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Proceedings. Biological sciences
2025
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| Online Access: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40695346/ |
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- Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology. Shaw, Allison K Fouda, Leila Mezzini, Stefano Kim, Dongmin Chatterjee, Nilanjan Wolfson, David Abrahms, Briana Attias, Nina Beardsworth, Christine E Beltran, Roxanne S Binning, Sandra A Blincow, Kayla M Chan, Ying-Chi Fronhofer, Emanuel A Hegemann, Arne Hurme, Edward R Iannarilli, Fabiola Kellner, Julie B McCoy, Karen D Rafiq, Kasim Saastamoinen, Marjo Sequeira, Ana M M Serota, Mitchell W Sumasgutner, Petra Tao, Yun Torstenson, Martha Yanco, Scott W Beck, Kristina B Bertram, Michael G Beumer, Larissa T Bradarić, Maja Clermont, Jeanne Ellis-Soto, Diego Faltusová, Monika Fieberg, John Hall, Richard J Kölzsch, Andrea Lai, Sandra Lee-Cruz, Larisa Loretto, Matthias-Claudio Loveridge, Alexandra Michelangeli, Marcus Müller, Thomas Riotte-Lambert, Louise Sapir, Nir Scacco, Martina Teitelbaum, Claire S Cagnacci, Francesca Ecology Bias Humans Research Personnel Male Female Movement 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 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.