Diversity of UK energy researchers (PhDs, PDRAs and academics) is currently unknown, PA1 will collect data via an annual survey of the partner Universities.
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This activity will examine the kinds of interventions that partner organisations use to combat systemic inequality and how they measure impact.
PA3 will examine the antecedents, rationales, policies and practices of EDI in the energy sector as reflected in a select number of academic and trade journals and relevant web sites.
"STEM Teachers as Researchers", PA4, aimed to equip STEM teachers and trainee teachers with the knowledge, skills and confidence to undertake small-scale research within their own educational settings.
The network will aim to raise the profile of individual network members from underrepresented backgrounds. For example, early career researchers will be invited to lead workshops and network activities, via support from FA2.
Data will be collected (using an intersectional lens) and analysed to quantify the bias in research metrics of being from underrepresented groups.
PA7 aims to determine the hurdles that working class postgrads and academics face. Postgraduates and academics in energy with working class backgrounds, across the partner institutions, will be surveyed to identify common challenges.
