Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology

Allison K. Shaw; Leila Fouda; Stefano Mezzini; Dongmin Kim; Nilanjan Chatterjee; David Wolfson; Briana Abrahms; Nina Attias; Christine E. Beardsworth; Roxanne S. Beltran; Sandra A. Binning; Kayla M. Blincow; Ying-Chi Chan; Emanuel A. Fronhofer; Arne Hegemann; Edward R. Hurme; Fabiola Iannarilli; Julie B. Kellner; Karen D. McCoy; Kasim Rafiq; Marjo Saastamoinen; Ana M. M. Sequeira; Mitchell W. Serota; Petra Sumasgutner; Yun Tao; Martha Torstenson; Scott W. Yanco; Kristina B. Beck; Michael G. Bertram; Larissa T. Beumer; Maja Bradaric; Jeanne Clermont; Diego Ellis-Soto; Monika Faltusova; John Fieberg; Richard J. Hall; Andrea Koelzsch; Sandra Lai; Larisa Lee-Cruz; Matthias-Claudio Loretto; Alexandra Loveridge; Marcus Michelangeli; Thomas Mueller; Louise Riotte-Lambert; Nir Sapir; Martina Scacco; Claire S. Teitelbaum; Francesca Cagnacci; Ekologisk och evolutionär fysiologi

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Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology

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Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology

Allison K. Shaw, Leila Fouda, Stefano Mezzini, Dongmin Kim, Nilanjan Chatterjee, David Wolfson, Briana Abrahms, Nina Attias, Christine E. Beardsworth, Roxanne S. Beltran, …

Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences, Vol.292(2051), p.20250679

23/07/2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0679

PMID: 40695346

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Biology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Evolutionary Biology

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

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Who conducts biological research, where they do it and how results are disseminated vary among geographies and identities. Identifying and documenting these forms of bias by research communities is a critical step towards addressing them. We documented perceived and observed biases in movement ecology, a rapidly expanding sub-discipline of biology, which is strongly underpinned by fieldwork and technology use. We surveyed attendees before an international conference to assess a baseline within-discipline perceived bias (uninformed perceived bias). We analysed geographic patterns in Movement Ecology articles, finding discrepancies between the country of the authors' affiliation and study site location, related to national economics. We analysed race-gender identities of USA biology researchers (the closest to our sub-discipline with data available), finding that they differed from national demographics. Finally, we discussed the quantitatively observed bias at the conference, to assess within-discipline perceived bias informed with observational data (informed perceived bias). Although the survey indicated most conference participants as bias-aware, conversations only covered a subset of biases. We discuss potential causes of bias (parachute-science, fieldwork accessibility), solutions and the need to evaluate mitigatory action effectiveness. Undertaking data-driven analysis of bias within sub-disciplines can help identify specific barriers and move towards the inclusion of a greater diversity of participants in the scientific process.

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Titre: Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology
Créateurs - sans rôle: Allison K. Shaw - Univ Minnesota, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Leila Fouda - Univ New Brunswick, Dept Biol Sci, St John, NB, Canada
Stefano Mezzini - Univ British Columbia Okanagan, Okanagan Inst Biodivers Resilience & Ecosyst Serv, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Dongmin Kim - Univ Minnesota, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Nilanjan Chatterjee - University of Minnesota
David Wolfson - Univ Minnesota, Dept Fisheries Wildlife & Conservat Biol, St Paul, MN USA
Briana Abrahms - Univ Washington, Dept Biol, Washington, DC USA
Nina Attias - Inst Conservacao Anim Silvestres, Campo Grande, Brazil
Christine E. Beardsworth - Liverpool John Moores Univ, Sch Biol & Environm Sci, Liverpool, England
Roxanne S. Beltran - Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Santa Cruz, CA USA
Sandra A. Binning - Univ Montreal, Dept Sci Biol, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Kayla M. Blincow - Univ Virgin Isl, Coll Sci & Math, St Thomas, VI USA
Ying-Chi Chan - Swiss Ornithol Inst, Sempach, Switzerland
Emanuel A. Fronhofer - Univ Montpellier, ISEM, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
Arne Hegemann - Lund Univ, Dept Biol, Lund, Sweden
Edward R. Hurme - Max Planck Inst Anim Behav, Dept Migrat, Radolfzell am Bodensee, Baden Wurttembe, Germany
Fabiola Iannarilli - Yale Univ, Ctr Biodivers & Global Change, New Haven, CT USA
Julie B. Kellner - Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Biol Dept, Woods Hole, MA USA
Karen D. McCoy - Univ Montpellier, MiVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
Kasim Rafiq - Univ Washington, Dept Biol, Washington, DC USA
Marjo Saastamoinen - University of Helsinki
Ana M. M. Sequeira - Australian Natl Univ, Div Ecol & Evolut, Canberra, Australia
Mitchell W. Serota - Univ Calif Berkeley, Environm Sci Policy & Management, Berkeley, CA USA
Petra Sumasgutner - Univ Vienna, Konrad Lorenz Res Ctr KLF, Vienna, Austria
Yun Tao - Univ Georgia, Inst Bioinformat, Athens, GA USA
Martha Torstenson - Univ Minnesota, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Scott W. Yanco - Yale Univ, Ctr Biodivers & Global Change, New Haven, CT USA
Kristina B. Beck - Senckenberg Biodivers & Climate Res Ctr, Frankfurt, Germany
Michael G. Bertram - Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Wildlife Fish & Environm Studies, Umea, Vasterbotten, Sweden
Larissa T. Beumer - Senckenberg Biodivers & Climate Res Ctr, Frankfurt, Germany
Maja Bradaric - Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
Jeanne Clermont - Univ Sherbrooke, Dept Biol, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada
Diego Ellis-Soto - Yale Univ, Ctr Biodivers & Global Change, New Haven, CT USA
Monika Faltusova - Czech Univ Life Sci, Fac Forestry & Wood Sci, Suchdol, Czech Republic
John Fieberg
Richard J. Hall - Univ Georgia, Odum Sch Ecol, Athens, GA USA
Andrea Koelzsch - Max Planck Inst Anim Behav, Dept Migrat, Radolfzell am Bodensee, Baden Wurttembe, Germany
Sandra Lai - Univ Oxford, Dept Biol, Oxford, England
Larisa Lee-Cruz - French Agr Res Ctr Int Dev, UMR TETIS, Montpellier, France
Matthias-Claudio Loretto - Univ Vet Med Vienna, Res Inst Wildlife Ecol, Dept Interdisciplinary Life Sci, Vienna, Austria
Alexandra Loveridge - Marine Biol Assoc UK, Plymouth, England
Marcus Michelangeli - Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Wildlife Fish & Environm Studies, Umea, Vasterbotten, Sweden
Thomas Mueller - Senckenberg Biodivers & Climate Res Ctr, Frankfurt, Germany
Louise Riotte-Lambert - Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, CEFE,EPHE, Montpellier, France
Nir Sapir - Univ Haifa, Dept Evolutionary & Environm Biol, Haifa, Israel
Martina Scacco - Max Planck Inst Anim Behav, Dept Migrat, Radolfzell am Bodensee, Baden Wurttembe, Germany
Claire S. Teitelbaum - NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Ames, IA USA
Francesca Cagnacci - Fdn Edmund Mach, Res & Innovat Ctr, Anim Ecol Unit, San Michele All Adige, Trento, Italy
Ekologisk och evolutionär fysiologi
Détails de publication: Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences, Vol.292(2051), p.20250679
Éditeur: Royal Soc London
Nombre de pages: 12
Note de subvention: Canada Research Chairs; CGIAR
Identifiants: 99146395609311
Unité académique: Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle - MIVEGEC; Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - Montpellier - ISEM
Langue: English
Type de ressource: Journal article