Workplace Safety for Ocean Sciences: A workshop toward coordination of policies and best practices to address sexual harassment in ocean science field research; Washington DC 2020

实地研究是推进海洋科学研究的核心组成部分，未来海洋科学学术队伍的大多数成员都是在实地环境中接受培训的。因此，野外安全是海洋科学界的一个重要话题。最近的一项研究(Clancy et al.2014年)发现，女学生和博士后往往是现场性骚扰的目标，犯罪者主要是研究团队中的上级。美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院(NASEM 2018)的一份共识研究报告确认性骚扰是造成敌对工作环境的一个主要因素，减少了女性在学术劳动力中的参与。为有效解决骚扰和工作场所安全问题，海洋科学界需要协调努力，以确定最佳做法，并确保这些政策和做法在所有环境中得到适当执行，特别是在海洋实验室和船上等偏远环境中。拟议的讲习班将是确定最佳做法、就如何实施这些做法形成社区共识以及向海洋科学界传播有关努力的信息方面的重要一步。海洋领导能力联合会将为大约30名参与者组织和召开一次为期两天的讲习班，专门侧重于海洋科学、实地研究环境和海洋科学界。它从先前关于这一专题的研究中了解到情况，并将采取下一步行动，解决海洋科学界内对妇女的性骚扰问题，办法是就一套政策和最佳做法达成共识，并为在整个海洋科学界一致执行这些政策和最佳做法制定路线图。讲习班将：向海洋科学界传达先前研究的最佳做法建议；讨论哪些建议对海洋学船只、海洋实验室和其他沿海和海洋实地环境最相关和最可行；起草路线图，以便更一致和协调地执行这些建议和政策。COL将召集在沿海野外观测站、海洋实验室和研究船制定和执行政策的海洋学界代表，包括国家海洋实验室协会(NAML)和联合国日内瓦办事处，以及受这些政策影响的代表。这一努力将推动一致的政策和做法变化，以加强对性骚扰的预防，并改善工作场所的安全。这一努力将是对美国海洋研究继续取得成功的重要贡献，并将支持海洋科学部的目标，即发展一支多元化的劳动力队伍，并确保参与NSF资助研究项目的所有研究人员、学生和工作人员的安全工作环境。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Field research is a central component to the advancement of ocean science research, and most members of the future academic ocean science workforce are trained in field settings. Therefore, field safety is an important topic for the ocean science community. A recent study (Clancy et al. 2014) found that women students and postdocs were often targets of sexual harassment in field locations, and the offenders were predominantly their superiors within the research team. A consensus study report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM 2018) identified sexual harassment as a major factor in creating hostile work environments that reduced the participation of women in the academic workforce. To address the issues of harassment and workplace safety effectively, the ocean science community needs a coordinated effort to identify best practices and to ensure that these policies and practices are implemented appropriately in all settings, but particularly in remote settings such as marine labs and aboard ships. The proposed workshop will be an important step in identifying best practices, developing a community consensus on how to implement these practices, and disseminating information about the effort to the ocean sciences community. The Consortium on Ocean Leadership (COL) will organize and convene a two-day workshop for about thirty partcipants to focus specifically on the ocean science field research environments and ocean science community. It is informed by prior research on this topic and will take the next step toward addressing the problem of sexual harassment of women within the ocean sciences community by building consensus toward a set of policies and best practices and developing a roadmap for consistent implementation of them across the ocean sciences. The workshop will: communicate best practice recommendations of prior research to the ocean science community; discuss which recommendations are most relevant and feasible for oceanographic vessels, marine laboratories, and other coastal and oceanographic field settings; and draft a roadmap for more consistent and coordinated implementation of those recommendations and policies. COL will convene representatives from the oceanographic community who set and enforce policies at coastal field stations, marine labs, and research vessels, including the National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML) and UNOLS, as well as representatives who are impacted by these policies. The effort will advance consistent policy and practice changes to improve prevention of sexual harassment and to improve workplace safety. This effort will be an important contribution to the continued success of oceanographic research in the U.S. and will support the goals of the Division of Ocean sciences to develop a diverse workforce and to ensure safe working environments for all researchers, students and staff who participate in NSF-funded research projects.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.