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一个核心组成部分，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，现场安全是海洋科学界的一个重要课题。最近的一项研究（Clancy等人，2014年）发现，女学生和博士后往往是实地工作地点性骚扰的目标，犯罪者主要是她们在研究团队中的上司。美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院的一份共识研究报告（NASEM 2018）将性骚扰确定为创造敌对工作环境的主要因素，减少了女性在学术工作中的参与。为了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，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实施，特别是在海洋实验室和船上等偏远环境中。拟议的讲习班将是一个重要步骤，有助于确定最佳做法，就如何实施这些做法达成社区共识，并向海洋科学界传播有关这一努力的信息。海洋领导力联合会将组织和召开一个为期两天的讲习班，约有30名与会者参加，专门讨论海洋科学领域的研究环境和海洋科学界。它是通过对这一主题的先前研究，并将采取下一步解决海洋科学界的妇女性骚扰问题，建立共识，对一套政策和最佳做法，并制定路线图，在整个海洋科学的一致实施。讲习班将：向海洋科学界通报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学实地环境最相关和最可行;起草路线图，以更加一致和协调地执行这些建议和政策。COL将召集来自海洋学界的代表，他们在沿海野外站，海洋实验室和研究船制定和执行政策，包括国家海洋实验室协会（NAML）和UNOLS，以及受这些政策影响的代表。这一努力将推动连贯一致的政策和做法变革，以更好地预防性骚扰和改善工作场所安全。这一努力将为美国海洋学研究的持续成功做出重要贡献，并将支持海洋科学司的目标，即培养多样化的劳动力，并确保所有研究人员的安全工作环境。参加NSF的学生和工作人员-该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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.