Methods Blog » Women in STEM
105 FOLLOWERS
Methods Blog is the official blog of Methods in Ecology and Evolution, a journal promoting the development of new methods in the fields of ecology and evolution, and facilitating their dissemination and uptake by the research community. This section posts about Women in STEM written by streamdna and India Stephenson.
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Chloe Robinson “A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day.” This is a quote from the International Women’s Day 2021 website, where this year, the campaign theme is #ChooseToChallenge. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Samniqueka Halsey Black History Month is a UK-wide celebration that takes place every October, acknowledging and raising awareness of the contribution that Black African and Caribbean communities have made in Britain and across the globe. We are excited to promote and profile the work of Black ecologists and evolutionary biologists across the ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Chloe Robinson Girls and women make up half of the world’s population and therefore contribute to half of the talent and potential on our planet. Despite representing 3.9 billion people, women are yet to receive the equal rights and opportunities which are currently provided to men. As of 2014, 143 out of ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Barbara Anderson Today is International Women’s Day to mark the occasion I have the privilege of recommending, ‘A practical guide to structured expert elicitation using the IDEA protocol‘ by Victoria Hemming et al. The IDEA behind the IDEA protocol – ‘Investigate’, ‘Discuss’, ‘Estimate’ and ‘Aggregate’ – is to provide a framework for Structured ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Lee Hsiang Liow As the newest Senior Editor of Methods in Ecology and Evolution – and someone who happens to have two X chromosomes – I’ve been asked to write a blog post to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. After being a postdoc for almost ten years ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Daniel Simberloff, Nathan Sanders and Pedro Peres-Neto Evelyn Chrystalla ‘E.C.’ Pielou (February 20, 1924 – July 16, 2016) – a towering figure in ecology – was a key pioneer in the incorporation of statistical rigor into biogeography and ecology. She devised many important statistical hypotheses tests for spatial arrangements and patterns ranging ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Theoni Photopoulou “Movement is the glue that ties ecological processes together” from Francesca Cagnacci et al. 2010 Movement ecology is a cross-disciplinary field. Its main aim is to quantitatively describe and understand how movement relates to individual and population-level processes for resource acquisition and, ultimately, survival. Today the study of movement ecology hinges ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by Nibedita Mukherjee Women in academia are special. This isn’t because of their abundance and diversity (or lack of it in some circles) but rather because of the challenges faced by women. As an early career woman researcher, I have had the privilege of knowing and learning from some incredibly inspirational women scientists ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
Post provided by EVE DAVIDIAN and SARAH BENHAIEM (DEPARTMENT OF EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, IZW, BERLIN) On the Art of Collecting Faeces Whether you are a laboratory or a field scientist, you have to be willing to get your hands dirty from time to time for the good of science. Sarah and I took that literally and ..read more
Methods Blog » Women in STEM
3y ago
So far this week we’ve heard why some of our female Editors chose to pursue a career in science, what the problems the push for gender equality faces in STEM fields and where things have been improved in recent years. To close International Women’s Day our posts from the Editors we asked: What advice would you give ..read more