IAI Gender & EDI Policy

The IAI Gender & EDI Policy, adopted in 2022, provides a framework to integrate equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into the scientific research, funding, and operational activities of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research.

• The policy establishes five primary goals: promoting EDI in science, mainstreaming EDI across IAI activities, reducing biases in project selection and capacity-building, creating an inclusive research environment, and increasing regional training for EDI in the sciences.
• To operationalize these goals, the IAI aims to implement fair hiring and selection practices, increase the visibility of equity-seeking groups in global environmental change (GEC), and build the capacity of the IAI community to apply EDI policies to science-policy work.
• The IAI proposes specific actions to improve accessibility in funding and research, including the use of rubrics for assessment, holding virtual "office hours" for proposal assistance, and accepting applications in the working languages of the IAI, as well as French, Portuguese, and potentially indigenous languages.
• The policy outlines measures to foster healthy work environments, such as reviewing whistleblower policies, establishing core work hours for flexibility, providing no-cost extensions of 1-3 years for grantees to accommodate life events, and creating a confidential contact role like an ombudsperson.
• The IAI seeks to increase scientific production regarding the intersection of EDI and global environmental change, which includes requesting EDI-relevant research questions in proposals and proposing the creation of an Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities Advisory Committee.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2022). IAI Gender & EDI Policy. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/EDI%20Implementation_10April2023.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. IAI Gender & EDI Policy. 2022. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/EDI%20Implementation_10April2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2022iai, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{IAI Gender \& EDI Policy}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2022}, url = {https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/EDI%20Implementation_10April2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }