ERIC Number: EJ1256430
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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ISSN: EISSN-2469-9896
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Brazilian Physicists Community Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A First Diagnostic
Anteneodo, Celia; Brito, Carolina; Alves-Brito, Alan; Alexandre, Simone Silva; D'Avila, Beatriz Nattrodt; Menezes, Debora Peres
Physical Review Physics Education Research, v16 n1 Article 010136 Jan-Jun 2020
We report the results of a survey applied to students and professionals in the area of physics in Brazil, pursuing to draw a portrait of the composition of this community in terms of the social markers of difference age, race, ethnicity, geographical origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. The main goal was to quantify the representativeness of different groups in the community and to detect motivations and difficulties encountered by each group throughout their studies and career. This survey was open to the members of the Brazilian Physics Society from July to September 2018. Our outcomes reveal that (i) the Brazilian physicists community is poorly diverse even in comparison with the population composition, (ii) the main obstacle to pursue the career is socioeconomic vulnerability, and (iii) harassment is high in our society, being more pronounced among women. We hope that these results will be useful to scientific and educational institutions to develop different strategies and policies to change this current situation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Age Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Geographic Location, Gender Differences, Sexual Orientation, Disabilities, Barriers, Scientists, Social Influences, Diversity, Labor Market, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Higher Education, Academic Degrees, Career Choice, Motivation, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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