Free webinar on October 21: Turning the tide of parachute science

[Sarah Carr]

Dear SCB Members,

 

Many of you may be interested in a webinar that OCTO will be hosting on October 21 at 11 am US EDT/3 pm UTC. This webinar will present discuss “parachute science” and how to get end it. Presenters are Paris Stefanoudis of the University of Oxford and Sheena Talma of the Nekton Foundation. The webinar is free, and you can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uHVRv1SzTxCmTWxiZ65Nhw. The full description is below. Please feel free to share with colleagues.

 

Webinar: Turning the tide of parachute science

Presented by: Paris Stefanoudis of the University of Oxford and Sheena Talma of the Nekton Foundation

Date/Time: Thursday, October 21, 11 am US EDT/8 am US PDT/3 pm UTC/7 pm Seychelles

Description: Parachute science is the practice whereby international scientists, typically from higher-income countries, conduct field studies in another country, typically of lower income, and then complete the research in their home country without any further effective communication and engagement with others from that nation. It creates dependency on external expertise, does not address local research needs, and hinders local research efforts. As global hotspots of marine biodiversity, lower-income nations in the tropics have for too long been the subject of inequitable and unfair research practices. However, to date there has been little quantifiable evidence of this phenomenon in marine science. In this webinar, we will present evidence from systematic literature searches and queries that parachute science practices are still widespread in marine research and make recommendations to help change the current status quo.

Co-sponsors: OCTO (EBM Tools Network, The Skimmer, OpenChannels, MPA News, MarineDebris.info)

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uHVRv1SzTxCmTWxiZ65Nhw

 

Best wishes,

Sarah

 

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Sarah D. Carr, Ph.D.

Coordinator, Coastal-Marine Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network

E-mail: ebmt...@octogroup.org

Website: www.octogroup.org

 

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This has been a chronic problem over my long career. When some of us eatstanlished a joint research project with fellow biologists from Mexico, we wrote into the agreement that they had equal access to all of the data, were named on all of the publications, and were full partners. The work flourished and it was a win-win-win-win with all of us benefiting apropriately, along with the cooperating government agencies. Karen Burns was the Lead Fisheries biologist. 

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On Sep 22, 2021, at 16:30, Sarah Carr <me...@sdcarr.com> wrote:



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