FieldSafe | Building inclusive and safe field teams
FieldSafe | Building inclusive and safe field teams
ESOC recognizes the need to proactively create safe working environments in remote field sites for researchers. Managing risk in the field includes the physical, and objective risks of the environment, but also the interpersonal challenges carried by working with small teams in isolated places. Scientists working in remote field conditions are even more vulnerable to impact from extreme working environments or harassment because they are far from their personal support systems such as friends and family and they often can’t escape their working+living situation if something goes awry. ADVANCEing FieldSafety (formerly FieldSafe) offers online training courses to build safe inclusive and safe field teams.
If you are interested in attending this workshop, or want to run one for your organization please contact fieldsafe@colorado.edu.
Read more about the workshop in this EOS article, "Changing the Culture of Fieldwork in the Geosciences."
Header Photo credit: Horst Machguth
2020 Participant Feedback:
- The workshop was a great success. Everyone coming together to share ideas and learn together.
- The best part of the workshop was doing the role playing scenario, it helped me identify my lack of confidence in a fast-paced emergency.
- I have definitely worked in situations where I know there would have been some serious eye-rolling if we had tried to talk about how we could make sure everyone felt included and no one got hurt feelings ;) So having some examples of how to frame this type of discussion in a way that resonates with people was really useful.
- I liked the flow of presentation, discussion and questions. It felt like a very safe sharing space.
- It was very useful to understand the steps involved in planning and executing risk management strategies.
- The best of the workshop was creating a culture of risk management not safety.
- The discussion of microaggressions was the best part of the workshop because handling these situations is not intuitive and I really value training around these kinds of uncomfortable situations.
FieldSafe | Building Inclusive and Safe Field Teams
A hybrid field risk management workshop for polar early career scientists. Date: TBA, hosted online with self-paced activities and two live, fasciliated discussions. Organized by CIRES and ESOC, with support from ADVANCEGeo and PSECCO
