What is the current profile of the science organisation sector and how do we know this? How can we use this information to inform action and decision-making? There are many initiatives aiming to improve equity of access to the informal science and cultural sectors, not only for visitors but also our workforce.
This session will present and discuss data from four initiatives, enabling participants to reflect on whether these insights confirm or confound expectations, consider how to collect better data and how the data can be used to inform future activity and ways of working.
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sr. programme manager - diversity & inclusion
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Sanne den Adel (VSC) will share some of the efforts in research from the Netherlands involving science centers and museums, including a national diversity and inclusion scan from the University of Tilburg in which all cultural organisations are encouraged to participate.
Acting CEO
The Association for Science and Discovery Centres
Bristol
United Kingdom
Shaaron Leverment (ASDC) will present the most up-to-date learning from Explore Your Universe, a UK initiative engaging disadvantaged groups with contemporary research. This work is focussed on gathering the evidence to understand the catalysts for embedded change and resilience of the EDI agenda within our sector.
director
graphic science
Graphic Science will share learning from a national scheme from the UK government and Wellcome. The aims of the programme include ‘to extend and diversify audiences’ with aspirations for wider sector change. We will present results from both staff and visitor surveys across 12 centres in the UK.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Association of Science-Technology Centers
Washington, DC
United States
Cristin Dorgelo (ASTC) will present the latest insights from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Face of Science series of reports.