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 field teams. 

Read more about the workshop in this EOS article, "Changing the Culture of Fieldwork in the Geosciences."

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