Comprehensive Approach for Safe, Inclusive, and Responsible Research: An Incubation Project

性骚扰对女性在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科的保留和发展构成了重大障碍。实地考察是某些类型的STEM研究的一个组成部分，但它提出了有利于性骚扰、歧视和不文明行为的独特挑战，包括社会孤立和有限的沟通方法。尽管大学要求物理和设备安全计划，但在确保野外工作环境免受骚扰方面却很少做出努力。因此，本项目旨在试点一项安全、包容和负责任的研究综合方法（CASIR2），专门解决性骚扰、歧视和不文明行为，以促进女性在STEM中的安全和包容，重点是校外和非现场研究实地工作。该项目将在两所大学的一组由教师、本科生和研究生组成的实地团队中试行CASIR2，以促进女性在STEM实地工作中的安全和包容。该项目将有助于科学地了解可以减少骚扰的战略的组成部分和条件。CASIR2由四个部分组成：(1)引入旁观者（bring in the Bystander®），这是一个适合实地研究的现场旁观者干预项目；(2)出发前指导，包括促进现场安全的讨论和团队成员之间相互尊重的互动；(3)现场工作安全工具包包括详细说明有效沟通、设置边界和报告的虚拟资源；(4)实地考察后汇报，包括实地考察旅行的促进讨论和安全模板的审查。研究团队将定量和定性地研究实施CASIR2对研究参与者性骚扰相关经历的影响，对实地工作气候的看法和坚持STEM的意图，以及帮助他人和寻求帮助的意图。项目发现可以改善研究环境，促进女性更多地参与STEM。该项目由地球科学理事会和促进竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助，由社会、行为和经济科学理事会管理。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Sexual harassment poses a major obstacle to the retention and advancement of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Fieldwork is an integral part of some types of STEM research, yet it presents unique challenges that are conducive to sexual harassment, discrimination, and incivility, including social isolation and limited communication methods. Although universities require physical and equipment safety plans, there have been few efforts to ensure safety from harassment in fieldwork environments. Therefore, this project aims to pilot a Comprehensive Approach for Safe, Inclusive, and Responsible Research (CASIR2) that specifically addresses sexual harassment, discrimination, and incivility to promote the safety and inclusion of women in STEM with an emphasis on off-campus and off-site research fieldwork. The project will pilot CASIR2 with a collection of field teams, consisting of faculty and undergraduate and graduate students, at two universities to promote the safety and inclusion of women in STEM fieldwork. The project will contribute to scientific knowledge about the components and conditions of strategies that can reduce harassment.CASIR2 consists of four components: (1) Bringing in the Bystander®, an in-person bystander intervention program, adapted for field research; (2) a Pre-departure Orientation that includes a facilitated discussion on field safety and respectful interactions between team members; (3) a Fieldwork Safety Toolkit includes virtual resources detailing effective communication, setting boundaries, and reporting; and (4) a Post-fieldwork Debrief that includes a facilitated discussion on the fieldwork trip and review of the safety template. The research team will quantitatively and qualitatively examine the impact of implementing CASIR2 on research participant experiences related to sexual harassment, perceptions of the fieldwork climate and intentions to persist in STEM, and intentions to help others and seek help. Project findings could improve research environments and promote greater inclusion of women in STEM.This project is jointly funded by the Directorate for Geosciences and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and is managed by the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.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.