V. Ebrahimi (2022)
African and Asian researchers are hampered by visa problems by Maina Waruru (2018)
March 27th: CLOSING THE GENDER GAP IN ASTRONOMY presented by Vanessa Graber
Resources: slides
Closing the Gender Gap in the Australian astronomy workforce by Lisa Kewley (2021)
The achievement of gender parity in a large astrophysics research centre by Kewley et al. (2023)
February 28th: DOUBLE ANONYMOUS PEER REVIEW presented by James Miley
Resources: slides
January 31st: INTERSECTIONALITY & HIRING: ACADEMIA VS. INDUSTRY presented by Linn Boldt-Christmas
Resources: slides
December 20th: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE CARE presented by Abigail Frost
Resources:
The science of what makes people care by Ann Christiano and Annie Neimand (2018)
November 29th: MENTORSHIP IN ACADEMIA presented by Andrea Gokus
Resources: slides
Physics/Astronomy-specific mentoring programs: SKIES, Supernova Foundation
October 25th: LGBT+ ISSUES IN ACADEMIA presented by Adam Rains
Resources: slides
The Sound of Silence. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Discrimination in ‘Inclusive Organizations’ Priola et al. (2014)
Gay Male Academics in UK Business and Management Schools: Negotiating Heteronormativities in Everyday Work Life Ozturk and Rumens (2014)
Coming Out: The Career Management of One’s Sexuality Guittar and Rayburn (2016)
Between the Academy and Queerness: Microaggressions in Social Work Education Turner et al. (2017)
To “B” or not to “B”: Assessing the disclosure dilemma of bisexual individuals at work Arena and Jones (2017)
Gender and sexual minorities in astronomy and planetary science face increased risks of harassment and assault Richey et al. (2019)
Conversations with LGBT+ scientists about visibility, leadership and climbing the career ladder Bristow et al. (2022)
September 20th: THE NO CLUB presented by Om Kieokaew
Resource: The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work

2022/2023

June 7th: MODERN OBSERVATORIES & ASTRO-COLONIALISM presented by James Miley
Resource: slides
May 3rd: PEER DYNAMICS, ELITISM, EXCEPTIONALISM AND ITS RESULTS presented by Abigail Frost
Resource: slides
April 5th: HOW CAN WE MAKE MEETINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE? presented by Andrea Gokus
Resources:
Forging a path to a better normal for conferences and collaboration, Moss et al., 2021, Nat. Astron., 5, 213
Changing scientific meetings for the better, Sarabipour et al., 2021, Nat. Hum. Behaviour, 5, 296
Ten simple rules to host an inclusive conference, Joo et al., 2022, PLoS Comp. Biology, 18, e1010164
March 1st: NORMS AND EXPECTATIONS IN ACADEMIA presented by Linn Boldt-Christmas